Site Assistant - Full-time, Skills for Life Trust

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Skills for Life Trust

Pay: NJC Grade D2 points 4 – 11 £18,933 - £21,748

Start Date: August

Required July 2021

37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Walderslade Girls’ School, part of the Skills for Life Trust, is a vibrant and high performing all girls High School with a strong community spirit and an ethos of inclusion, supporting learners of all abilities.

This is an all-girls secondary academy in Medway with a large joint sixth form in partnership with the neighbouring boys’ school. You will work alongside a strong and motivated team, who are committed to ensuring that our pupils make outstanding progress.

Amongst the many benefits of working within the Trust you will receive;

Skills for Life Trust values

Free Private Healthcare Cover

Personal development and promotion opportunities across the Trust

Trust wide focus on staff wellbeing

A supportive environment

We are seeking a Site Assistant to be part of the team responsible for the general maintenance, cleanliness and security of the Academy and to maintain the premises (both internally and externally) in a clean, safe, sound and secure condition for staff, pupils, parents and community users.

The successful applicant will be highly motivated with a positive and proactive approach to taking care of our academy. They will need a proven range of site maintenance skills including general repairs, cleaning, painting and decorating and DIY. Experience of boilers and heating systems is desirable.

It would be desirable for the successful candidate to have their own transport as some travel may be required between our sites based in Chatham, Rochester and Gravesend.

The Skills for Life Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS Check) and the receipt of two satisfactory references.

Closing Date: 09/07/2021 at 15:00

Interviews: July 2021

Information about the trust

The Skills for Life Trust, is an established Multi Academy Trust (MAT) which comprises of two secondary academies and three primary academies: Greenacre Academy, Walderslade Girls’ School, Warren Wood Primary Academy, Hilltop Primary Academy and Chantry Community Academy.

The Trust vision is for Skills for Life to pervade the curriculum and extra-curricular activity. In addition to the normal school diet, the Trust aims to prepare our students for the adults that they are to become, through teaching life skills and exposing them to a whole range of potential careers and mentors from the business world, both locally and regionally. The Skills for Life vision also permeates through staff practices, where we are mindful of staff well-being and workload. We are a trust who cares for their staff and this is reflected in our low staff turnover and positive staff surveys.

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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