Site Officer
Weldon Village Academy, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN17 3GE19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
25 June 2025 at 8am
Date listed
4 June 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
- £25,584.00 - £27,711.00 Annually (Actual)
Site Officer job summary
Salary: Meridian Support Staff Pay Scale Grade 6 point 7 to 12
Actual Annual Salary - £25,584 to £27,711
Hours of Work: 37 hours per week – shift pattern in place but most shifts afternoons/evenings (52 weeks)
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Site Officer to join our growing school, which opened in September 2023. This is a unique opportunity to play a key part in growing and developing a new school; getting it right from day one.
The role is to ensure the smooth operation of the site support function within the school, providing support and supervision to the site team. To ensure the security, care and availability of the school building, furniture, fittings, and equipment, maintain a safe physical environment with particular emphasis on the day-to-day management of the site, to promote the efficient use of the school’s assets to support the educational objectives of the school, work across the sites within the Trust to support colleagues in other schools as the needs demand and act as a key holder out of hours. This role will require oversight and facilitation of our growing lettings, ensuring that the building is available for community use and always left in a tidy and secure state.
We are lucky to have a brand new, state of the art building and would like to keep it looking as good as it does now. A key part of the role would be ensuring the upkeep of the building in an excellent state, so skills in painting and general maintenance would be advantageous.
Weldon Village Academy is at the heart of the community and a school where every child is known, valued and supported, values intrinsic to Meridian Trust Schools. Our Site Officer will be a friendly, reliable and welcoming person who wants the school to run smoothly and efficiently.
The Opportunity:
- A brand new state of the art school that will steadily grow year on year
- A post with the potential for future progression both within this role and the wider trust
- The support of the wider trust network of experts and access to informal and formal professional development
- A school with a passionate commitment to staff development
- Staff social activities that include staff wellbeing activities
Benefits of working for us:
As a multi-academy trust of 30 schools, Meridian Trust can provide a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. With an initial teaching training facility and a teaching hub network within our Trust, there are ample opportunities to both, get into teaching, and develop within the profession.
As well as the above we also offer:
- Unlimited access to CPD via Meridian Learning
- Free annual eye tests
- Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support
- Unlimited value cycle to work scheme
To see the full range of benefits available, please visit Employee Benefits - Meridian Trust
We are situated on the outskirts of the village of Weldon, approximately 2.5 miles from Corby town centre, in the new housing estate that is still under construction. Weldon Village Academy will grow year by year, from an initial intake of 120 Year 7s in September 2023, until eventually reaching its full capacity of 1500, including a 6th form of 300 students.
Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.
Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk
For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.
Closing date for applications is: 8am on Wednesday 25th June 2025
Interview to take place on: Wednesday 9th July 2025
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
If you would like to join an Academy at the beginning of a unique and exciting journey, we would welcome your application.
For further details or an informal chat please contact recruitment@weldonva.org.
Please note that we do not accept CV’s - any received will not be taken into consideration during the shortlisting process.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.
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 are not accepted.
About Weldon Village Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 114 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Weldon Village Academy website
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