Site Services Assistant
Severndale Specialist Academy, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SH2 days remaining to apply
Closing date
2 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: • Monday – Thursday Start: 7.00am/Finish: 3.00pm • Friday – start: 7.00am/Finish: 2.30pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Salary Range Grade 3. SCP 5 - 5
Hourly rate
- £13.26
What skills and experience we're looking for
- 5 GCSE’s grades 9-4 (A* - C) including Maths and English
- IOSH or willing to complete the training.
- Other relevant health and safety qualifications.
- Pool Plant Operations qualification (desirable).
- Experience in building, fire, asbestos, legionella, COSHH and health and safety regulations.
- Practical maintenance skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to respect and maintain confidentiality.
- Willingness to undertake appropriate CPD including Fire Marshall, First Aid Training and Minibus training.
What the school offers its staff
- Salary range Grade 3. SCP 5-6.
- 37 hours per week for 52 weeks of the year
- Generous annual leave entitlement, starting from 25 days per year increasing to 33 days with long service.
- Permanent contract
- Access to the School Advisory Service & Bike to work scheme
- Continuing Professional Development & Local Authority Pension Scheme
Further information about the job
The main purpose of this post is to effectively maintain the internal site and grounds of the school by providing high quality site services and support with the Site Services Supervisor. The successful candidate will be expected to work frequently on their own initiative and undertake evening and weekend work. The post holder is also required to have a clean Full UK Driving Licence (manual).
The role involves liaising professionally, courteously, and politely with all stakeholders, trustees, members of staff, students, and parents.
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Severndale Specialist Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 414 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Severndale Specialist Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@severndaleacademy.co.uk
Severndale Specialist Academy:
Severndale Specialist Academy is a multi-site special school incorporating our Monkmoor campus, provision within a local mainstream secondary school and a purpose built 16-25 year old provision at our local college. We work with young people with special educational needs from within Shropshire and beyond. Our children and young people can access Severndale Specialist Academy from nursery age through to 25 and have a range of learning, physical and mobility difficulties and some students require personal care. Supporting communication and enabling independence is a key focus of our work .
Severndale is a truly unique special school and is one of the largest special schools in the country. We are proud to be able to meet the needs of over 430 young people across all abilities of the SEND spectrum and across three different sites. Severndale is also proud to be part of The Learning Community Trust, a truly inclusive multi academy trust based in Telford.
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