Site Assistant

Thornden School, part of HISP Multi Academy Trust, is seeking a dedicated Facilities Assistant to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a vital role in ensuring our school remains a clean, secure, and well-maintained place where students can thrive. This full-time, permanent role would appeal to someone who is a practical, reliable, and motivated individual with a passion for creating a safe and welcoming environment for students, staff and visitors. If you have a proactive attitude, a keen eye for detail, and a commitment to excellence, we’d love to hear from you.

Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks a year, hours worked on a shift pattern 06:00-14:00 & 14:00-22:00 on a weekly rota

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: Sunday 22nd June 2025

Principal responsibilities of our Facilities Assistant:

• To assist with the maintenance of the physical resources on the site including buildings, grounds, materials and equipment, so that optimum use can be made of them for both school and community purposes.
• To support the Estates & Facilities Manager with all aspects of maintaining compliance. This includes but is not limited to undertaking visual checks of buildings & grounds, weekly fire alarm testing, monthly fire extinguishers check, emergency light testing and ladder inspections.
• To be a main point of contact for school security, including the opening and closing of the school as well as outside of usual school hours to support school & Trust events.
• To be someone with keyholder responsibilities who can attend on an emergency call-out basis where needed.
• To ensure the school and its grounds are always maintained to a high standard.
• To report any defects or hazards in a timely manner to the Site manager.

Our Facilities Assistant should have:

• 5 GCSEs including Maths and English.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Experience of managing their own workload from time to time.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• The ability to complete tasks to a high standard.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• A conscientious self-starter, demonstrating a “can-do” positive attitude.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills enabling effective relationships to be built with a wide variety of people.
• Enthusiastic, approachable and well-mannered.

Application Process

Please complete a HISP Support Staff Application Form and forward this to hr@thornden.hants.sch.uk. Please note that we cannot accept CVs as part of an application. Internal applicants, please email hr@thornden.hants.sch.uk including in your email how your experience and skills meet the requirements of the role.

No agencies please.

The HISP Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

We are also committed to providing equality of opportunity at all stages of the recruitment and selection process and ensuring that candidates are treated fairly and lawfully throughout the process.