School Site Assistant

Loyal Blue Recruitment; Watford; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Loyal Blue Recruitment are working with a school in Watford, Hertfordshire to recruit reliable School Site Assistants to join their premises team. This hands-on role focuses on keeping the school safe, secure and running smoothly, with duties including opening/closing areas, basic maintenance and safety checks.

The ideal candidate is practical, dependable and capable of working as part of a busy school site team, with transferable experience from facilities, caretaking or maintenance backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Reliable and punctual
• Practical and hands-on
• Ability to spot problems and use initiative
• Comfortable with basic maintenance tasks
• Friendly and professional around staff and students
• Able to work as part of a busy site team
• Aware of health & safeguarding responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Open, close and secure areas of the school
• Carry out general maintenance and minor repairs
• Complete regular site, security and health & safety checks
• Set up classrooms, halls and other areas for lessons, meetings and events
• Move furniture, equipment and deliveries around the site
• Keep external areas safe, tidy and accessible
• Report maintenance issues and help arrange repairs
• Support contractors and visitors on site
• Respond to day-to-day premises issues as they arise
• Work closely with the Site Manager and wider school team

Skills

Reliable & punctual

Practical & hands-on

Health & safety awareness

Job description

School Site Assistant

Location: Watford, Hertfordshire

Full-Time / Part-Time Opportunities

Competitive Pay - dependent on experience

Loyal Blue Recruitment are working with a school in Watford, Hertfordshire and are looking to speak with reliable, practical and hardworking School Site Assistants to join their premises team.

This is a hands-on role for someone who takes pride in keeping a school safe, secure and running smoothly.

You don't necessarily need years of school site experience. We're equally interested in people from maintenance, facilities, caretaking, estates or similar practical backgrounds who have the right attitude and would enjoy working as part of a school community.

The Role

As a School Site Assistant, you'll help with the day-to-day running and upkeep of the school site.

Your duties are likely to include:

• Opening, closing and securing areas of the school
• Carrying out general maintenance and minor repairs
• Completing regular site, security and health & safety checks
• Setting up classrooms, halls and other areas for lessons, meetings and events
• Moving furniture, equipment and deliveries around the site
• Keeping external areas safe, tidy and accessible
• Reporting maintenance issues and helping arrange repairs where needed
• Supporting contractors and visitors working on site
• Responding to day-to-day premises issues as they arise
• Working closely with the Site Manager and wider school team

Who Would Suit This Role?

You could already be working as a Site Assistant, Caretaker, Premises Assistant, Facilities Assistant or Maintenance Operative.

Alternatively, you may have practical maintenance or facilities experience and be looking for an opportunity to move into a school environment.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is:

• Reliable and punctual
• Practical and happy to get stuck in
• Able to spot problems and use their initiative
• Comfortable carrying out basic maintenance tasks
• Friendly and professional around staff and students
• Able to work as part of a busy site team
• Conscious of health & safety and safeguarding responsibilities

Previous experience within a school would be an advantage, but we're happy to hear from candidates with transferable experience.

As this position involves working within a school, successful candidates will be subject to the appropriate safeguarding and compliance checks, including an Enhanced DBS check.

Why Apply Through Loyal Blue Recruitment?

We're working directly with the school on these opportunities and are looking to build a shortlist of good local candidates.

We'll talk you through the role, find out about your experience and, importantly, what you're looking for next.

If you're practical, dependable and like the idea of working somewhere where the job you do genuinely matters to the people around you, we'd really like to hear from you.