SITE ASSISTANT

Loreto College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3RQ

9 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
12 March 2026

Job details

Job role: Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week (shift pattern to be agreed) The role is a full-time position working 52 weeks per year with 24 days holiday
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: Grade H4 (9) - £27,254.04 per annum plus fringe allowance (£729 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Loreto St Albans is an 11-18 girls’ academy recognised by OFSTED as outstanding in all areas. With the support of our enthusiastic and accomplished staff our students achieve excellent results, and the Progress 8 performance measure has regularly placed Loreto in the top 2% of schools in the country. The school is oversubscribed and has earned an excellent reputation for discipline, pastoral care and academic standards.

We have a vacancy for a reliable and enthusiastic person to join our premises staff. The successful candidate will join a team who have responsibility for opening/closing the school and for providing a clean, healthy and safe environment for users of the school buildings and grounds.

The role will involve gardening, carrying out maintenance and repair work, requiring non-specialist skills to the school building, grounds, fixtures and fittings, general lifting and assisting the premises team with cleaning duties.You must have practical DIY skills, and proficiency in the operation of machinery, an understanding and ability to support the implementation of relevant policies including Health and Safety and CoSHH would be an advantage.

The successful applicant should be a good communicator and happy to work as part of a small team but also to work on their own initiative.A flexible approach is very important.

What the school offers its staff

Loreto College St Albans is part of the international family of Loreto schools and colleges, and as such benefits from a 400 year-old tradition and links with Loreto schools both in the UK and worldwide. Loreto College St Albans is an ‘Outstanding School’ at an exciting point in its journey.

The school benefits from a mixture of original and modern buildings with excellent equipment and facilities. The school is situated in St Albans in close proximity to St Albans City Thameslink Station and also is near to theM1 and M25 motorway and, as such, benefits from excellent transport links.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We are committed to ensuring equality across our school, and that all staff are treated fairly, in line with our school policies.Applicants from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.