About the role: The Hundred of Hoo Academy have a fantastic opportunity for a committed and motivated Premises Assistant to join our experienced, knowledgeable and collaborative Site Team. This full-time position will assist the wider Site Team with the care of the academy premises, ranging from general maintenance duties including minor repair and refurbishment works, porterage and other duties, supporting the Estates Manager in ensuring the health and safety and security of a busy academy. The working hours are 8.00am to 4.00pm on weekdays with an earlier finish of 3.30pm on a Friday, throughout the full year. We offer 24 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays) which increases based on length of service. Applicants will need a flexible approach to working hours and duties and may be required to cover the duties of other team members in their absence, occasionally.

Applicants need to be trustworthy, reliable, hardworking, physically fit, conscientious and be able to work independently as well as part of a team. Ideally you will have good DIY skills, some knowledge of Health & Safety, basic IT skills and an understanding of Safeguarding. We offer fantastic CPD opportunities as an academy and as a wider multi-academy trust so can provide support if there are any areas that you may need to be upskilled or trained.

About our academy and facilities: The Hundred of Hoo Academy is one of the largest sites across all Leigh Academies Trust schools and is maintained by a large and experienced team which our successful candidate will be a part of. We are an all-through academy with both a primary and secondary academy on-site, in addition to a nursery and council-run well-being centre. Our facilities are also hired out to the public so key areas such as the sports areas and all-weather pitch need regular maintenance to ensure we can fulfil our lettings offerings.

The facilities vary across the sites as we cater for children aged from 2 years to 19 years old. The construction of the main building is from the 1950s with more modern facilities being added over the years. The primary academy building was completed in 2016 and offers state-of-the-art facilities. We are a busy Site Team and regularly undertake new projects to ensure our students, staff and the public can get the very best out of our facilities.

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: Being part of a successful multi-academy trust allows the academy to share best practice and collaborate with colleagues from a number of other schools in the local area. As part of the 'cluster' structure all of our academies are grouped together in key geographical area to enable them to be able to support each other and share resources. It also offers staff access to career opportunities across the Trust allowing them to progress their career without switching employers. For more information on working for the Trust please visit our careers pages.

Diversity at our core: As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals we all bring something unique to the role regardless of age, gender, race, beliefs or disabilities which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise.

The academy is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the Trust.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early dependant on the quality and quantity of applications, therefore earlier applications are encouraged.