19 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    June 2025

  • Closing date

    1 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    7 May 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

£25,496.00 - £25,889.00 Annually (Actual) H3+fringe

Site Assistant job summary

Site Assistant

The Hemel Hempstead School

Full Time and Permanent

Salary of £25,496 to £25,889, depending on experience

Starting June 2025

37 hrs per week, 52 weeks full year – with a generous holiday allowance

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative individual to join our site estates team. The successful candidate will oversee the security and safety of the site and ensure it is cleaned and maintained to a high standard.

It is essential you have good practical skills, a proactive attitude, an interest in maintaining our school buildings and grounds, and are willing to be trained to drive our school minibuses.

The Hemel Hempstead School is a fantastic environment to work within and our well-established site team are looking for a fun, caring, team player to join them.

Essential:

You need to have good practical skills, a proactive attitude, and an interest in maintaining our school buildings and grounds, which vary from modern to heritage.

You will need to enjoy working indoors and outdoors alongside young people, staff and visitors.

Desirable:

Be trained as, or be willing to be trained as a minibus driver

Be trained as, or be willing to be trained as a First Aider.

You will be joining a hard-working, skilled and experienced premises team, which is part of the Scholars’ Education Trust.

We are a supportive employer with excellent training and personal development opportunities.

If you are interested in joining us, further details and an application pack is available from HR@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk or on 01727 859382.

Closing date for applications: 1 June 2025

Interviews will take place on: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.

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.

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.

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About The Hemel Hempstead School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1316 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School location

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