9 days remaining to apply

  • 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.

Applying for the job

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About Westgate Hill Primary Academy

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
791 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
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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