Casual Site Officer (across Barking Abbey and Eastbrook School)

From the advert

Casual Site Officer

(This role is for Barking Abbey School and Eastbrook School)

Shift/Flexible working pattern, 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week, over 7 days Sunday to Monday.

Casual Work - working hours to be agreed between the school and successful candidate, work will be for a maximum of 7 hours per day over 7 days a week between the hours of 06.00 and 10pm.

Scale 5 (Pt 12, £32535 - Pt 15, £33987) Full time (Hourly rate between Pt 12, £18.41 - Pt15, £19.23 per hour) dependant on experience.

Join Our Team as a Casual Site Officer at Barking Abbey School and Eastbrook School!

Are you looking for a flexible role that fits around your current job or commitments? Do you have experience in general maintenance and facilities support? Are you passionate about hands-on work and enjoy a variety of tasks? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

About us

Barking Abbey School is an Ofsted Outstanding, heavily over-subscribed secondary school located in Barking, East London. We have a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment. Our school celebrates diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We have recently entered a partnership with Eastbrook School in Dagenham and are expanding our teams to support both schools to ensure that we can deliver an excellent school experience for our community’s young people.

The Role

We are seeking committed, reliable, and enthusiastic Casual Site Officers and General Handy persons to join our teams. You will be responsible for ensuring that our school environments are safe, well-maintained, and comfortable for all students, staff, and visitors. You will work alongside other site officers the facilities team, across multiple campuses.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform general maintenance and repair tasks.
• Ensure the security and upkeep of school buildings.
• Conduct security checks and oversee cleaning.
• Carry out caretaking and manual handling duties, including moving furniture and equipment.
• Comply with safeguarding policies and procedures

Why Join Us?

Flexible working hours: Up to 7 hours a day, between 06:00 and 22:00, for up to five days a week.

Supportive and encouraging staff teams.

Access to a wide range of CPD opportunities.

A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems.

Convenient locations: Less than 10 minutes’ walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station

What We Are Looking For

Relevant experience, skills, and/or qualifications.

Enthusiastic with great communication and time management skills.

Passionate about fixing things and maintaining buildings.

Self-motivated and driven.

Enjoy working in a busy environment and keeping active.

Lead by example with the highest professional standards and expectations

Make a Difference

Join us in making a difference in young people’s lives by ensuring our learning environments are the best they can be. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, whatever your background or history, please apply!

We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school. Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)

Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:

https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/

Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants.

Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence checks.