Site Maintenance Operative - Heckmondwike Grammar School
Company
Location
Dewsbury, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
6/19/2025
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Description
Organisation
Schools
Directorate
Secondary Schools
Service Area
Heckmondwike Grammar School
Hours
37 hours per week - 6.30am to 3.00pm Monday to Thursday, 6.30am to 2.30pm Friday - during term-time.
Number of Jobs
1
Location(s)
Dewsbury and surrounding areas
Position type
Permanent
Grade
SCP 7 - 11
Salary
£25,584 - £27,269
Advert Wording
Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Heckmondwike Grammar School.
About Us
At Heckmondwike Grammar School, our motivation is for our students to enjoy their school days and to become thoughtful, articulate, confident and responsible members of society. In order to achieve this, we rely on our staff to work closely with students, parents and teachers to provide a supportive community, keeping the well-being of our students at the forefront of everything we do.
The Role
We are looking for a Site Maintenance Operative who will maintain the school site to a high standard and assist the rest of the site staff in the smooth running of the school.
This is an important role in a high achieving grammar school; the post holder must be extremely reliable, flexible, efficient and effective.
The post holder will be responsible for the opening up of the school sites, ensuring the buildings are ready for the school day, and for the day-to-day maintenance of the school site ensuring a high standard throughout.
Experience of working independently and in a team is an essential part of the role; as is working in adverse weather conditions.
The Site Maintenance Operative will work within a dynamic and proactive team with other site operatives under the guidance of the Site Manager.
The right candidate for this post is one who thrives on variety and challenge. On a typical day, the post holder may be setting up events or exams, refurbishing classrooms or other site related duties.
As such, experience of working in a school setting is desirable, but not essential.
Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities are set out in a detailed job description.
What will you bring to the role?
Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with our young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go.
Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.
In return, we offer a competitive salary and membership to a Local Government pension scheme.
Protection Of Children
Disclosure of criminal background of those with access to children.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.
Safeguarding Statement
Heckmondwike Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its
students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Full details regarding our Safeguarding Procedures can be found on our website in the
Safeguarding section, alternatively, please contact Recruitment to obtain a copy.
Closing date
30 June 2025, 9:00 AM
Important Information
Job Profile/description
Additional document 2
Schools
Directorate
Secondary Schools
Service Area
Heckmondwike Grammar School
Hours
37 hours per week - 6.30am to 3.00pm Monday to Thursday, 6.30am to 2.30pm Friday - during term-time.
Number of Jobs
1
Location(s)
Dewsbury and surrounding areas
Position type
Permanent
Grade
SCP 7 - 11
Salary
£25,584 - £27,269
Advert Wording
Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Heckmondwike Grammar School.
About Us
At Heckmondwike Grammar School, our motivation is for our students to enjoy their school days and to become thoughtful, articulate, confident and responsible members of society. In order to achieve this, we rely on our staff to work closely with students, parents and teachers to provide a supportive community, keeping the well-being of our students at the forefront of everything we do.
The Role
We are looking for a Site Maintenance Operative who will maintain the school site to a high standard and assist the rest of the site staff in the smooth running of the school.
This is an important role in a high achieving grammar school; the post holder must be extremely reliable, flexible, efficient and effective.
The post holder will be responsible for the opening up of the school sites, ensuring the buildings are ready for the school day, and for the day-to-day maintenance of the school site ensuring a high standard throughout.
Experience of working independently and in a team is an essential part of the role; as is working in adverse weather conditions.
The Site Maintenance Operative will work within a dynamic and proactive team with other site operatives under the guidance of the Site Manager.
The right candidate for this post is one who thrives on variety and challenge. On a typical day, the post holder may be setting up events or exams, refurbishing classrooms or other site related duties.
As such, experience of working in a school setting is desirable, but not essential.
Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities are set out in a detailed job description.
What will you bring to the role?
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Demonstrate a high standard of customer service
- Work well as part of a team, as well as on your own initiative
- Honesty and integrity
- A flexible and open attitude to change
- Suitability to work with children
Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with our young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go.
Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.
In return, we offer a competitive salary and membership to a Local Government pension scheme.
Protection Of Children
Disclosure of criminal background of those with access to children.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.
Safeguarding Statement
Heckmondwike Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its
students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Full details regarding our Safeguarding Procedures can be found on our website in the
Safeguarding section, alternatively, please contact Recruitment to obtain a copy.
Closing date
30 June 2025, 9:00 AM
Important Information
Job Profile/description
Additional document 2
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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