School Facilities Manager (Caretaker) - Ryde Academy

Job Posted: 20 September 2024

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Ryde, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Part time
• Salary: £17, 852 - £18, 783 Actual Pro Rata Salary
• Industries: Education Maintenance

Closing Date: 14 October 2024

School Facilities Manager (Caretaker)

Pell Lane

Ryde, Isle Of Wight, PO33 3LN

United Kingdom

NJC 12- 15  £26,421 - £27,799 FTE  + Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + additional benefits

£17, 852 - £18, 783 Actual Pro Rata Salary

25 Hours, 52 Weeks a year 

Part Time, Permanent

Start Date: as soon as possible

Make a difference every day to our students’ learning environment.

We are looking for a School Facilities Manager (Caretaker) who has the ability to be flexible with their working hours. This role will generally involve working 9am - 2pm Monday to Friday but also requires covering colleagues between the hours of 6am and 10pm. Flexibility to work either the day or evening shifts is essential. 

As a key position, we require a proactive and organised individual who can effectively manage various aspects of school maintenance and health and safety procedures. If you have the necessary skills and experience, we would love to hear from you.

As part of the role, some of your responsibilities will include:

• Be a principal key holder for the academy and attend emergency call outs as necessary.
• Be responsible for the school’s security, including the opening and closing of the school on a daily basis, possibly including occasional evenings, weekends.
• Carry out in-house statutory testing as required and general maintenance tasks.

Ryde Academy

Ryde Academy, based on the Isle of Wight, is an 11 to 18 years Secondary Academy and is sponsored by Lift Schools. The school is set in spacious grounds and had a completely new state of the art building in 2017. 

Known as the “Garden Isle” because of its beautiful landscape, unspoilt beaches, rugged coastline and beautiful countryside; the Isle of Wight is a perfect place to raise a family.

Judged as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in November 2022, Ryde Academy is a school that pupils feel proud to attend, with a calm and orderly environment. Staff are also proud to work at the school and recognise that leaders are considerate of their workload. 

Who is Lift Schools?

We’re a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 57 schools.  As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they’ve ever had.

We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.

We offer you:

• Comprehensive Training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
• Generous Benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
• Lifestyle Perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.

The role is due to commence as soon as possible. Interviews will take place as applications are received and we reserve the right to close the advert early.  This is a permanent, part time position.

Closing date: 14 October 2024

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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