Site Assistant
Walton Academy
Lincolnshire
- £20,069.65 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 3
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- May 2024
- Apply by:
- 15 April 2024
Job overview
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only -(11.30 am – 7.30 pm)
Salary: £20,069.65, per annum
Contract: Permanent
Walton Academy has an opportunity for a Site Assistant, we are looking for someone with experience and motivation to support our current estates team with maintaining a welcoming and supportive atmosphere for our students. We would very much recommend and welcome you for a visit so you can meet us and understand our community.
Why join Walton Academy?
We are a successful secondary academy for students aged 11-18 years based in Grantham with 1000 students. In our latest Ofsted inspection, we were rated ‘good’ overall with praise including; “pupils enjoy coming to school and value the education they receive. They benefit from the dedication of staff and leaders. Pupils know that their teachers want them to do well and they feel well supported.”
Visits are welcomed and encouraged – please contact Dave Batten, Site Manager to arrange a visit, or for further information.
Walton Academy, Harlaxton Road,
Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7JR
The opportunity
We are seeking a strong candidate who will be responsible for the afternoon shift (11.30 am – 7.30 pm). This will involve basic maintenance tasks, liaising with contractors and securing our buildings at the end of the day. This post would suit an experienced caretaker or someone looking for a term time role with a practical mind set.. We would welcome a professional returning to work after a career break and will consider part time working where possible.
The successful candidate will:
- Have the resolve to make a real difference to the lives of students.
- Be a committed team player.
- Have a proactive and hands on approach.
- Be committed to the academy’s ethos of high aspirations and expectations.
Essential
- Experience of key holding responsibilities.
- Flexible to the ever changing demands of the role.
- Good and reliable timekeeping.
- Strong communication and people skills.
Desirable
- Experience of maintenance and decorating tasks.
- Experience with routine janitorial duties.
- Basic technical literacy to access emails and compliance programmes.
Our employee benefits
At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
In return you will benefit from:
· Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 14%
· Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s DiverseAssociation for Professional Learning.
· Full support and induction.
· A strong and caring ethos among staff and students.
· Networking opportunities across Diverse Academies
· Salary sacrifice opportunities such as car, cycle and technology schemes.
· Staff discounts and offers on gym membership, holidays, days out, cinema tickets, restaurants and top online shopping sites including instant voucher codes.
· 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
· Health and Wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider, eyecare vouchers for a free eye test and contribution towards glasses for display screen equipment users.
Applications
Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should we identify an appropriate candidate.
Closing date: 15 April 2024
Start date: May 2024
If you have any initial questions or would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Andy Batten, Business Manager.
Diverse Academies and its Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.
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About Walton Academy
- Walton Academy
- Harlaxton Road, Grantham
- Lincolnshire
- NG31 7JR
- United Kingdom
Walton Academy is an 11 – 19 highly successful and oversubscribed academy. As a leading edge high performing academy we pride ourselves in our traditional values and supportive culture for both students and staff.
At Walton you will find a school with a unique and distinctive ethos. We value every Walton pupil as an individual and pride ourselves on our ability to both nurture and challenge our students to fulfil their potential - to 'soar like an eagle' as our badge depicts. Our close knit, outward looking and happy community is an ideal environment for each student to flourish.
Core Values
Our core values include our exceptionally high standards in all areas of achievement, behaviour, learning and teaching and leadership. We fundamentally believe that every student should achieve their full potential and all staff are committed to ensuring this happens. Our academy is underpinned by an ethos of excellence, courage, commitment and ownership. We consider these to be integral to our students’ success and wellbeing. Alongside a commitment to academic excellence, students are expected and encouraged to become fully involved in Walton life.
Developing character is hugely important to us too, we want our students to be strong of mind, will and heart and we offer a wide range of enrichment opportunities to ensure this happens. All students will follow our LORIC curriculum that develops leadership, organisation, resilience, initiative and communication skills in readiness for the world of work. At Walton our culture of kindness is of equal importance to academic success – we want our students not only to be successful but leave with a robust moral compass.
Student Care
At the heart of our success is the care we take with our students. We believe that any student will flourish as part of a strong partnership between student, parent and the academy. We work closely with primary schools and parents to ensure that students who join us in Year 7 are confident and excited about joining Walton. Similarly we work closely with our Post 16 and other further education providers to ensure that students have the best possible opportunities for the next stage in their lives. Each student has a tutor to provide day to day care, and for those times when a little more support is needed we have a strong pastoral care team and a network of professionals to call upon.
Learning and Teaching
We encourage and support students of every capability to succeed and improve on their personal best within a creative and exciting learning environment. The best learning cannot take place without the best teaching and the quality of teaching at Walton is second to none, backed up by excellent OFSTED feedback and a consistently high level of professional development.
Achievements and Standards
Walton has been recognised as good with outstanding features by OFSTED. Our most recent results were phenomenal and place us in the top 10% of all schools nationally, demonstrating that we have the expertise to allow all students to fulfil their potential and achieve their dreams. We strive to be the best secondary school in the country and are committed to continually improving our offer and the quality of our provision.
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