Mobile Facilities Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Mobile Facilities Assistant to join a collaborative team dedicated to maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for students. In this role, you will assist with general maintenance, minor repairs, and support the Facilities Manager in ensuring the security of the academy premises. The ideal candidate will be reliable, physically fit, and possess good DIY skills, along with a flexible approach to working hours. This permanent full-time position offers a supportive work environment, opportunities for professional development, and a chance to make a real impact in the academy community.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Mileage allowance for travel

Paid overtime

Free on-site parking

Dedicated site office

Support for training and qualifications

Qualifications

• Trustworthy, reliable, and hardworking individual with good DIY skills.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Assist with general maintenance and minor repairs across multiple academy sites.
• Support the Facilities Manager in ensuring health and safety.

Skills

DIY Skills

Health & Safety Knowledge

Basic IT Skills

Teamwork

Reliability

Education

No formal education required

Job description

Leigh Academies Trust Facilities team has a fantastic opportunity for a committed and motivated Mobile Facilities Assistant to join our collaborative team. 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.

This role will be working across Leigh Academy Tree Tops, Leigh Academy Oaks, Leigh Academy Molehill and Leigh Academy Langley Park. Please note that candidates must be able to travel between sites.

Benefits of working as a Caretaker at a Leigh Academies Trust site:

1. 25 days annual leave per annum + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days + bank holidays based on 5 years' service
2. You'll be part of a friendly and supportive team
3. A flexible and proactive ethos
4. Training and qualifications supported / encouraged
5. Mileage allowance for travel between sites
6. Paid overtime
7. Free, on-site parking at every site
8. Dedicated site office

This is a permanent role and our ideal candidate will be able to work full-time, Monday to Friday. The salary offered is £24,404 per annum + 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.

We can accept applications electronically or in paper form which can be accessed below. Alternatively, we also accept CV's which you can send to [emailprotected]. Paper applications and CVs can be collected/returned from any LAT academy reception. If you have any queries in regards to the application process, please contact Amy Wenban (Recruitment Advisor) on [emailprotected].

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. Currently, 16 of our academies are considered to be “Outstanding” which is 53% of those which have been inspected whilst part of the Trust. The Trust is establishing three ‘clusters’ of academies: LAT Central; LAT West; LAT North. 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. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

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 which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. 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 discriminating 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.

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