Site Assistant
The Linden Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3HJ25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
asap
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 8am
Date listed
16 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,327.00 Annually (FTE) AS 3 FTE £24,327 pro rata £11,506
Site Assistant job summary
Site Assistant
The Linden Academy is seeking a proactive and hardworking individual to join our dedicated Site Team and assist the Site Manager. 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.
Job Specifics
Start date: asap
Salary: AS 3 FTE £24,327 Actual pro rata salary £11,506
Job role: Fixed-term contract for 6 months, Part time, 17.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday 2:30pm-6pm. (Needed during the month of August – additional hours may be considered during August)
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
Avantage Schools is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.
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 The Linden Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 475 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Linden Academy website
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School location
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