Site Associate

Queen's Park Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 4HA

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  26 November 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  13 November 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: £25,495.00 - £27,133.00 Annually (Actual) AS 4 - 8 dependent on experience

Site Associate job summary

Site Associate

Queen’s Park Academy is seeking a proactive and hands-on Site Associate to join our dedicated Site Team.

You will be responsible for the maintenance, security and efficient operation of the school premises and grounds, ensuring high standards of health, safety, and compliance are consistently met.
This is a physically active role requiring strong practical skills, initiative, and a commitment to maintaining a safe, clean and welcoming environment for our students, staff and visitors.

At Queen’s Park Academy, we value every member of our team. You’ll be part of a supportive, collaborative environment where staff are mentored, listened to and encouraged to develop professionally.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of site duties in a general capacity
• Experience working in a school environment - desirable
• 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
• Knowledge of legionella issues and testing
• Strong IT skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to problem solve and use own initiative
• An understanding of safeguarding and willingness to undertake training relevant to the role
• Current valid full driving licence - Able to drive the school minibus when required.

JOB SPECIFICS

Start date:asap

Salary: AS 4 - 8

Job role: Permanent, Full-time, 52 weeks per year (25 days annual leave plus 3 days between Christmas & New Year)

Working Hours:37 hours per week, worked on a rota between 6:45am and 6:15pm

Working Pattern

• Shift 1: 6:45am-2:45pm (Mon-Thurs), 6:45am-2:15pm (Fri)
• Shift 2: 10:15am-6:15pm (Mon-Thurs), 10:45am-6:15pm (Fri)
  (Worked on a rota basis)

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the closing 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.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Queen's Park Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 449 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Queen's Park Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/queen-s-park-academy

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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