Casual Lettings Assistant

Vacancy for Casual Lettings Assistant

Required as soon as possible

16 hours per week

Grade 4 SCP 5 £12.18 per hour (pay award pending)

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.

Pedmore High School are recruiting a Lettings Assistant for approximately 16 hrs per week on a casual basis. The position is for holiday cover and will cover three evening shifts (Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays).

Our lettings operate within the following hours:

Mondays – 4:00pm until 9:30pm

Tuesdays – 4:00pm until 8:00pm

Wednesday – 4:00pm until 9:30pm

Thursday – 3:45pm until 9:45pm

Friday – 3:30pm until 8:00pm

Saturdays – 8:00am – 4:00pm

Sundays – 8:00am – 5:00pm

Flexibility to cover other site staff during absence and holidays will be required. Flexibility may also be required to work during the school day on occasions.

The successful candidate will be working with the Site Manager/Facilities & Operations Manager to manage the day-to-day delivery of Facilities Hire. To undertake day to day work associated with the sports activity programmes and general maintenance/care of all equipment and facilities at the School.

Experience and Skills

•       An understanding of sports, leisure/recreation and the associated user groups.

•       To have a polite, friendly, professional, respectful and flexible approach to work and to be customer focused

•       Demonstrate good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

•       Be flexible regarding working hours and demonstrate punctuality, excellent attendance and reliability.

•       Be enthusiastic in the promotion of standards of Health & Safety and cleanliness within and the grounds of the letting facilities and school site.

You will need to be;

•       To be reliable, punctual and have excellent attendance

•       Possess a flexible and adaptable approach to working patterns and job task

•       Observe safe working practices in carrying out the required duties.

•       Team player, personable, emotionally intelligent with a sense of humour

Experience: Previous experience of working in a school or education setting would be desirable but not essential.

Closing Date for applications; 30 April 2024, 12 noon

Shortlisting; w/c 06 May 2024

Interview date to be confirmed.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, as a part of our recruitment process we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2023 – KCSIE 2023

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide

As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.