Site Assistant
Westgate Hill Primary Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE4 5JNThis job expired on 6 November 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 23,151
What skills and experience we're looking for
Ability to prioritise workload effectively to meet deadlines
❑ General maintenance and DIY skills
❑ Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, including tact and diplomacy
What the school offers its staff
Westgate Hill Primary Academy is an outstanding school set in the heart of a thrivingcommunity in Newcastle.
The Site Assistant will join the central Estates team and will work across a large school site with two buildings; a new build and a Grade 2 Listedbuilding. They will support the Site Manager in ensuring buildings are operationally effective,safe, secure and well maintained. A cleaning pitch will form part of this role.
The hours of work are expected to be10.00am to 6.00pm Monday-Thursday, 10.30am to 6.00pm Friday (flexible in the schoolholidays)
We are looking for someone who has some experience of similiar site assistant work with general maintenance and DIY skills and familiar with health and safety regulations. The successful candidate will be a supportive team member, enthusiastic and self motivated.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support other Newcastle schools withinthe Trust on an ad-hoc basis.
Interested candidates are welcome to tour the school, please contact the school office on0191 256 2960 to arrange a visit or to have an informal discussion about this post.
To see the full job description and person specification for this role please refer to the attached supporting documents.
To apply, follow this link below:
https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Site_Assistant/271903 click apply and complete our online application form. If you require assistance with your application please contact: recruitment@laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk.
Closing Date: 12 noon on Wednesday 6th November 2024
We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promotingthe welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able todemonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments willbe subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre-employment recruitment checks.
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.
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About Westgate Hill Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 791 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Westgate Hill Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 6622400
Westgate Hill is committed to serving its community. It recognises the multi-cultural, multi faith and ever-changing nature of the United Kingdom. It also understands the vital role it has in ensuring that groups or individuals within the school are not subjected to intimidation or radicalisation by those wishing to unduly, or illegally, influence them.
It follows equal opportunities guidance which guarantees that there will be no discrimination against any individual or group, regardless of faith, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, political or financial status, or similar. Westgate Hill is dedicated to preparing students for their adult life beyond the formal examined curriculum and ensuring that it promotes and reinforces British values to all its students.
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