Premises Assistant

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.

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., 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 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