Facilities Assistant
Pay scale Grade F scale £13.02 -£13.69 per hour (£25,119 - £26,421 FTE)
Working hours and weeks 37 hours a week to be worked across 5 days. 52 weeks per year
Contract type Permanent
Start date As soon as possible
Location Based at Rowde campus, but may need to travel to Chippenham and Trowbridge
We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Caretaker/Facilities Assistant to work on our Rowde campus and sometimes our campuses in Chippenham and Trowbridge.
You will be working with a supportive team and have a genuine passion for working with students with learning difficulties.
The main duties of the role are:
- Key holding, locking/unlocking
- Compliance including legionella, COSHH, asbestos and Fire Safety
- Repair and maintenance
- Assisting with Contractors on site
- Vehicle checks
- Porterage
- Room preparation for meetings and lettings
- Helping to uphold the health and safety of all users of the school
There may be some occasional weekend work required and possibility of additional Adhoc hours. This is a physical demanding role, with a strong, supportive staff team, committed to high standards deliveries.
Employee Benefit:
- Local Governance pension
- 26 days holiday, plus public bank holidays
- Company Sick pay
- Access to store discount, Cycle to work scheme, discounted health care plans, child care voucher and more
- Access to Employee assistant programme
- Training and development opportunities
Silverwood School is committed to all aspects of personal development, it is inclusive and seeks to ensure every individual achieves. We provide a Local Government Pension Scheme, Wiltshire Employee Rewards, offer continuous professional development and a comprehensive wellbeing package. If you want to work with us, then we look forward to hearing from you.
Please note we cannot accept CVs and our standard application form must be completed.
This appointment is subject to enhanced DBS, medical and reference checks.
Please note if significant applications are received interviews may be held earlier.
Silverwood School is an amalgamation of 3 special schools in Wiltshire. The three campuses of Silverwood School are known as Chippenham Campus (formerly St. Nicholas School), Rowde Campus (formally Rowdeford School) and Trowbridge Campus (Formally Larkrise School) it also incorporates Popular College in Chippenham.
Silverwood School 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.