Premises Assistant

Are you someone who enjoys working as part of a team and takes pride in ensuring the school always looks its best, delivering a high quality service with a friendly manner?

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Premises Assistant to work as part of our friendly team. You will need to be trustworthy, flexible, take pride in your work and be able to work with all members of the school community. We are looking for someone experienced in building or premises management with recognised experience, training or qualifications. The post holder will need good English to be responsive to Health & Safety requirements, and confident to work alone and manage school security (building and contents). The successful candidate will be expected to liaise effectively with contractors (e.g. trades, grounds workers) and be willing to attend appropriate training courses. You will be expected to be aware and undertake safeguarding responsibilities working around children and be respectful of the need for confidentiality that exists when working in a school environment.

You will have a good standard of education and possess a proven working knowledge of building maintenance, decorating and general caretaking.

This role comes with the unique benefit of residential accommodation providing the successful post-holder with a rare opportunity to live in a quality, family sized 2 bedroom bungalow at a considerably reduced rate comparative to current market prices for the area. For the better performance of the role, the post holder will be expected to live in the caretaker’s accommodation adjacent to the school site, under the terms of a service occupancy agreement dependent on this employment. As a residential premises assistant, the role will include key holding and call out responsibilities.

About Salfords Primary School

Our School sits within a newly established cluster of schools, overseen by a Regional Director. Along with Salfords, our cluster includes the following other schools; Southgate Primary School, Forge Wood Primary School, Kilnwood Vale Primary School, Greenway Junior School, Lime Tree Primary School, Merstham Primary School .

This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across this cluster, to share expertise and experience, ensuring all children in our schools receive an excellent education and reach their potential. It also provides opportunities for career progression across the cluster and gives you the chance to further your professional development.

We believe that everyone learns best when they are happy and we aim to achieve this through our school values of excellence, respect, courage and kindness. We look forward to working with the whole school community as we continue the school’s journey to excellence. 

Our Values

• Strive for Excellence
• Respect for others
• Have the Courage to try
• Treat people with Kindness

What we are looking for

•  Is confident using IT specifically emailing and Every compliance tool (training provided)
•  Is methodical, organised and good at record keeping
•  Has a good awareness of health and safety issues
•  Is reliable and able to work on their own initiative
•  Is capable at carrying out basic maintenance and DIY tasks
•  Is friendly, enthusiastic and a good team worker
•  Is able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people

Join the GLF Schools Community

As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 42 academies or in our central team.

• Celebrating 10 years as a growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 16,000 pupils
• Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
• 42 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
• We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
• Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education

GLF Schools Employment Offer

GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish

• Access to our highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working options
• Generous holiday allowance
• Work life and family friendly policies
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Career pathways and talent management
• Access to a staff benefits portal
• Community and collaboration working model

The Details:

Start date: ASAP

Contract type: Full-time, Permanent

Working hours: Monday – Friday, 36 hours per week with flexibility although must start before 7am,52 weeks full time.  

Salary: Associate 3 £22,982 -£ 26,532 

Annual Leave: 26 days per year plus bank holidays

Application Deadline: 9am Tuesday 7th May 2024

Interview Date: TBC we will interview as early as possible so if interested please do submit your application early.

Safeguarding Statement

GLF Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

As a Trust, we are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities. GLF Schools recognises and celebrates the diversity of its schools and their communities. There is a shared commitment across the Trust to develop further a culture of respect, where discrimination is not tolerated, and individuals are treated equitably and fairly and feel a sense of belonging. We strive for an inclusive environment where staff, children and students are comfortable to express their own identity, should they wish, in which diversity and inclusion is of mutual benefit for everyone in our schools. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups including those based on ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time ahead of the closing date if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible.

We also reserve the right to interview shortlisted candidates ahead of the closing date.

Please be advised that references may be requested on receipt of your application. Please state if you wish this to be delayed until shortlisting/interviews have taken place.