Facilities Assistant

**Facilities Assistant**

**Salary: TSAT Pay Group 2 pro rata to £13,683 - £16,160 for hours and weeks stated per annum (£20,252 - £23,918 FTE)**

**Hours: 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday - 13.00pm - 18.00pm**

**Location: All Faiths Children's Academy, Strood**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Thinking Facilities** are seeking to appoint a **Facilities Assistant** to assist the Facilities Manager with overseeing the day-to-day tasks and take a proactive role in the maintenance and management of the school site; undertaking basic site maintenance and cleaning. Your primary location will be based at All Faiths Children's Academy in Strood.

You will be a responsible person and competent in all aspects of site maintenance. It is imperative that our Site Team successfully manage our school premises and associated facilities, ensuring that the premises are secure, safe and well-maintained at all times to reflect the standards of education and behaviour within the school.

**What you will need to succeed**:

- Previous experience as a caretaker or similar
- Practical skills in maintenance and cleaning
- Experience of managing Health & Safety
- Experience of working within an Academy/School is desirable
- Working knowledge of Microsoft office

**The Thinking Schools Academy Trust**
- **The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across Kent, Hampshire and Plymouth.**_

We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life regardless of their individual circumstances.

Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:

- _Think about their Thinking_
- _Be their Best self_
- _Shape their Success_
- **In this way we transform life chances**_

**What our Trust will offer you**:

- The opportunity to join a growing organisation during an extremely exciting time
- A pro-rata annual leave entitlement of 26 days, increasing to 30 after 5 years of service
- An excellent Local Government pension scheme
- As a Trust we aim to foster a culture of appreciation with our fantastic Colleague recognition scheme
- Health and Wellbeing benefits including access to Thinking You - A 24/7 employee assistance programme for legal, financial, emergency health or lifestyle support
- Support staff have access to 'Discount for Teachers' with a huge range of money saving deals and vouchers
- A 'Refer a Friend' incentive scheme

**What you need to do now**:
**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 25 per week

**Salary**: £13,683.00-£16,160.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person