4 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    27 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    16 January 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 36.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Grade 3 (points 9-22) FTE £26,409 – £32,654

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for:

  • Experience in caretaking and cleaning work
  • Knowledge of maintenance and cleaning techniques
  • Awareness and understanding of guidelines e.g. H&S and COSHH guidelines
  • Good literacy skills to complete forms and orders, write instructions, understand and follow H & S and COSHH instructions
  • Good numeracy skills to check goods, carry out stock control and undertake calculations
  • Ability to carry out procedures, routines and follow instructions
  • Ability to operate cleaning equipment, machinery and tools and undertake basic maintenance
  • Understand basic administrative systems (e.g. lettings, ordering etc.)
  • Ability to take initiative where necessary
  • Ability to solve straightforward problems and respond to unforeseen circumstances (e.g. hazards, accidents etc.)
  • Ability to undertake general repairs and maintenance
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Good work organisation


What the school offers its staff

We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:

  • Employee assistance programme
  • High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
  • Wellbeing Advocates
  • Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
  • Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers
  • Generous employer pension schemes
  • Excellent holiday entitlement


Further details about the role

Summit Learning Trust are looking to appoint a highly motivated Site Officer to assist the Senior Site Manager and the team in the provision of efficient and effective caretaking support of the College site, including general site duties and maintenance. The role will be based at Erdington Hall Primary School, but you must be prepared to travel to other sites within Trust if required.

The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate that they have previous experience in estates and facilities, ideally within an educational setting but this is not essential. Other essential skill sets involve the ability to be able to work flexibly and prioritise workload, work calmly under pressure and uphold a professional, friendly manner at all times. You should also have an awareness and understanding of H&S although full training will be given.

Erdington is part of Summit Learning Trust comprising Erdington itself, Ninestiles School, Cockshut Hill School, Lyndon School, five primary schools and the Sixth Form College Solihull. The leadership team of Erdington is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the school on a journey of excellence, with staff that have a passion for teaching and learning. Join us and you will be part of an improving school with a strong team ethos. We believe in working collaboratively, sharing ideas and supporting each other to achieve great things. Erdington is a developing and improving school and this is an exciting opportunity to support that journey of school improvement.

Purpose of Role:

To work with the Site team to ensure the smooth running of the College. Undertake the caretaking, site maintenance routines, and responding to emergencies, relating to the site as necessary.

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 Summit Learning Trust

Type
Multi-academy trust

About the Trust
https://www.summitlearningtrust.org.uk

Why work for us?

The Trust offers:
• A strong focus on staff care and wellbeing
• High Quality training and support in and across academies
• A clear career pathway
• Employee assistance programme
• Employee discount schemes

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and we expect all applicants to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, including a Children’s barred list check

School Details

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
312 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11

School locations

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