Site Assistant

Newtown Primary School; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 5,400 - 6,600; Part time

Job summary

Newtown Primary School in the United Kingdom is seeking a Site Assistant to perform caretaking, handyman-type duties, and security tasks across the school and premises. The role is 12 hours per week with a Monday to Friday pattern and a full-year contract.

The candidate will be involved in general maintenance, rubbish clearance, seating arrangements, and movement of resources around the school. Enhanced DBS checks are required for this post in line with safeguarding policies.

Qualifications

• Awareness of Health & Hygiene procedures
• Willingness to attend and participate in training
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to relate well to children

Responsibilities

• To carry out minor maintenance work, e.g. replacing handles, light bulbs/tubes, repairing desks, and assist in other maintenance tasks.
• To clear whole school rubbish to skip and empty external bins.
• To clear daily letters from exterior of building and manage external waste.
• To set out seating, desks and move equipment to support school operations.
• Movement of resources around the school, including use of the school minibus or equivalent.
• To be responsible for the safe and efficient lock-up of the school and to carry out security duties including alarm responses.

Job description

About this Role

• Hours of work: 12 hours per week
• Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
• Full Year

Newtown Primary School is a school very much at the heart of the local community it serves. It has a long and proud tradition of educating and inspiring the children. The trustees are seeking to employ a Site Assistant. Specific activities to be delegated by Site Operations Manager depending on the needs of the school and to include general caretaking duties, “handyman-type” duties and security including securing of school buildings and premises.

The range of duties can be illustrated by the following non-exhaustive list:

Handyman-type duties:

• To carry out minor maintenance work, e.g. replacing handles, light bulbs/tubes, repairing desks etc. and to assist in other maintenance work, e.g. some painting of classrooms etc.

Site Assistant duties which includes:

• To clear whole school rubbish to skip (previously bagged by cleaning staff)
• To clear letter daily from exterior of building and empty external bins.
• To clear seating arrangements in main hall and other areas as required
• To set out seating, desks etc. and move other equipment in support of the effective operation of the School and Centre.
• Movement of resources around the school to meet demand, including the use of the school minibus or equivalent to aid this.

Security duties:

To be responsible for the safe and efficient lock-up of the school when necessary and to carry out all associated security duties including responding to security alarms call outs.

The Successful candidate will:

• Awareness of Health & Hygiene procedures
• Willingness to attend and participate in training
• Able to identify own training needs and co-operate with means to address these
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to relate well to children

Enhanced DBS disclosure and Barred List checks are required for this post. You should not apply if you are on the Children’s Barred List. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, online searches are carried out on successful candidates.