Facilities Assistant

The role of Facilities Assistant will be to assist in ensuring the safe, efficient, and effective day to day running of the Facilities Department & Estates service through the satisfactory performance and completion of planned preventative maintenance, cyclical programs, and other required duties., The Facilities Assistant will be reporting to the School Assistant Facilities Manager and will be responsible for providing a safe and fit for purpose school premises for pupils, staff, visitors and volunteers to complete their day-to-day activities. This will include ensuring that all school operations comply with relevant legislation, assisting with routine building inspections to detect and report any defects to the Facilities Manager/ Assistant Facilities Manager, and undertaking an appropriate programme of repair and maintenance for the property and grounds., We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).

We are looking for a candidate who has experience in managing facilities within a large school or similar setting, strong interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills, and has the initiative and ability to work without direct supervision, taking entire responsibility for tasks, prioritising and scheduling own workload. A Full driving license with access to a car is essential.

About ELT
Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 450 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.
As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.

Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:

Exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
School improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
Opportunities for professional development and leadership
A celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
Innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.