Facilities Assistant

School & College; Rugby; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative academy in Rugby is looking for a Facilities Assistant to join their team. The successful candidate will help maintain high-quality standards for school facilities, ensure health and safety measures are met, and assist with the daily transport protocols for students. This role requires good interpersonal skills as well as a commitment to safeguarding children and young people. Experience in facilities maintenance is advantageous, and the position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities maintenance or similar role is preferred.
• Ability to perform Health & Safety checks and general maintenance.
• Good interpersonal skills to maintain relationships with staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the School and its grounds to a high standard.
• Conduct daily health and safety checks.
• Assist with daily transport protocols for children.
• Set up areas for meetings and training as required.

Job description

Be part of a team that is passionate and committed to making a positive difference to the lives of the pupils and their families; in an innovative academy in Rugby, for children and young people with autism and/or social, emotional and mental health needs.

The Principal wishes to appoint a Facilities Assistant (Caretaker’s Assistant). This is an exciting opportunity to become an integral part of our Facilities Team within a Trust that is committed to creating safe, well-maintained, and inspiring environments for our learners. Your contribution will directly support the smooth day-to-day operation of our sites, helping to ensure that our buildings and grounds remain welcoming, secure, and conducive to learning.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the School and its grounds to a high standard of presentation
• Daily facilities check to include Health & Safety checks, reporting the findings to Facilities Manager. Checks include, but not limited to, Water Purge, Temperature checks and standard visual checks.
• To identify and undertake general maintenance tasks daily
• Escort contractors around the premises when required
• Assist with daily transport protocol. Receiving and controlling the daily taxis collecting and delivering children.
• Cleaning of specialist areas on an ad hoc and scheduled timescale, such as Sensory Room(s), Ball pit(s)
• Deliver and collect, both within the Academy and from outside suppliers, equipment and supplies and distributing accordingly, adhering to Manual Handling policy
• Maintain orderly and stocked storage cupboards
• Weekly Vehicles checks
• Set up areas for large meetings, assemblies and training as and when required
• Operate and maintain our facilities log and checks with our dedicated software
• To maintain Health and Safety precautions in all working areas and to comply with good practice, policies and procedures, as laid down in the School’s Health and Safety policy, with regards to COSH, Risk Assessments, Electricity at Work, Safe Systems at Work, Manual Handling, safe use of Hazardous substances, etc.
• To maintain good relationships with all other members of staff.
• To attend training as appropriate and to keep all necessary skills up to date.
• To assist at special functions, which may be out of normal working hours.

Safeguarding and Disclosure

Quest Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. How to apply: https://careers.macintyreacademies.org/vacancies/

MacIntyre Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and registration with the DBS Update Service together with all other relevant recruitment checks including obtaining references. This post includes engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide: DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Referees will be asked to assess suitability of candidates to work with vulnerable adults, children or young people and will be verbally verified. Individual Safeguarding Policies for our Academies can be found on our website under ‘Essential Information’ and candidates will be asked about this as part of the recruitment process. In line with the update to KSCIE 2022 MacIntyre Academies will carry out an online search of the candidate once the shortlisting process has been completed as part of their due diligence. This may involve a google search of the candidate’s name, looking at the top three search results over the past three years. If any incidents or issues are identified that are publicly available online this will be explored with the candidate at interview stage.