Site Operative (Mobile in the West Region)

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.

Wellspring operates its Digital Media Centre in Barnsley, with the central team based there, but this assistant site operative role will work flexibly across the academies in the West Region (Leeds & Barnsley). Wellspring has ambitious plans to grow over the next five years and 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 a comprehensive Trust‑wide monitoring and risk assurance framework.

Purpose of the Post

To help lead in the focus on compliance and maintenance across the West area; 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 Academy premises are maintained to a high standard and that the estates team delivers a clean, safe, secure learning and working environment; and to supervise site operatives regarding day‑to‑day duties as required.

Main Responsibilities

• Monitor and update the estates management system (TRM) across multiple sites, monitoring 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 coordination of specialist contractors.
• 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 compliance with statutory regulations, current legislation and local codes of practice and policies.

Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children and vulnerable adults in regulated activity, please note that it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children and vulnerable adults. 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.

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. 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.