Caretaker / Site Manager - Full-time

St Martin's School, Dover

• Ref:KCC886-2313-193S
• Posted:25/05/2022
• Pay:Kent Range 6
• Start Date:tbc
• App Close Date:15/06/2022 at 12:00
• Interviews:Monday 20th June

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We are looking to appoint a site manager to join our team of friendly and dedicated staff at St Martin’s School.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, flexible and self-motivated. They will ensure our school site is maintained to the highest standard both indoors and out. The role involves all aspects of school site management and caretaking, including the safety and security of the site, alongside general maintenance.

A wide range of practical skills is essential. Please refer to the attached Person Specification and Job Description for further details.

 In return we can offer you:

• A welcoming, friendly school
• Trustees, governors, staff, children and parents who will highly value your role
• Ongoing support and professional development opportunities
• Opportunities to work with Site Managers from across our Trust schools
• A beautiful school site which has potential for further improvement

This post is for 37 hours a week. The shift pattern would be varied, between the times of 7am-6pm and may be dependent on the time of year.

Please contact the school office to organise a tour of the school or to find out more.

Information about the school

St Martin’s School is proud to be part of the Whinless Down Academy Trust; a MAT committed to providing excellent local schools for local children. We work closely with our two partner schools, Priory Fields and Vale View to give children the very best learning experience. Our trust truly believes that learning changes lives.

St Martin's School is a one form entry school, situated in a long-established residential area on the western outskirts of Dover. We have a friendly and supportive team who work in close collaboration across the Trust to secure best outcomes for children through an exciting and engaging curriculum, tailored to meet the needs of our children. We actively work to develop all our staff and offer a comprehensive programme of professional development for staff at all levels and in all roles.

St Martin's School benefits from the skills of a range of support staff including a FLO, Learning Mentor, a range of Teaching Assistants, sports coaches and a specialist music teacher.

The school was awarded good by OFSTED in September 2018.

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and requires satisfactory references. Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will conduct an online search of all shortlisted applicants. The purpose of this search is to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet the safeguarding duties set out in KCSIE.

The Trust's Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Ex-Offender's Policy can be found in the School Details section and below.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Sonia Niemiec
• Address:Markland Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9LY
• Telephone: (01304) 206620
• Email: office@stmartins.kent.sch.uk

Fax: (01304) 242626

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Person Specification
• Job Description
• Ex-Offender's Policy
• Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy