Assistant School Keeper
Redden Court School
Havering
- Expired
- Salary:
- £22,575 - £22,983 (pay award pending)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2022
Job overview
Assistant School Keeper
Grade - Scale 3 (pt 5 - 6)
Actual Salary - £22,575 - £22,983 (pay award pending)
36 hours per week, full time
Shift patterns are 6am-2pm (early) and 2pm-10pm (late) and are carried out one week of early shift hours followed by a week of late shift hours
24 days p/a annual leave entitlement, increasing to 27 days after 5 years of service
We are looking to appoint a flexible, enthusiastic and energetic school keeper to work in conjunction with our existing Site Team. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a range of school keeper duties. These would include opening and closing of premises, site security, portering, general maintenance, cleaning and assisting staff with site related issues.
You should have a good range of DIY skills such as electrical work, decorating, minor plumbing and carpentry. You will have good communication skills as you will be liaising with contractors and tradesmen as well as students and staff. You should have an awareness of COSHH, safe manual handling practices and Health and Safety
Duties may also include general cleaning, dealing with spillages, blockages, locking and unlocking the sites and any ad-hoc duties as required.
Applicants should be willing to work across the Trust in any of our schools which include The Royal Liberty School, Redden Court School, Sanders Draper School and Rise Park Academies. This list may expand based on any future growth within our Trust.
As an employee you will be covered by our excellent well-being support and medical cover programme through the School Advisory Service (SAS).
This includes;
● Access 24 hours a day to a GP helpline where you can have a telephone conversation for you and close relatives.
● Access to Physiotherapy
● Access to a counselling service
● Free 12 week Weight Management Programme
● Support for stress management
● Lifestyle Screening
● Relationship Counselling
● Long-term condition support - support for you and family members where you or a member of your family is suffering from a long-term condition such as cancer, Multiple Sclerosis or Motor Neurones disease. This list is not exhaustive.
● Private Medical Service
● Stress Counselling
Success for all Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful for this position you will be expected to apply for a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before appointment is confirmed.
References will be sought on shortlisted candidates before interview.
“We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, age or sexual orientation.”
If you would like more information please contact Tara Barrett on 01708 730141 or email tbarrett@sfaet.co.uk to apply, please visit our website: www.sfaet.co.uk for an application form. Completed application forms to be emailed to jobapplications@sfaet.co.uk. Alternatively you can apply via JGP online application form www.haveringschoolcareers.co.uk.
Closing date: Monday 5th December @ 9.00am
Interviews: Monday 12th December
Attached documents
About Redden Court School
Our school has served the local community of Harold Wood for many years, providing a high quality education to the students of this area.
Our vision is focused on a ‘Commitment to Success for All’ and high levels of aspiration for every member of our community. The school is forward thinking and progressive. We seek to achieve the very best for all of our students through the use of a rich variety of educational approaches. We have caring staff who are dedicated to ensuring the students are successful in every aspect of their learning.
Redden Court is the lead school in the Success for All Educational Trust and is generally recognised as one of the highest performing mixed comprehensive schools in Havering. The MAT will expand over the next few years to incorporate both local Secondary and Primary Schools and currently is projected to include 3 Secondary Schools by January 2018.
We are an accredited ‘Thinking School’ and have very close links with the Cognitive Education Development Unit at the University of Exeter. Metacognition and the development of thinking skills is at the heart of our teaching and learning in the school as we believe it plays an important part in developing resilient and independent learners.
We also have very strong links with the Havering Teacher Training Programme, we are a senior partner in the Empower Teaching Alliance and we are recognised as a Leading Edge School by the SSAT. The schools has also been accredited with Investors in People (Silver), Healthy Schools (Gold, The International School Award, The Safeguarding Standard, Gold Travel Ambassadors Award and is a Fairtrade School.
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