Vacancy Reference
JOB002609
Job Title
Grounds Maintenance Person
Job Start Date
6 January 2025
Salary Range
£24,027 to £25,992 pro rata
Hours Per Week
10
Working Pattern
All year round
School Address
St. Peter's CE Primary School
Old Church Road
Birmingham
B17 0BE
Telephone number: 0121 464 2126
Contact Email
michelle.e@st-petersce.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
6 December 2024, 12:00 midday
Job Information

St Peter’s CE Primary School is looking to appoint a Grounds Maintenance Person.

St. Peter’s CE Primary School is a popular two form entry school on a split site in Birmingham. The Governors are looking to recruit a Grounds Maintenance Person to work alongside the Site Manager and as part of the team and be responsible for the structural upkeep and maintenance of all areas of the school including the buildings, grounds, and plant machinery.

To join our great team, we are looking for someone who will have responsibilities to include:

• to ensure equipment, facilities and classrooms meet the needs of the school

• will seek to maintain and build on good practice

• is willing to be flexible and adapt to change

• highly motivated and able to manage your own workloads

• is committed to working with staff

• reporting to the School Business Manager and Site Manager

• to ensure all activities and work undertaken meets the Health and Safety standards

• to be responsible, for the security and safety of the school contents and users at all times, including holiday periods and out of hours

We offer:

• a strong focus on staff well-being and work/life balance

• appropriate CPD

• supportive Senior Leadership Team

• a happy and caring ethos with hardworking staff who value working together as a team

• a warm and friendly working environment

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:

An application pack can be found on the school's 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
BCC is a Living Wage employer.
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.