Facilities Assistant
High Halstow Primary Academy
Medway
- New
- Salary:
- £22,714 per annum + 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 2 September 2024
Job overview
Please click here to view our Recruitment Brochure
Leigh Academy High Halstow has a fantastic opportunity for a committed and motivated Facilities Assistant to join our collaborative team from as soon as possible. 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.
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Benefits of working as a Facilities Assistant at a Leigh Academies Trust site;
- Full company closure and time off between Christmas and New Year
- You'll be part of a friendly and supportive team
- A flexible and proactive ethos
- Training and qualifications supported/encouraged
- Mileage allowance for travel between sites
- Paid overtime
- Generous pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme)
- Free, on-site parking at every site
- Dedicated site office
This is a fixed-term role until the end of December 2024 and our ideal candidate will be able to work 37 hours per week (Monday to Thursday 7.00am - 3.00pm and Friday 7.00am - 2.30pm). The salary being offered is £22,714 per annum.
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 joinus@latrust.org.uk. 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 Rachel Cribben (Recruitment Advisor) on rachel.cribben@latrust.org.uk / 01634 412 258.
Working with us: Leigh Academy High Halstow is an over-subscribed one-form entry village primary school. Pupils are hard-working and respectful and parents and carers work closely with us to ensure our pupils receive the best opportunities.
The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme is integral to our curriculum. We aim for our pupils to become well-rounded, lifelong learners and global citizens that are ready for secondary school and beyond.
The school is fortunate to have fantastic indoor and outdoor environments to enhance the learning opportunities for the pupils. Additionally, all KS1 and KS2 pupils have access to a 1:1 device which enables staff to further adapt teaching and learning experiences. Leigh Academies Trust provides outstanding opportunities for staff to work collaboratively as well as receiving high-quality professional development at all stages of the career journey.
Leigh Academy High Halstow has recently been judged as an OUTSTANDING school, to find out more and read our Ofsted report, please click here.
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, 14 of our academies are considered to be “Outstanding” which is nearly 50% of those which have been inspected whilst part of the Trust. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. 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.
Click here to view the benefits available to all LAT employees from day one.
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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About High Halstow Primary Academy
- High Halstow Primary Academy
- Harrison Drive, High Halstow, Rochester
- Kent
- ME3 8TF
- United Kingdom
Working with our academy: Leigh Academy High Halstow is a one form entry village primary school with just over 200 pupils. It is ideally situated on the Hoo Peninsula with fantastic views and quiet surroundings as well as close links to the M2 and Medway Tunnel. The school merged with Leigh Academies Trust in January 2019 which provides outstanding opportunities for staff to work collaboratively as well as high-quality professional development.
We pride ourselves on providing high quality learning opportunities so our children can achieve their very best in a community where all of the staff get to know all of the pupils really well. Our priority is ensuring we have a safe and fun place to learn and develop.
We believe in the huge potential of our pupils and focus relentlessly on high aspirations and high achievement. We recognise for some this could be in academic subjects whilst for others their strengths could lie in other areas such as sports and the arts.
The academy is fortunate to have fantastic indoor and outdoor environments where staff have vast opportunities to engage the pupils in their learning. Last summer, the wooden trim trail, fire pit area and outdoor classroom were added. The library has also recently been invested in to make it an inviting place to read for pleasure.
Our mission:
Leigh Academy High Halstow offers a caring and supportive learning environment that nurtures pupils’ development into positive, well rounded members of the community.
We strongly believe in aspiring to provide a world class education and we are proud of our pupils.
We ask parents to commit to our home-school agreement so that they know what we expect of their child. By working in partnership we can jointly ensure that each child makes progress every day allowing them to excel academically and develop into well rounded individuals who contribute positively to our society.
We aim to ensure:
- the highest standards of achievement
- excellent teaching and learning
- a challenging and tailored learning journey for all
- participation, personal development and wellbeing
- courtesy, respect and self-discipline
Principal: Gemma Stangroom
To learn more about Leigh Academy High Halstow, please click here https://highhalstowprimaryacademy.org.uk/
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