Facilities Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Rainham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Facilities Assistant at a thriving academy. Join a collaborative team dedicated to maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for students. This role involves general maintenance, supporting the Facilities Manager, and ensuring the academy's premises are secure. With a flexible approach and a proactive mindset, you will contribute to a vibrant educational community. Enjoy fantastic benefits including training opportunities, paid overtime, and a supportive team atmosphere. If you're ready to make a difference in a new school environment, this role is perfect for you!

Benefits

Full company closure during Christmas

Friendly and supportive team

Flexible working ethos

Training and qualifications support

Mileage allowance

Paid overtime

Free on-site parking

Dedicated site office

Qualifications

• Trustworthy, reliable, hardworking, and able to work independently.
• Good DIY skills and knowledge of Health & Safety are ideal.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Estates Team with maintenance duties and minor repairs.
• Support the Facilities Manager in ensuring health and safety.

Skills

DIY skills

Health & Safety knowledge

Basic IT skills

Teamwork

Reliability

Physical fitness

Job description

Leigh Academy Rainham has a fantastic opportunity for a committed and motivated Facilities Assistant to join our collaborative team as soon as possible. This position will assist the wider Estates Team with the care of the academy premises, ranging from general maintenance duties including minor repair and refurbishment works, porterage and other duties, supporting the Facilities Manager in ensuring the health and safety and security of a busy academy. Applicants will need a flexible approach to working hours and duties and may be required to cover the duties of other team members in their absence, occasionally.

Applicants need to be trustworthy, reliable, hardworking, physically fit, conscientious and be able to work independently as well as part of a team. Ideally, you will have good DIY skills, some knowledge of Health & Safety, basic IT skills and an understanding of safeguarding. We offer fantastic CPD opportunities as an academy and as a wider multi-academy trust so can provide support if there are any areas that you may need to be upskilled or trained.

Benefits of working as a Facilities Assistant at a Leigh Academies Trust site:

• Full company closure and time off between Christmas and New Year
• You'll be part of a friendly and supportive team
• A flexible and proactive ethos
• Training and qualifications supported/encouraged
• Mileage allowance for travel between sites
• Paid overtime
• Free, on-site parking at every site
• Dedicated site office

This is a fixed term role and our ideal candidate will be able to work full-time.

About Leigh Academy Rainham: In September 2021, we opened our doors to the 180 founding students of our co-educational comprehensive school for 11-18 year olds. Already oversubscribed, our new school is firmly set to be a beacon of excellence for secondary education in Medway. The wellbeing and success of each individual child is at the heart of everything and we are driven by the belief that it is our role to ensure all pupils develop an appreciation of the limitless possibilities ahead of them. Every learner is entitled to an enriching, varied and personalised education; delivered through a broad and balanced curriculum that provides challenge, irrespective of need, starting point or background.

Our strong learning community works together and shares the value of collaboration; every member of our academy family works together to achieve success, cultivating a strong sense of belonging. Our belief in human-scale education, delivered through our college model, ensures every one of our students is known and valued. Strong pastoral care is at the heart of our academy and we place great importance on building strong partnerships with parents and carers.

Working in a brand new school is a unique opportunity. A flexible approach with a can-do ethos is required, as is drive, grit and boundless enthusiasm. We will be looking to recruit a staff body that has a multitude of talents to enable us to provide a rich academic and co-curricular offer from the outset and look forward to hearing what additional skills, talents and interests you could bring to a role at the Academy. A sense of humour is also essential!

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2024, our Trust comprises 33 geographically organised academies (17 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 24,000 students and employing 4,000 talented staff. Nearly 40% of our academies are judged outstanding overall by Ofsted, versus 15% nationally. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.