What is the job role?

Grade 4 £19,698 - £23,080 per annum

37 hours per week all year round

This is an exciting time to join The Futures Trust. The Trust is passionate about building brighter futures for the young people who attend its schools, and is a rapidly growing and successful Multi Academy Trust driven by a set of compelling values:

1. Learners First – teachers and leaders totally focused upon the educational benefit of our students
2. It’s about learning – students, teachers and leaders focused upon developing and improving their learning
3. No Barriers – no excuses, only support to ensure students, teachers and leaders maximise their achievement

We are looking for an outstanding, committed and motivated individual to join the Site Services Team. You will assist to ensure the smooth running of the school by performing daily operational duties comprising janitorial and maintenance tasks and providing support to other departments. You will be responsible for liaising with contractors on site, overseeing their work and safety. You will have a good understanding of and practical skills with building maintenance tasks and site health and safety.

Barr’s Hill is an 11-18 inner city school in the heart of Coventry. Our diverse student population is one of the many strengths of the school. At Barr’s Hill School everything we do is focused on students and learning. Our results last summer were the most improved in Coventry and Ofsted judged us good in September. We are looking for highly motivated colleagues to take us to the next stage.  This is a  unique opportunity to work on school improvement focused on learning. The school has been stabilised and repaired. Now we need to transform.

What makes us a good employer?

The Trust recognises that people's needs will change throughout their working lives and is committed to developing and delivering working practices and policies that are responsive to this. In addition to opportunities for professional development the Trust offers attractive reward and benefits packages including competitive rates of pay, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, online discount at retail, travel, theme park and other leisure providers, policies to support family and carer commitments, Occupational Health services and career pathways across the Trust.

Closing date: Midday Friday 24^th September 2021

Interview date to be confirmed

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the published closing date.

Please note that all applications must be received on an application form. We do not accept CV’s. Applications should be returned to recruitmentadmin@thefuturestrust.org.uk or to Barr’s Hill School, Radford Road, Radford, CV1 4BU marked for the attention of Suki Garchay, HR Manager.

Barr’s Hill School and The Futures Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates for all positions will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Coventry City Council