ACES Grounds Assistant
Aces Academies Trust
Cambridgeshire
- £25,584 - £27,269 per year
- New
- Salary:
- Full-Time & Part-Time applicants will be considered with possibilities of progression.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- February 2025
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2025
Job overview
Job Opportunities in Grounds Maintenance
ACES Academies Trust, Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 3BN
Are you passionate about maintaining beautiful outdoor spaces? ACES Academies Trust are looking for dedicated individuals to join our Grounds Maintenance team working at several primary schools and a prestigious secondary school with a Grade I listed building and stunning, expansive grounds. This school is set within a historic estate, providing a unique work environment filled with heritage and natural beauty.
Date posted: 4th December 2024
Closing date: 31st January 2025 (We reserve the right to close this advert subject to receipt of suitable applicants).
Salary: Permanent, 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, Scale 4, Points 7–11, Namely £25,584 - £27,269
Positions Available: Full-Time & Part-Time applicants will be considered with possibilities of progression.
Ideal Candidate Will Have:
- Experience in grounds maintenance, landscaping, or gardening
- A proactive attitude and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Respect for the historical nature of the estate and listed buildings
- Excellent work ethic
Why Join Us?
- Work within a beautiful, Grade I listed environment with a friendly team
- Opportunities for further training and development
- Competitive salary, with flexible hours available
- Be part of a community-focused school trust dedicated to preserving its grounds
Staff Benefits:
- 23-30 days annual leave increasing with years of service (support staff only)
- Nationally agreed pay award
- O2 Open Staff discount
- Free use of HBK Leisure facilities including gym, swimming pool, fitness classes
- Free car parking
- Generous employee pension contribution scheme and death in service benefit (LGPS)
- CPD access and support
- Employee assistance package offering counselling & advice on a range of matters including financial, health, workplace, family
- Access to staff discounts from local suppliers
- Automatic service-linked salary increases within pay grade (contracted support staff)
- Eligibility for Blue Light Card & Costco Individual Membership
The main responsibilities include:
- Mowing, aeration and fertilising: tractor mounted and pedestrian machinery.
- Line Marking: Initial setting out and mark and weekly over marking.
- Hedge cutting, strimming.
- Driving a tipper vehicle or similar.
- All sports surface preparation including grass, hardstanding and artificial turf
- Winter sports pitch preparation and maintenance to include synthetic sports surfaces
- Leaf clearing, litter picking, bin clearance, and debris clearing
- Goal post erection, dismantling, storage and maintenance
- Snow clearing, salt spreading and gritting
- Roping off and preparing for events
- Carry out car parking duties as required
- To keep borders, highway and footpaths clear and free from litter at all times
- Working flexible hours when required
- Undertaking any other tasks as considered reasonable by the Grounds Manager
- Basic maintenance of the Grounds Machinery
- To assist in the efficient running of the Grounds Workshop
- Liaising with and supporting the gardens team as appropriate.
Pre-application visits to the schools are welcomed and encouraged. Please call Ian Oliver, Trust Estates Manager at 01480 420509
Enquiries and applications to: recruitment@acemat.uk (CV’S will not be accepted)s
Closing date:31st January 2025 (We reserve the right to close this advert subject to receipt of suitable applicants).
Please be advised as an employer we do not hold a Sponsorship license so are unable to support overseas applicants obtain right to work in the UK.
If you have a disability that you wish us to take into account during the application process or require adjustments to be made, please contact us directly.
ACES Academies Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit.
ACES Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share that commitment. The appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and references specific pre-employment.
Attached documents
About Aces Academies Trust
- Aces Academies Trust
- C/o Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon
- Cambridgeshire
- PE29 3BN
- United Kingdom
The ACES Academies Trust has a shared local vision to raise aspiration and achievement for the communities we serve. We focus on the raising of standards, by sharing staff expertise and utilising additional resource gained through the sponsor’s connections with a range of businesses across Europe and the US. New staff are employed by the Trust to work where most needed and we aspire to enhance recruitment and retention, through our curriculum innovation and approach to staff development.
The schools in the Multi-Academy Trust develop a common set of values and expectations and work closely together using rigorous QA systems, monitoring and evaluating processes followed by timely and decisive action, in order to secure improvement.
The ACES Academies Trust uses the mantra of Aspiration, Creativity and Excellence to create Success. This seeks to ignite the imaginations of young people, kindle ambition and fuel the creative energy of communities, so that our students achieve excellence and become responsible global citizens. They will develop the ability to apply themselves with resilience, to think creatively, to question and reason, and to argue rationally, so they are equipped to take their places in the world. Tolerance, compassion and respect are central in all schools.
Our Academies
Hinchingbrooke School
Hinchingbrooke is a remarkable state school, set in acres of beautiful grounds and adjoining a country park. Hinchingbrooke House was formerly the family home of the Cromwells and of the Earls of Sandwich. The school finds inspiration from its heritage and gives both staff and students a very special pride and a sense of identity.
We aim for all students to be nurtured as uniquely talented individuals, finding fulfilment through their learning and the development of their intellectual, creative, physical and emotional capabilities.
We aim for our students to develop the moral integrity to become responsible global citizens, so that they may take their place in society with confidence. We are confident that anyone associated with the Hinchingbrooke learning community, student or adult, will leave the richer for their experience.
Cromwell Academy
Cromwell Academy is a thriving and motivated school which is committed to achieving. We pride ourselves on working closely together with parents/carers so that our children receive an outstanding education and attitude for life-long learning. We particularly believe that all our children at Cromwell Academy have potential and that it is our goal to unlock it together.
At Cromwell Academy we have a committed team of staff and governors who are keen to work together with parents/carers to provide the very best education for all of our children, whilst ensuring they remain safe and happy. Relationships between home and school are key in supporting the academic achievement and emotional well-being of our pupils. We are very proud of our children and the academy's achievements.
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