Description Farlingaye High School, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4JX £24,404 - £27,269 per annum 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year Permanent Reference: 6566 Required as soon as possible We are looking for a new member of staff to join our premises team. You will be working alongside a Maintenance Operative, learning the core duties that are required within a large high school environment. These include maintaining the general school premises, furniture and fittings, completing Health and Safety checks, identifying maintenance works that are required, carrying out porterage duties such as moving furniture and equipment around the school, setting up for concerts, meetings, assemblies and clubs, helping to ensure the general upkeep of the school, decorating, undertaking essential cleaning duties and helping to maintain the security of the school premises. We are looking for a positive, organised, flexible individual with good communication skills, someone who is able to work individually as well as part of a team and has a desire to continue to learn. Ideally but not essential, you will have NVQ2 or equivalent or relevant experience working in an estates team. Farlingaye High School is a popular and successful school, located in Woodbridge, a pleasant market town situated on the River Deben in Suffolk and just 7 miles from Ipswich. We are a creative school with excellent resources, lovely students and great results. Our most recent Ofsted report graded us Good with Outstanding areas. We are part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Kesgrave High School, Bungay High School and Castle East School. The trust have also recently welcomed Aldeburgh, Easton, Leiston, Saxmundham and Wickham Market Primary Schools. We are a Teaching School Hub partner, which allows us to improve teaching and learning on a continuous basis. We are committed to providing excellent staff opportunities through developing and promoting our staff and offering an excellent CPD and support programme for new staff. We are also extremely pleased to have launched our own teacher training provider: EAST SCITT. This allows us to award QTS and also QTS PGCE Programmes within both Primary and Secondary schools. Farlingaye High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service. To find out more Should you wish to discuss the job role in further detail, please contact Linda Marsh, HR Manager or Gemma Garnham, Premises and Compliance Co-Ordinator either at the school on 01394 385720 or via email on: hrfarlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk or ggarnhamfarlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk For full details on the role, please review the job information book which can be downloaded below: Job Information Book (pdf) How to apply Apply here: https://www.farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk/Vacancies-Staff/ Please note: only applications submitted via the school’s on-line recruitment process will be considered. Closing date: 9am, 12 November 2024. Interview date: 18 November 2024.