Facilities Assistant (Fixed Term)
Harborne Academy
Birmingham
- £24,413 - £26,823 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 2, Points 3-8 (£24,413- £26,823)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 26 January 2026
- Apply by:
- 4 January 2026
Job overview
Facilities Assistant (Fixed Term)
Salary: Grade 2 – Points 3-8
£24,413- £26,824
Working time: Fixed term contract – 3 months initially
Hours: Full Time, 36.5 hours per week
Start date: January 2025
We are seeking applications from dedicated and hardworking professionals with a desire to work in a successful, thriving, and supportive academy.
We are looking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic, hardworking and flexible facilities assistant to join our Facilities team to ensure the maintenance of the Academy’s estate including buildings, facilities and Health and Safety. You must guarantee a very high and consistent standard is met to satisfy the academy’s requirements and those of all regulatory and statutory bodies.
You should have a flexible approach, be able to build a rapport with staff and students and be able to work under pressure.
The individual will be responsible for completing maintenance, administration, and direct support as and when required and providing technical assistance to staff, students and external contractors either face-to-face, over the phone or via email.
To assist and support in the management of the academy premises and all premises’ related matters ensuring the sound condition of the premises, and the health and safety of all the building occupants
To ensure the academy premises, facilities and grounds is maintained and presented to a high standard and to deliver high standards of customer service to all premises users and visitors.
To support the health and safety of the premises for users and visitors
The successful candidate will be joining a highly successful team and a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
We welcome applications from candidates whose personal qualities and values reflect those in the person specification, and whose experiences also place them in a strong position to deliver the challenges set out in the job description.
Taken from our Ofsted Inspection in November 2022: ‘Aspire, Believe, Achieve’ is at the heart of Harborne Academy. Aspirational words and images surround pupils in corridors and classrooms. Pupils welcome these. Pupils and staff share positive and respectful relationships. Pupils value the support staff give them. This motivates pupils to achieve well, and they do. Pupils are happy and safe at school.
For more information and to apply, contact the academy on 0121 464 2737 or email recruitment@harborneacademy.co.uk. Please apply directly on the academy website (Job Vacancies - Harborne Academy) and email the recruitment inbox with your application.
Closing Date: Sunday 4th January 2026
Interviews: To be confirmed with successful candidates
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Harborne Academy is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust, and consistent recruitment process across the academy, which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, suitable references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.
As part of our recruitment checks, an online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process, and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.
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About Harborne Academy
Headteacher's Message
I am extremely honoured to be the Headteacher at Harborne Academy. Having been here as the Deputy Headteacher since 2017 and now as the Headteacher I have been part of an amazing team of staff, students, parents and governors who all work tirelessly to ensure that Harborne Academy is a positive, welcoming and successful place for students and staff.
Harborne Academy students have access to brilliant teaching and a wealth of fantastic extracurricular experiences from the moment they start in Year 7 to when they leave us in Year 11, ready to start the next chapter of their education. We are enormously proud of our past students many of whom come back and share their new lives with us.
It is my belief that as educators we have the best job in the world and we have a responsibility to ensure that the students in our care are not only safe, happy and learning at school, but are equipped to leave here and face the challenges of the modern world. To be proud of where they come from, to be able to voice their opinions, while listening and accepting that others may be different, to be respectful, courteous and curious.
We place literacy and a love of reading at the heart of our curriculum and have a fantastic library and cosy reading room to support our students to read in a comfortable environment. We make sure that students are nurtured to reach their full academic potential with support for those who need it and we offer an ambitious and challenging curriculum to stretch our students and ensure high aspirations. We are lucky to have the University of Birmingham on our doorstep and we take full advantage of the opportunities they can offer our students through mentoring and lectures to stretch our most able students.
The academy values the arts and invests within these faculties through their facilities, equipment and staffing. One of our investments is in the Hippodrome Education Network (HEN) which allows us to provide our students exposure to professional workshops, as well as live action shows at the theatre, and a cultural capital that can rival any other. As a result, the Performing Arts faculty is going from strength to strength and students’ talents are showcased in a variety of performances throughout the year, including a musical extravaganza in the summer term. The Creative Arts faculty is not left behind with our new kiln allowing us to offer our very popular pottery lessons. Students can also now enjoy 3D Design in the curriculum and have access to a laser cutter and 3D printer within the Design Technology department.
Alongside all of this, there are state-of-the-art facilities available including a gym, sports hall, 3G pitch, which are regularly used by all students for lessons and enrichment sessions.
Enrichment forms the fabric of academy life and is well-embedded within our calendar with events including ‘Arts Week’, ‘STEM Fortnight’, and our Humanities Department celebrates a variety of events across the year. Our programme of careers education is embedded from Year 7. You can keep up to speed with all of our activities by following our social media accounts.
We have very high expectations at Harborne Academy and it is my aim to ensure that we work in partnership with our parents and carers to ensure the very best possible outcomes for every child. If there is anything that we can do to support, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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