Vacancy Reference
JOB003001
Job Title
Facilities Assistant
Job Start Date
February 2025
Salary Range
SCP 3 to 5 £24,027 to £24,790 FTE
Hours Per Week
27, 4:00pm to 9.30pm Monday to Thursday and 4:00pm to 9:00pm Friday
Working Pattern
All year round
School Address
King Edward Vi Sheldon Heath Academy
Sheldon Heath Road
Sheldon
Birmingham
B26 2RZ
Telephone number: 0121 647 2471
Contact Email
Vacancies@keshacademy.com
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
10 February 2025, midday
Job Information

Start date is flexible to accommodate the needs of the successful candidate.

JOB PURPOSE:

Day to day service delivery of the facilities function, ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the academy site. Ensuring that the academy site is clean, tidy, fit for purpose and free from any health and safety issues.

  • 1.1 to be responsible for the service delivery of the overall provision of security, janitorial and cleaning services at the school and associated staff
  • 1.2 to be responsible for the repairs and maintenance of the school site
  • 1.3 to monitor the work of external contractors on site

King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy is a mixed 11-18 academy serving a vibrant and diverse community.
Judged to be Good by Ofsted (February 2023), we are proud of our committed staff and aspirational pupils. We are looking to appoint a skilled day to day service delivery of the facilities function, ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the academy site. Ensuring that the academy site is clean, tidy, fit for purpose and free from any health and safety issues.

The successful candidate will be:

  • highly motivated and enthusiastic
  • have experience of managing a team
  • be self-motivated and able to work on own initiative
  • a committed team player

We can offer you:

  • access to an Employee Assistance Programme
  • a modern, well-resourced environment
  • supportive, enthusiastic and committed colleagues
  • access to a range of CPD and training tailored to your needs
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

A full job description and an application pack for this post, can be found here or on the employment section of the Academy website or:

Call: 0121 647 2471
E-Mail vacancies@keshacademy.com
Post: King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy
Sheldon Heath Road
Sheldon
Birmingham
B26 2RZ

To view the Academy or to discuss the role in more detail – Please contact Mr Jack Ashford – Facilities Manager – jashford@keshacademy.com

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.