Senior Site Operative - Wellspring Academy Trust

Schools
Secondary Schools
Wellspring Academy Trust
37
1
Joseph Norton and Barnsley
Permanent
Grade 5
£24,496 - £26,845 FTE

KIRKLEES COUNCIL ARE ADVERTISING THIS ROLE ON BEHALF OF WELLSPRING ACADEMY TRUST

Wellspring is a growing community of Primary, Secondary, Special and Alternative Provision Academies across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. We believe in making a real difference by improving the lives and life chances of every young person in our care. Our Academies are vibrant, autonomous, community focused and highly successful. Whether at the start of their school life or heading into adulthood, we treat all our pupils with ‘unconditional positive regard.’ This means we focus on understanding each child as an individual and meeting their own, unique needs.

At Wellspring, we have always talked about ethics and values as the heart of our culture. They have been our guiding lights. We have taken the harder path many times to remain true to our values. Our leaders are the custodians of our values.

Wellspring has ambitious plans to grow over the next five years, building on our strong reputation and performance to date. At the heart of this growth are our people and the culture they own. We have earned our success thus far by empowering leaders within the context of a comprehensive and robust Trust-wide monitoring and risk assurance framework.

We aim to raise expectations and ambitions for every young person in our care. We aim to make a difference.

Purpose of the post:

  • To lead and focus on compliance, maintenance and contract management across the Barnsley cluster of schools with particular focus at Joseph Norton Academy
  • To provide a comprehensive, customer led, estates and facilities service across multiple academies within the Trust, ensuring the efficient and effective running of all aspects of estates related operations.
  • To ensure our Academies premises are maintained to a high standard.
  • To ensure the estates team deliver a clean, safe, secure learning and working environment.
  • To supervise our site operative and caretaking team which enjoys a strong, harmonious culture and positive relationships with colleagues within the region and Trust-wide.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Monitor and update the estates management system (TRM) across multiple sites, which monitors compliance areas in terms of health and safety and estates management, for example, statutory inspections around fire, legionella, gas safety, etc.
  •  Support and provide training to users of TRM, ensuring they are equipped to effectively use the system.
  • Assist with the implementation of systems, policies and procedures to ensure the smooth operations of the Academy sites.
  • Make a significant contribution to the development of the Academy sites to continually improve the buildings, sites, grounds to benefit pupils, staff and to enhance teaching and learning functions.
  • Contribute to the longer term 5-year cycle of estates management maintenance plans.
  • Assist with the inspection and condition of school grounds, buildings, building services and facilities.
  • Assist with the co-ordination of specialist contractors and participate in out of hours’ emergency call outs.
  • Undertake planned preventative maintenance (PPM) within skills set, for example, fault finding, repairs, minor improvement works across the sites.
  • Perform a wide range of the work of other trades as skill level permits.
  • Ensure that in carrying out all duties there is a compliance with statutory regulations, current legislation and local codes of practice and policies

For any queries, please contact James Stevens at:  j.stevens@wellspringacademies.org.uk

We are committed to equal opportunities and to promoting diversity. We want our people to reflect the diversity of our communities, and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

All applicants should also complete the Equal Opportunities form. Please click link for further details http://bit.ly/WATEqualOpportunities

Applications can be requested from HR on 01226 720747 or by email on hr@wellspringacademies.org.uk

Please return all completed applications to: hr@wellspringacademies.org.uk or post to: Human Resources, Wellspring Academy Trust, Digital Media Centre, County Way, Barnsley, S70 2JW.

Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils.

All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested, and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview.

Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.

If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post. 

31 January 2023, 9:00 AM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.