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Estates Team Member

Abbey School

Estates Team Member

£26514

Abbey School, Reading

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 4 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: bb9942b3b6e64599bcc03454ebc4a6fc

Full Job Description

  • To complete general repairs and maintenance of the whole school to an acceptable standard

  • To repair and maintain fixtures & fittings, lamp/bulb replacements, and maintenance of external areas

  • Ensure the school is always safe, secure, clean, tidy and fit for purpose at all times

  • To carry out gate duties at school start and end times

  • To work as part of the team's shift working pattern

  • Setting up rooms and halls for school activities

  • General tasks e.g. porterage of parcels around the school, moving furniture, emptying bins, maintaining tidy grounds

  • General grounds maintenance such as picking up leaves, topping up play bark, cleaning algae on tarmac etc

  • Driving of the school minibuses and other Estates vehicles as and when required Undertaking PAT Testing for which online training will be provided

  • Any other reasonable task as requested by the Estates Management Team

  • Unlock and lock up the school sites

    The Estates Team Member will join a busy Estates team who support all four Abbey School sites. They will be a good team player and have good practical and problem solving skills., A good team player

  • Reliable, punctual and hardworking

  • Good communication skills

  • Proactive approach to work

  • Experience in maintenance work (DIY standard) in a school environment (desirable)

  • A good understanding and commitment to safeguarding requirements in a school setting

  • Commitment to the School's ethos and values.

  • Good standard of general education

    The Abbey promotes a good work-life balance and recognises the importance of staff health and wellbeing

  • The opportunity to work with remarkable and brilliant students and to be part of an enthusiastic and warmly supportive staff community

  • Excellent opportunities for professional development, investing in you as an individual and in your teaching career

  • Access to a suite of comprehensive support services and infrastructure to support and enable you to undertake your role

  • We provide free car parking for all staff; the school is a 20-minute walk from Reading Railway Station

  • Complimentary refreshments throughout the day and a three-course lunch is available for all staff throughout the year

  • Break for cake on Fridays

  • Complimentary use of the swimming pool and gym

  • Opportunity to join a variety of clubs - history society, book club, staff singers, yoga and much more

  • Enhanced payments for maternity leave and a generous Occupational Sick Pay Scheme

  • Employee Assistance programme, offering free confidential counselling and access to an independent Occupational Health Advisor

  • Fee concession available for parents of Abbey students

  • Staff accommodation, subject to availability, to include a number of flats, for new employees moving into the area

  • Annual 'flu' jab on site

  • Personal accident cover


    • We have one vacant position:

    A permanent, full time position working all year round (37.5 hours per week).

    If you are interested in applying for this position, please click Apply and complete our Application Form.

    Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

    Pay: £24,177.00-£26,514.00 per year

    Benefits:
  • Bereavement leave

  • Company pension

  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Discounted or free food

  • Employee discount

  • Enhanced maternity leave

  • Enhanced paternity leave

  • Free flu jabs

  • Free parking

  • Health & wellbeing programme

  • On-site gym

  • On-site parking

  • Private medical insurance

  • Sick pay


    • Schedule:
  • Monday to Friday