Estates Assistant
Wimbledon High School
Merton
- New
- Salary:
- £27,070-£29,000 depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 6 January 2025
Job overview
The role
If you’re looking to develop your skills or begin a career in estates, security or facilities maintenance, then Wimbledon High School has an exciting opportunity for you within our friendly, dynamic, and supportive Estates team.
As an Estates Assistant, you’ll assist with the day-to-day maintenance and operation of the school and will play a vital part in the security, general maintenance and upkeep of our buildings.
This will involve keeping the grounds tidy and well-maintained, ensuring the security of school buildings, conducting regular site checks, and responding to maintenance tickets on our Estates Helpdesk.
About you
We’re looking for a reliable and committed individual with an interest in general maintenance and repairs (painting, carpentry, plumbing etc.).
Previous caretaking, premises or building management experience is desirable, but not essential.
You’ll demonstrate a willingness to undertake relevant training to support your progress and development in the role and within the Estates team.
You'll also be able to complete general manual handling tasks including lifting, moving, and carrying deliveries, furniture, and other loads.
In addition to this, you'll have some understanding of relevant Health and Safety legislation and knowledge of fire safety, security, and emergency procedures.
About the School
Since 1880, Wimbledon High School GDST has been educating girls to go out into the world and make a difference. Our acclaimed pastoral programme GROW, enriching co-curricular opportunities, character-forging partnerships and our 'playful scholarship' approach to academic life make for a compelling environment where every individual can flourish and be herself. Located in the heart of Wimbledon, we are less than 20 minutes from central London.
Benefits
As part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- GDST Flexible Pension Plan (Details from: https://workplace.aviva.co.uk/gdst/)
- Free life assurance benefit
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
For further details and to apply for this position please click the apply button.
The closing date is 9.00am on Monday 6th January 2025.
Interviews will be held on Monday 20th January 2025.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening including online searches will apply to this post.
About Wimbledon High School
An academically successful school, with meaningful partnerships placing us at the heart of our community, Wimbledon High School is a hub of intellectual activity, fun and laughter.
We are proudly a flagship school of the Girls' Day School Trust, experts in educating girls, from 4 to 18. We like to challenge and inspire our students through an innovative focus on 'play' in our Junior School and 'playful scholarship' in Seniors, which sees us embrace problem-solving, critical and disruptive thinking and creativity in and out of the classroom. It may seem a contradiction but at Wimbledon High we are as serious about play as we are about academic rigour – and indeed, believe that the one cannot exist without the other. A highly selective school, with outstanding results, our students do nine GCSEs and 3 A levels, giving them time and space to explore around, over and above the curriculum. We go off-timetable one afternoon a week for our partnerships work, which sees over 200 visiting pupils get involved in activities and which was noted as a significant strength of the school in our recent ISI inspection.
A vast array of co-curricular clubs and activities allow students to find their thing: passions and interests that they will take with them through life, as on their journey of discovery about themselves, they learn what is important to them. Excellent pastoral care, under our GROW programme, is embedded in everything we do; we teach girls to believe in their own agency and use their voices for good.
Our school aims:
Stepping in: we aim for every girl to feel known, supported, confident and able to shine at Wimbledon High.
Striding out: we aim for every girl to leave us prepared to shape the society in which she lives and works.
We will do this, across the school by:
· Encouraging resilience, independence and kindness
· Nurturing curiosity, scholarship and a sense of wonder
· Promoting excellent teaching and learning
· Running a broad, inspiring co-curricular programme
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