Facilities Assistant

Be part of a team that is passionate and committed to making a positive difference to the lives of the pupils and their families; in an innovative new school in Rugby, for children and young people with autism and/or social, emotional and mental health needs.

About Us

MacIntyre Academies Trust have now opened the new and exciting Academy in a purpose built state of the art building in Rugby, Warwickshire for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs and /or autism, aged between 9 years and 19 years. The new school will has specialist facilities including a sensory room, therapy room, interactive immersive classroom, soft play room, recording studio and photography suite. We are very proud of our holistic curriculum which enables the pupils to benefit from blended therapy in the classroom. We have a café locat-ed at the front of the school where parents can meet and the pupils can display the items they have made within school which will be available to purchase. We are passionate to support our pupils and families from the local community to ensure the best outcomes.

Previously the academy was located in a temporary modern school building on the outskirts of Nuneaton and opened with 30 pupils in September 2017 rising to 55 pupils in September 2018.

MacIntyre Academies is delighted to have been chosen to set up this new Academy which joins the existing ‘Endeavour Academy’ in Oxford which opened in 2014 and ‘Discovery Academy’ which opened in September 2015. MacIntyre

Academies is sponsored by MacIntyre Charity, which over the last 50 years, has developed a strong reputation national-ly, as a high quality, person centred organisation.

The Role

We are currently recruiting for a Facilities Assistant/Handyperson to join this new and exciting Academy.

Reporting to the Facilities Manager you will be responsible for supporting in the upkeep of Quest Academy School and with specific responsibilities for general maintenance, site security and cleaning.

You will need to have awareness of health and safety and cleanliness of workplace, handling and use of hazardous ma-terials experience (COSHH), manual handling experience and experience of carrying out general unskilled mainte-nance.

Previous experience of working within a school and holding an Apprenticeship, NVQ or equivalent in cleaning or any other relevant trade would also be desirable.

Benefits of Working for MacIntyre Academies

In return, we can offer you a competitive salary, local government pension scheme (with generous employer contribu-tions), 33 days holiday pro rata per annum (inclusive of bank holidays) an Employee Assistance Programme to support your health and wellbeing and full induction, training and career opportunities.

MacIntyre Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Such posts will require an enhanced DBS disclosure check together with all other relevant recruitment checks. This includes an Ofsted requirement for individuals to obtain an overseas police check, if they have spent six months or more outside the UK. MacIntyre Academies is an equal opportunities employer.