Location: Warwickshire, UK
Salary: £21,579 - £25,604.83
Education Phase: Through School
Working Pattern: Part-Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: Friday, 29th November 2024
Interview Date: TBC
About us
Venture Academy is a specialist school for children and young people aged 9 -16 years with autism and/or a social, emotional or mental health diagnosis. The school has capacity for 50 students and is based in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire.
Job Description
Reporting to our Business Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the site’s security, cleaning, building, and grounds maintenance. You will oversee health and safety of the site ensuring that all planned preventative maintenance is carried out in a timely manner. You will line manage a facilities team and ensure that the academy maintains high standards of presentation, repair, and cleanliness. You will work with the Business Manager to develop schedules of maintenance work to be carried out, agree budgets, and negotiate preferred rates with contractors.
You will ideally be undertaking a similar role with experience of facilities management either in the private or public sector, including demonstrative experience of building maintenance and repairs. You will have relevant knowledge of regulatory bodies relating to facilities and the associated health and safety, including writing Risk Assessments. You will be an effective communicator both written and verbal and a confident negotiator. We need someone committed to ensuring that all work carried out is undertaken to a very high standard.
Due to the size of our school, we require the right candidate to be reactive and operational as well as organized and compliance-focused. You will need to be prepared to take a hands-on approach to tasks throughout the school.
You will also need to be able to work on your own initiative and prioritize your workload effectively. You need to be sensitive to the needs of children and young people with learning disabilities and have an attitude towards others based on respect, dignity, and equality.
Benefits
Our people are the heart of our success:
1. A competitive salary
2. Excellent local government pension scheme
3. Family Friendly policies
4. Wellbeing, Bereavement, and Menopause policies
5. Enhanced Sick Pay
6. Wellbeing initiatives in your setting
7. Full induction
8. Training and development and the support of a trained line manager and dedicated senior leaders
9. Access to further professional development
10. Cycle to Work Scheme
11. Annual MAT Life Day to take for that special occasion
12. Annual Flu Jabs
13. Free eye tests through Specsavers
14. An Employee Assistance Programme to Support your health and wellbeing and access to various perks including discounts at Tesco, Cineworld, Go Ape, and many more
15. Death in Service
16. Long Service Recognition
17. Recommend a Friend Scheme - £100 Voucher
18. Trained Mental Health First Aiders
19. Enhanced DBS Certificate (Paid for by MacIntyre Academies)
20. Self-service portal to facilitate leave and amend personal information
21. We have an active employee engagement programme which includes Termly ‘You are Awesome’ awards, an annual Employee Big Thank You Day, and an Annual CPD Trust-wide conference.
22. Access to Blue Light Card/ Discounts for Teachers which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for social care staff/ Teachers and support staff
Essential Criteria
MacIntyre Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All positions will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and registration with the DBS Update Service together with all other relevant recruitment checks including obtaining references. This post includes engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, and 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide: DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Referees will be asked to assess the suitability of candidates to work with vulnerable adults, children, or young people and will be verbally verified. Individual Safeguarding Policies for our Academies can be found on our website under ‘Essential Information’ and candidates will be asked about this as part of the recruitment process.
In line with the update to KSCIE 2022, MacIntyre Academies will carry out an online search of the candidate once the shortlisting process has been completed as part of their due diligence. This may involve a Google search of the candidate’s name, looking at the top three search results over the past three years. If any incidents or issues are identified that are publicly available online, this will be explored with the candidate at interview stage.
*Salaries are based on Full-Time Equivalent and are pro-rata for part-time roles. Salaries are dependent on experience with the option of additional hours through the extended school provision.
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