Salary FTE: £14,567 (Apprentice)
Contract term: 37 hours, 52 weeks, 18 months
Start date: February 2026
Closing date: Midnight Wednesday 10 December 2025
Mercia Learning Trust
Mercia Learning Trust is a successful partnership of four primary and three secondary schools located in the south-west of Sheffield. Established in 2012, with one secondary school, our trust has grown to serving over 5000 pupils, with 650 staff.
Why do we exist?
- To empower everyone in our communities, especially the most disadvantaged, to succeed.
How do we behave?
- We are kind - showing care and supporting each other.
- We have integrity - doing the right thing and always putting children first.
- We work with diligence - overcoming obstacles and having no excuses.
What do we do?
- We run schools that focus on academic excellence, cultural capital and the development of character.
How will we succeed?
- A culture of excellence – high standards shaped by clarity, not control.
- Academic focus – empowering all children through an exceptional curriculum.
- Purposeful collaboration – relationships built on trust, reducing sub-optimisation and driving collective success.
Our staff are a crucial part of our trust, just like our pupils. We are devoted to recruiting, training, retaining and taking good care of our highly skilled and dedicated team.
The role
Mercia Learning Trust is seeking to appoint a highly organised, motivated and flexible buildings supervisor to be responsible for site related issues including maintenance, repair and improvements in relation to the buildings at Mercia School (interior and exterior, furniture, fittings and the school grounds).
Working hours will alternative between 6am and 2pm and 10am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. Employees receive a holiday entitlement of 26 days for those with under five years’ service, increasing to 31 when reaching five years. We request annual leave is taken during school holidays with five days granted during term time.
The training you will be getting
Level 3 Facilities Management Supervisor Apprenticeship.
The apprenticeship training will be provided through online learning.
Training and development will take place in the workplace.
What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship
Potential for the right candidate to become Buildings Supervisor, Site Manager, Deputy Facilities Manager.
The candidate
The successful candidate will have:
- excellent organisational skills
- the ability to work on your own initiative
- a sense of pride in the work environment.
- a keen eye for detail
The candidate will wish to work towards:
- a good range of DIY skills
- a working knowledge of COSHH and other statutory Health and Safety Regulations
Mercia Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
