FACILITIES OPERATIVE

Teaching Vacancies; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme Health A

Meals for staff

Job summary

Buckler’s Mead Academy in Yeovil, Somerset, is seeking a proactive Facilities Operative to join our premises team. You will help maintain the school’s buildings, contents and grounds to the highest standards for pupils, staff and visitors.

The role involves supporting the Premises Manager with servicing, procurement, health and safety, and contract management, including basic maintenance and refurbishment tasks. You will be a master key holder ensuring secure opening and closing of the premises.

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities maintenance or site services.
• Ability to maintain accurate electronic records.
• Flexible and able to reprioritise urgent tasks.

Responsibilities

• Carry out basic maintenance, repair and refurbishment tasks.
• Support Premises Manager in servicing, procurement, health and safety, and contract management.
• Hold master key and unlock/lock premises at start and end of day.
• Work with staff, external agencies and partner schools to ensure high standards.

Skills

Team player

Flexible

Record keeping

Prioritisation

Time management

Collaborative

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

FACILITIES OPERATIVE

37 hours per week - Monday to Friday (some shift work will feature) – all year round

Early shift : 07:15-16:30 (Monday) & 07:15-15:45 (Tuesday to Friday)

Late shift 09:30-18:30 (Monday) & 10:15-18:30 (Tuesday to Friday)

An exciting opportunity for a Facilities Operative working across two secondary schools under the direction of the Premises Manager to ensure the school’s buildings, contents and grounds are maintained to the highest standards for our pupils, staff and visitors. This is a full time, permanent post.

Having achieved another "record-breaking" set of results in summer 2025, and following on from our Ofsted visit in May 2024 where we were judged as a strong ‘Good’ in all areas, Buckler’s Mead Academy is going from strength to strength.

The role supports the Premises Manager in areas including servicing, procurement, health and safety, contract management and premises development. Duties will include basic maintenance, repair and refurbishment tasks. The post holder will be a master key holder and ensure the school premises are unlocked at the start of each day and securely locked at the end of each day.

The successful candidate should be:

• A team player with a positive outlook and strong work ethic.
• Flexible and receptive to change.
• Able to maintain and manage accurate electronic records
• Able to reprioritise work at short notice, responding to urgent tasks while undertaking routine tasks.
• Organised and have good time management skills
• Capable of working with staff from all areas of the academy, external agencies and partner schools.
• Committed to high standards of quality

(Please see the accompanying Job Description for further details of the duties and responsibilities of this post).

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer you the opportunity to work with motivated students, the full support of a dedicated and committed team of staff, a supportive induction programme and ongoing professional development, plus the opportunity to work in a developing academy in a beautiful area of the South West. We seek to significantly invest in developing all of our staff. Having joined the Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership in September 2021, we are part of a Trust which is often considered the ‘market leader’ in the South West for school improvement. The successful candidate will benefit from Trust wide opportunities, such as early careers induction, CPD and working with colleagues across Trust schools.

Staff benefits include free on-site parking, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and access for all staff to the Employee Assistance Programme “Health Assured”, which is a telephone based advice, information and counselling service. A selection of meals, snacks and drinks is available for staff to purchase at lunch and break times.

Further details about the role

Buckler’s Mead Academy is a highly inclusive academy, serving the east of Yeovil, Somerset. Our vision as an academy is “an inspiring education for all”. We believe that all members of our community should be given the opportunity to be happy, to achieve, participate and become successful. Our job as professionals is to ensure this happens. All our staff sign up to these aspirations and play a full role in contributing to this vision through inclusive teaching. We seek to recruit dedicated and talented staff, highly committed to making a difference.

The academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to references and a full Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that we may carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of our Safer Recruitment and Due Diligence checks.

Buckler’s Mead Academy is an equal opportunities employer. The campus is a no smoking site.

Commitment to safeguarding

Buckler's Mead is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. We have a duty of care and the right to take reasonable action, ensuring the welfare and safety of pupils. If staff have cause for concern that a child is subject to any form of abuse, we will follow child protection procedures and inform Children’s Services. Buckler’s Mead meets statutory requirements relating to Disclosure & Barring Service – all staff and volunteers who work with Buckler’s Mead Academy who meet the ‘regulated activity test’ (Freedoms Act 2012) are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to employment.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 2 November 2026 (9.00 am)

(We review all applications on receipt and reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we receive sufficient applications)

Thank you for your interest in this post. We look forward to receiving your application.