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Job Description
The Sweyne Park School is the lead school in the Rayleigh Schools Trust, and works with Glebe Primary School, providing a 3 - 19 educational experience for the local community.
We are looking for a dedicated and hard-working Weekend Caretaker to cover the use of the school premises by the school and external organisations (football clubs, theatre groups, swim schools etc) during the weekend, including, but not limited to:
· unlocking/securing the building
· setting up/taking down the facilities
· cleaning of areas used after lettings/events
· ability to carry out some general maintenance, DIY, painting and decorating (trade/DIY skills welcome)
· liaise with external users
· liaise with other staff and Line Manager
The role is an extremely varied and physical one, requiring a good deal of interaction with our many hirers. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a good use of initiative, work well in a sometimes-pressurised environment and have good communication skills with a friendly and happy disposition to work with our many hirers and staff.
Normal working hours will be 7:30 am - 5:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 52 weeks per annum, although there will be occasions when these hours may be extended due to planned events (on occasions as late as midnight), in which case, advance notice will be given and overtime paid.
For further information, please contact Andrea Twomey at The Sweyne Park School, atwomey@sweynepark.com
*There is a national pay increase pending and the possibility of future progression, subject to completion of a satisfactory probation period.
The successful candidate will be based at The Sweyne Park School in Rayleigh.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 4th September 2024. Successful applicants will be contacted shortly after this date to be invited for interview. We reserve the right to close applications early in the event that a suitable candidate is identified.
The Sweyne Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Information about the School
Welcome to The Sweyne Park School, we are a larger than average mixed, 11-18 comprehensive school. The School became an academy on 1st April 2013 and opened its Sixth Form in September 2014.
Our school is a safe and happy environment and central to our school is a belief in respect - respect for yourself, respect for others and respect for the environment. We believe that our focus on respect leads to high expectations and excellent discipline, and this in turn leads to the highest possible achievement for each individual pupil. In December 2018 we were the first Secondary School in the East of England to achieve the prestigious Rights Respecting Gold Award.
At Sweyne Park we are determined to provide first class teaching and learning for all our pupils. This aim is supported by our commitment to recruiting and retaining the very best staff, and our nationally recognised programme of staff training. We do our utmost to ensure our pupils achieve strong examination results and progress on to high quality destinations. We provide a broad and balanced academic curriculum with a wide range of cultural, artistic, sporting and social opportunities.
We are committed to very strong partnerships between home, school and community members. We believe that the whole community can contribute to motivating and supporting pupils’ progress.
In October 2017, the Sweyne Park School and Glebe Primary formed a Multi-Academy Trust, the Rayleigh Schools Trust (“The RST”).