Site Assistant
Queen's Park Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 4HA11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
16th July 2025
Closing date
5 May 2025 at 8am
Date listed
9 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,704.00 - £28,011.00 Annually (Actual) AS 4 -12 £24,704-£28,011 dependent on experience
Site Assistant job summary
Site Assistant
Queen’s Park Academy is seeking a proactive and hands-on Site Assistant to join our dedicated Site Team. The ideal candidate for this physically demanding job will be an individual with good handy-person skills and eagerness to carry out the work in an efficient manner.
We are seeking a committed Site Assistant who will carry out general repairs and maintenance, liaise with contractors and suppliers and ensure our school maintains a high level of health and safety.
You will join our friendly and hardworking facilities department to help keep our school safe, clean and in a good state of repair.
Key Duties
Security of premises
Portering
Grounds maintenance
Heating and lighting
Driving and vehicle maintenance
Health & Safety
Cleaning
Building maintenance
The successful candidate will have
Experience of site assistant duties in a general capacity.
Strong IT skills
Excellent communication skills
Ability to problem solve and use own initiative
Basic handy-person skills, able to carry out minor repairs including: some simple plumbing and joinery work.
Substantial knowledge of Health and Safety, including COSHH
An understanding of safeguarding.
Willingness to undertake relevant training.
Further responsibilities and person specification detailed in the attached Recruitment Booklet
Job Specifics
Start date: asap
Salary: AS 4 -12 £24,704- £28,011 dependent on experience
Job role: Permanent, Full-Time, 52 weeks per year, 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday (2 week rota system between the hours of 6am-6pm)
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.
Safeguarding
We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:
“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our students. The successful applicants will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Queen's Park Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 452 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Queen's Park Academy website
Queen’s Park Academy joined Advantage Schools in December 2021.
The school serves a diverse and international community, and staff pride themselves on helping every child develop as happy, confident, and aspiring learners.
We work hard to demonstrate our golden rules of be kind, be safe and be ready to learn. They are embedded in much of what we do including the culture and behaviour expectations within the school.
The school curriculum is designed to ensure the children learn more over time. We provide them with the knowledge they need to continue to be successful as they progress onto their next stage of education. Learning extends outside of the classroom through visits to places that link to curriculum as well as places that are outside of our children lived experiences. We offer a large range of extracurricular opportunities.
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