Premises Assistant

Ark; Hay Mills; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academy is seeking a Premises Assistant to enhance site safety and maintain high standards of cleanliness and functionality. This full-time role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a positive learning environment. As part of a supportive team, you will help manage various operations while also benefiting from professional development.

Benefits

Comprehensive professional development

Wellbeing initiatives including fitness suite

Access to Ark Rewards scheme

Interest-free loans for season tickets or bicycles

Gym discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in site maintenance or a related field.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations.
• Ability to manage cleaning and security operations effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the Academy is a safe and inviting environment.
• Oversee premises-related functions including grounds maintenance and security.
• Assist with health and safety protocols and facility lettings.

Skills

Site maintenance

Safety management

Cleaning

Security

Job description

About The Role

Reporting to:	Premises Manager
Start Date:	As soon as possible
Location:	Ark Victoria Academy, Talbot Way, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0HJ
Contract:	Permanent
Working Pattern:	Full time, all year round (36 hours per week)
Working Hours:	Your working hours would be agreed between the hours of 8:00am and 6:00pm with potential shift patterns.
Salary:	Ark Support Grade 5, points 5-12 (£24,790 - £27,711 p/a)
Closing Date:	Thursday 26th June 2025 at midday

About the role:

This is a fantastic opportunity for a new Premises Assistant to join our skilled Premises Team and our wider Operations Department.

As Premises Assistant, you will play an integral role in ensuring the Academy is a safe, inviting and positive learning environment for students, staff and visitors. You will work to ensure the highest quality of site maintenance.

You will support the management and operations of premises-related functions at the academy including buildings and grounds maintenance, security, cleaning, health and safety, lettings of our facilities and contractors.

Benefits

Why work for our school?

We value our staff and provide a comprehensive programme of coaching and professional development for all our staff. We use our values and our virtue pathways to shape the way we work and learn together. Hear what our teachers have to say about working at Ark Victoria Academy: https://arkvictoria.org/jobs/working-for-us

• We take CPD seriously, which is why we offer twice the number of training days as standard
• Our school’s ‘Wellbeing Wednesdays’ are a great hit – get in touch to find out more
• Our staff can take advantage of our on-site fitness suite
• Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering up to £1,000 a year in savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans of up to £5,000 available for season tickets or a bicycles
• Gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym

Find out more about the benefits of working for Arkatarkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/

About Us

Ark Victoria Academy provides pupils with an excellent education through an ambitious curriculum, personal development and character programme, and an extensive student experience and extra-curricular offer. Although we are a large school, we are able to retain a family feel, to nurture our pupils through their schooling and ensure that they flourish and leave us with the skills and qualifications necessary to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice.

Our school values and virtue pathways are crucial to our culture and ethos, they are also part of the way we work and learn together and have been instrumental to us on our school improvement journey. Our values of Ambition, Resilience and Kindness permeate our curriculum, our culture, school and our learning community.

It is for these reasons that Ark Victoria Academy was judged to be significantly improved in all areas from the 2019 ‘Good’ inspection, by Ofsted, in October 2024: ‘This is a school which lives out its values in full for the benefit of children in Nursery to the pupils in Year 11…pupils thrive at all stages of Ark Victoria Academy…as the school knows its pupils very well, they are very well supported to engage with the school’s ambitious curriculum’. The full report (September 2024) can be found here: https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50262921

We prioritise staff development with a strong emphasis on securing expert subject knowledge from our teachers, strong teaching and leadership and a focus on excellence for our pupils and staff.

Visitarkvictoria.org/jobsto learn more about us.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on thislink.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click thislink.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.