Site Maintenance Operative
The Marlborough Church of England School, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1LP11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
11 August 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
25 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,992.00 - £28,163.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 6 term time only + 1 week. Actual salary from £22313 to £24177 (pay award pending)
Site Maintenance Operative job summary
This is an opportunity to be at the heart of our school community, ensuring a safe, secure, and inspiring environment for our pupils, staff, and visitors. You'll be instrumental in maintaining our premises to the highest standards, playing a vital role in the day-to-day operations and long-term upkeep of our fantastic school.
As our Site Maintenance Operative, you'll be a true all-rounder, with responsibilities including:
Site Management: From managing waste and coordinating deliveries to liaising with contractors and maintaining specialist equipment, you'll ensure our facilities are always in good condition. Regular site inspections and prompt identification of defects will be part of your routine.
Hands-On Maintenance: You'll be responsible for minor repairs and improvement work. You'll also be key in the operation and maintenance of our buildings systems.
Resource & Organisation: You'll contribute to developing our processes and procedures, maintain important records, and help create a productive working environment.
Security & Safety: You will be part of a team that has responsibility for the security and safety of the school buildings. This includes fire safety checks and responding to alarms as well as H&S compliance checks.
Team Collaboration: You'll be a valued member of our Premises team and part of the wider staff body contributing to the overall ethos of the school and promoting health and safety at all times.
Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum (term-time + 1 week + paid holiday entitlement of 5.64 weeks per annum).
If you have any questions or would like to speak to someone about this post, please contact Jon Townsend, Premises Manager on 07796 015024 or email: townsendj@themarlboroughschool.org. Alternatively email Sara Rowley, School Business Manager at rowleys@themarlboroughschool.org
Applications will be considered as and when they are received. We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy prior to the closing date if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we would recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible.
About the River Learning Trust
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
Safeguarding
The River Learning Trust and the Swan School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered.
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Marlborough Church of England School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1085 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Marlborough Church of England School website
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