Facilities Assistant
Caister Academy
Norfolk
- £22,228 - £22,593 per year
- New
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Winter Term
- Apply by:
- 6 September 2024
Job overview
- Permanent position
- 52-weeks per year, 35 hours per week
- Hours to be worked between 6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday, with occasional late and weekend working, via a weekly Rota.
- Salary: Scale D point 5 - 6, £22,228 to £22,593 actual (£23,500 to £23,893 FTE)
Are you looking for an exciting and challenging support role in a local academy? Situated in the coastal village of Caister on Sea, just 20 miles east from the vibrant city of Norwich, Caister Academy has an opening for a Facilities Assistant. You will be based on site and be part of a team of four including the Facilities Manager.
The core purpose of the role is:
· Day to day running of the academy site as well as assisting with larger projects.
· Assist with the responsibilities but not limited to site and grounds maintenance, contractors, security, cleaning services.
· Ensuring that the school site provides an attractive, safe, secure, clean, and welcoming environment for all.
· Opening and / or closing the school site.
Caister Academy is one of Norfolk’s leading co-educational secondary schools. It is well regarded for excellence in performing arts and English, with aspirations to lead nationally in all areas. As part of Creative Education Trust, we work in collaboration with other local Academies, and receive development opportunities and support from Creative Education at a national level.
Why work for Creative Education? Some of the benefits are:
· Access to employee discount scheme.
· Bike to Work scheme.
· Employee Assistance Programme.
· Free annual influenza vaccination.
· CPD and career development.
For further details, or an informal discussion about the role with Martin Rendle, Facilities Manager on martin.rendle@caisteracademy.org.uk
To complete the application form and to download an applicant’s pack, including the job description and person specification, please follow the link below, remembering to include what skills you could bring to the role:
For more information on Creative Education Trust visit www.creativeeducationtrust.org.uk.
For more information on Caister Academy, visit www.caisteracademy.org.uk
Closing date: Friday 6 September 2024
Interviews: TBC
Creative Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people. Shortlisted candidates will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks which will include checks of social media accounts.
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About Caister Academy
- Caister Academy
- Windsor Road, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth
- Norfolk
- NR30 5LS
- United Kingdom
Caister Academy is an 11-16 co-educational day school, specialising in Literature and the performing arts. We offer a rigorous, traditional curriculum; supplemented by a broad choice from the arts, technology, and sport; all personalised to the strengths of individual students.
With sea views, Caister Academy is just 20 miles east of the vibrant city of Norwich. Our people are our greatest asset and Caister Academy currently employs over 80 staff and is major employer within the community. You will be joining a well-established team of practitioners, all with the same vision of making a difference, shaping our school/education system, teaching, and developing children, and creating a school where no one is disadvantaged. We are proud to serve at the heart of our community, and through our core values of ambition, opportunity, character and community, seek to do so in all that we do.
Caister Academy joined Creative Education Trust (CET) in March 2015 which itself was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. They now have a network of 17 schools educating 13,500 children and young people. Working for CET offers an abundance of opportunities through a wide range of co-curricular activities and Knowledge Connected programme.
With a robust CPD package which operates at many levels and ensure that it captures the needs of all roles and career stages, continually adapting to an ever-changing professional landscape.
It is the aim of Caister Academy and Creative Education Trust to be an Employer of Choice not just by offering strong employee relations but also good pay and recognition, diversity, and equality of opportunity, as well as staff well-being.
Additional benefits include:
- Free regular Knowledge Connected Community Magazine
- Free on-site parking
- Membership to Vivup, which provides a range of savings online and on the high street, and also provides opportunities to pay for a Health Care plan and discounted membership to gyms
- Bike2work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free annual Flu jab
- Access to the First Bus Commuter Club where you can sign up to cheaper unlimited travel on First Buses in your chosen travel area
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