Facilities Assistant

Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy is seeking a proactive Facilities Assistant to help maintain a secure, warm and compliant site within the Derbyshire Hub. You will perform minor repairs, carry out inspections, and log compliance records while coordinating with colleagues and contractors.

The role requires IT literacy, strong communication, and a willingness to drive and cover on other sites as needed. A committed Trust environment supports safeguarding and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• A proactive approach to fulfilling the requirements of the role.
• The ability to undertake minor repairs and maintenance.
• The ability to ensure all routine testing and inspections are carried out in accordance with the Trust’s procedures.
• IT skills to record and keep up to date compliance records.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise with colleagues, contractors.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the school site is secure, warm and compliant with Trust and regulatory requirements.
• Undertake minor repairs and maintenance as required.
• Carry out routine testing and inspections in line with Trust procedures.
• Use IT systems to record and maintain up-to-date compliance records.
• Liaise with colleagues and contractors; provide cover on other sites when needed.

Skills

Proactive approach

Excellent communication

IT skills

Tools

Compliance software

Site maintenance systems

Job description

Minerva Learning Trust is a growing multi-academy trustcommitted to providing an outstanding education for students from a widevariety of backgrounds across Sheffield and Derbyshire. Founded in 2014,Minerva Learning Trust has expanded to a thriving family of schools, includingprimary, secondary, sixth form, and a unique post-16 provision. We have astrong track record of school improvement, successfully transforming schoolsfrom Ofsted ratings of RI and Inadequate to GOOD.

Whittington Moor Nursery and Infant Academy joined Minerva LearningTrust in December 2024 and is committed to ensuring an inclusive education forour youngest children. The school prides itself in supporting all children toachieve regardless of their ability and create a sense of awe and wonderthrough playful learning opportunities.

Following the retirement of the currentpostholder, our new Facilities Assistant will be part of the wider facilitiesteam in the Derbyshire Hub under the leadership of the Regional FacilitiesManager. You will work to ensure thatour school site is secure, warm and compliant to the Trust and regulatoryrequirements. We want our regional team to support eachother therefore, a requirement to drive is essential. You may be required to provide cover on othersites. The successful candidate willhave:

• Aproactive approach to fulfilling the requirements of role.
• Theability to undertake minor repairs and maintenance.
• Theability to ensure all routine testing and inspections are carried out inaccordance with the Trust’s procedures.
• ITskills to record and keep up to date compliance records.
• Excellentcommunication skills and the ability to liaise with colleagues, contractors.

The closing date is 9am on Monday 14September 2026 and interviews will take place on Thursday 17 September 2026. Candidates must be available on thisdate.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding andpromoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects allstaff to share this commitment, further information can be found in our child protection andsafeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website Statutory Information - MinervaLearning Trust. The successful candidate will be required tocomplete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In line with KCSIE,the trust/school will be carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidatesas part of their due diligence.