Site Assistant in Northallerton

To ensure a safe, functional working environment across the school site for all users. To contribute to the site duties detailed below, including call-out requirements. To be flexible in the nature of the duties, cover, emergency arrangements and work periods to meet the operational needs of the school. Ensuring operational implementation of associate Trust wide policies and procedures. Northallerton School & Sixth Form College is seeking a hardworking, reliable and proactive Site Assistant to support the safe and efficient operation of our school site. As a key member of the Estates Team, you will help maintain a secure, clean and functional environment for all students, staff and visitors. You will report directly to the Site Manager and support Trust-wide estate operations where required. The Site Assistant will contribute to day-to-day duties that ensure the school site is safe, well-maintained and fully operational. This includes supporting school activities, maintaining buildings and grounds, responding to emergencies, and assisting with routine safety and compliance tasks.

Responsibilities:

• Opening, unlocking and securing the site, including lettings and community use
• Performing daily site and security checks and responding to emergencies (including out of hours where needed)
• Undertaking minor repairs and first-line maintenance (e.g. painting, fixing fixtures, basic DIY tasks)
• Supporting building projects and contractor supervision
• Portering duties, such as moving furniture, setting up exam rooms and school events, and managing deliveries
• Maintaining external areas, including litter picking, grounds maintenance, and ensuring paths and entrances are free of snow/ice
• Carrying out routine compliance checks (e.g. heating systems, boiler checks, utility readings)
• Supporting statutory testing (e.g. Legionella, PAT, emergency lighting, fire alarms)
• Ensuring health and safety, safeguarding and data protection requirements are followed at all times
• Responding flexibly to operational needs across the school and Trust

This role involves working both indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions, with the use of tools, equipment and cleaning products (appropriate PPE provided). An enhanced DBS check is essential - this will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Qualifications:

Essential skills and experience:

• Experience in carrying out building maintenance tasks using hand and power tools
• Effective communication with staff, contractors and external agencies
• Good organisational, problem-solving and time management skills, with the ability to work independently
• Understanding of Health and Safety requirements and safe working practices, including basic compliance and risk management
• Ability to work flexibly and respond to occasional out-of-hours needs (e.g. emergencies, severe weather)

Desirable (training can be provided):

• Knowledge of building regulations or technical maintenance tasks
• Familiarity with compliance reporting software (e.g. Every)
• A general Health and Safety qualification or trade-level training
• High expectations of themselves and the people they work with
• Commitment to Trust values
• Initiative and responsiveness to change
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others
• Creativity in problem solving
• Ability to influence effectively, whatever their role
• Team player

Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do. At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.

Benefits:

• A friendly, supportive and collaborative working environment
• Opportunities for training, skill development and progression within the Trust
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• The chance to make a meaningful contribution to the safety and smooth running of our school
• Health, happiness and wellbeing
• A safe, disciplined and supportive environment
• A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach
• High standards and expectations
• Integrity, kindness and good manners
• Respect for individuality and difference
• Collaborative working to secure excellence

To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are 'Striving for Excellence'.

Why work for us?

We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture. We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance. In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff. Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the 'Employer of Choice'. Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.