General Assistant: Lettings

52 weeks per year – 36 hours per week

Working in a shift pattern to suit the needs of lettings in the weekday evenings and one day at the weekend.

Note: there may be opportunities to work overtime if the need arises.

Strive, Succeed, Surpass

We are looking for a General Assistant Lettings to ensure our school provides a high level of good service to our customers and users. The post will cover five evenings per week and one day at the weekend.

Your role would mostly be dealing with the customers and users who hire the school facilities and premises. For example, you will be preparing rooms, meet new hirers and show them the facilities, check on the lettings while on site and clearing up and preparing rooms for the next day. Checking on the security and safety of the site is an important part of this role.

The successful applicant must be enthusiastic and take pride in ensuring our school is clean, safe and functions well for the school community, the lettings clients and users.

We are looking for a flexible, skilled, organised and hardworking person who enjoys a busy varied job.

You will be able to communicate effectively with a range of different people and age groups. You will be able to communicate well with contractors and have good health and safety awareness. We need someone who is approachable, well-motivated and be able to work on their own initiative.

This role offers an opportunity to play a significant part in our wonderful inclusive community and to make a difference to children’s lives.

Caterham High School is on a journey to excellence. Ofsted noted (Sept 2018) that there is “energised leadership” and “absolute clarity” about our next steps. The report also noted that students’ behavior

is consistently good in lessons and that they are respectful and contribute positively to the school’s work and culture.

We look to provide development and training opportunities for all staff. Appropriate training and guidance will be provided for this post holder so that they can fulfil all aspects of the role.

We are a community school that serves a richly diverse area of East London, with many ethnic groups and languages represented. Our staff are well known as friendly and welcoming. There are staff activities such as football, badminton and yoga. Staff have free access to our fitness suite and parking is readily available.

Are you interested? You are welcome to visit the site or have a telephone conversation prior to application. Please contact Debby Venner (HR Manager) for more information.

Completed application forms should be e-mailed to D.Venner@ecaterham.net by Monday ­­­­­­­­­­­6th February by 10am.

Interviews will be scheduled over a period of time starting in the week beginning 13th February 2023.

Please note, the school will assess applications immediately on application and reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the closing date.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In accordance with KCSiE, Safer Recruitment Guidelines and Data Protection Guidelines, we reserve the right to use social media as part of our recruitment processes. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact the School

Offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS Clearance.