Facilities Assistant
Location
Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
5/27/2025
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Description
Employer Portsmouth High School - GDST Location Southsea, Hampshire Contract Type Temporary Hours Casual Contract Length Ad hoc Salary £13.56 ph increasing to £13.93 ph from Sep 2025
Posted 27th May 2025 Start Date To Be Confirmed Expires 1st July 2025 12:01 PM Contract Type Temporary Start Date To Be Confirmed Job ID 1488682 Job Reference FacilitiesAssistant2025
Start Date To Be Confirmed
Are you seeking a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to the lives of students? Portsmouth High School, situated in the heart of Southsea, is currently seeking a motivated and responsible individual to join our team on an ad hoc basis. You will play an important role in creating a safe and welcoming environment for pupils, teachers and staff. No two days are the same: from driving a minibus and maintaining facilities to setting up for events and securing the site, you’ll enjoy a varied and dynamic workload that keeps you engaged and challenged.
School name: Portsmouth High School GDST, Kent Road, Southsea
Required from: Summer 2025
Hours: Zero hours with some guaranteed work
Salary: GDST Regional Support Grade 2 (£13.56 ph increasing to £13.93 ph from Sep 2025)
The Role
Portsmouth High School has a vacancy for a Facilities Support Assistant to join our busy caretaking team to provide cover for staff absences (planned and unplanned). The successful candidate will help deliver the School’s aims and objectives by ensuring the school is in a material state to support teaching and learning and any booked lettings. Work days will involve ensuring the safety and security of the site, general porterage (manual handling), supporting event set-up, and driving the school minibuses.
Facilities Support Assistants work shifts to provide cover from unlock at 06:30 to lock-up at around 22:00, Monday to Friday; the routine shift pattern rotates across 06:30 – 14:30, 09:30 – 18:00 and approx. 14:30 until lock-up. Some weekend work will also be offered.
A D1 manual driving licence is an essential requirement of the role (you can check for this on the back of your driving licence card). Candidates will also need to be physically active to cope with the demands of school lock-up, event set-up and deliveries.
The Department
The school is based across three sites (the Prep school, the Senior school and the Science block). Facilities, transport and gardening staff work together as part of a wider department to ensure a fit-for purpose site - an efficient, safe and pleasant environment which supports teaching and learning and the marketing of the school.
The School
Portsmouth High School has been educating girls since 1882 and is part of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) which is the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools. Pupils are happy, confident and ambitious giving them an unparalleled preparation for life. The school is located in Southsea, an attractive region on the south coast with excellent transport links. The area has retained much of its original Georgian character; two of the school buildings were designed by architect Thomas Ellis Owen who was instrumental in shaping development of the local area.
We are a welcoming and caring community and pride ourselves on being a lovely place to work. The school offers a range of career opportunities both internally and more widely throughout the GDST network and is committed to staff well-being.
Benefits
We offer a variety of benefits, such as:
The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 2 July 2025. Applications will be assessed upon receipt and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Interview date: Wednesday 9 July 2025 tbc.
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Job Description - Facilities Support Assistant SA
Facilities Support Assistant (zero hours) - Advert 2025
Safeguarding Statement
The GDST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including online checks, checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
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Posted 27th May 2025 Start Date To Be Confirmed Expires 1st July 2025 12:01 PM Contract Type Temporary Start Date To Be Confirmed Job ID 1488682 Job Reference FacilitiesAssistant2025
Start Date To Be Confirmed
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- Contract Length: Ad hoc
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Are you seeking a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to the lives of students? Portsmouth High School, situated in the heart of Southsea, is currently seeking a motivated and responsible individual to join our team on an ad hoc basis. You will play an important role in creating a safe and welcoming environment for pupils, teachers and staff. No two days are the same: from driving a minibus and maintaining facilities to setting up for events and securing the site, you’ll enjoy a varied and dynamic workload that keeps you engaged and challenged.
School name: Portsmouth High School GDST, Kent Road, Southsea
Required from: Summer 2025
Hours: Zero hours with some guaranteed work
Salary: GDST Regional Support Grade 2 (£13.56 ph increasing to £13.93 ph from Sep 2025)
The Role
Portsmouth High School has a vacancy for a Facilities Support Assistant to join our busy caretaking team to provide cover for staff absences (planned and unplanned). The successful candidate will help deliver the School’s aims and objectives by ensuring the school is in a material state to support teaching and learning and any booked lettings. Work days will involve ensuring the safety and security of the site, general porterage (manual handling), supporting event set-up, and driving the school minibuses.
Facilities Support Assistants work shifts to provide cover from unlock at 06:30 to lock-up at around 22:00, Monday to Friday; the routine shift pattern rotates across 06:30 – 14:30, 09:30 – 18:00 and approx. 14:30 until lock-up. Some weekend work will also be offered.
A D1 manual driving licence is an essential requirement of the role (you can check for this on the back of your driving licence card). Candidates will also need to be physically active to cope with the demands of school lock-up, event set-up and deliveries.
The Department
The school is based across three sites (the Prep school, the Senior school and the Science block). Facilities, transport and gardening staff work together as part of a wider department to ensure a fit-for purpose site - an efficient, safe and pleasant environment which supports teaching and learning and the marketing of the school.
The School
Portsmouth High School has been educating girls since 1882 and is part of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) which is the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools. Pupils are happy, confident and ambitious giving them an unparalleled preparation for life. The school is located in Southsea, an attractive region on the south coast with excellent transport links. The area has retained much of its original Georgian character; two of the school buildings were designed by architect Thomas Ellis Owen who was instrumental in shaping development of the local area.
We are a welcoming and caring community and pride ourselves on being a lovely place to work. The school offers a range of career opportunities both internally and more widely throughout the GDST network and is committed to staff well-being.
Benefits
We offer a variety of benefits, such as:
- Generous pension schemes
- Employee discount benefits, financial advice and an employee assistance programme
The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 2 July 2025. Applications will be assessed upon receipt and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Interview date: Wednesday 9 July 2025 tbc.
Attachments
Job Description - Facilities Support Assistant SA
Facilities Support Assistant (zero hours) - Advert 2025
Safeguarding Statement
The GDST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including online checks, checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
Fast Apply
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