Vacancy Reference
JOB002493
Job Title
Site Assistant
Job Start Date
1 December 2024
Salary Range
GR3A SCP9 (£25,119) to SCP12 (£26,421)
Hours Per Week
36.5 hours per week, 7 days opening, shifts on rota
Working Pattern
All year round
School Address
Queensbridge School,
Queensbridge Road,
Birmingham,
B13 8QB
Contact Email
recrutiment@queensbridge.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
18 November 2024, 9am
Job Information

Queensbridge School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, reliable, resourceful person with good basic DIY skills for the effective operation of site services.

Responsibilities will include ensuring inside and outside environments are well maintained and meet health & safety requirements. Duties will include cleaning, security of the building and site, porterage, grounds maintenance, minor repairs and maintenance.

Good initiative and organisational skills are essential.

The successful post holder will be part of the school site team which operates across the site, servicing both Queensbridge School and Fox Hollies Special School. The successful post holder must be able to demonstrate their suitability for working with children and have the ability to converse with/advise members of the public at ease in accurate spoken English.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to apply:

Informal visits to our school welcome. Should you require an application pack then please visit our website

Potential applicants should ensure that they read our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and our Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy.  These policies can be found on our website.

 

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and Conditions
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.