Facilities Assistant & Lettings Supervisor - Full-time

St Augustine Academy, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-4000-333S
• Posted:20/11/2025
• Pay:£27,694 - £29,540
• Start Date:January 2026
• App Close Date:01/12/2025 at 11:00
• Interviews:To be confirmed

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As a Facilities Assistant & Lettings Supervisor at St Augustine Academy, you will play a key role in ensuring the academy site is safe, clean, secure, and welcoming for students, staff, visitors, and evening hirers. This role is worked from Friday to Tuesday, supporting the smooth running of the school by maintaining the premises to a high standard and assisting with the effective use of facilities during lettings.

Facilities Assistant responsibilities will include:

• Opening and closing the school premises, maintaining site security, and responding to any issues that arise.
• Reporting concerns or maintenance issues promptly to the Line Manager.
• Meeting and supervising contractors working on the school site.
• Assisting with receiving deliveries and distributing supplies as needed.
• Carrying out indoor cleaning duties as directed and supporting with litter collection and bin emptying around the site.
• Completing basic repairs and maintenance safely and reporting major defects for further action.

Lettings responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the smooth and efficient running of evening lettings, ensuring facilities remain clean, safe, and secure.
• Welcoming hirers to the academy and providing a friendly meet-and-greet service.
• Checking hirers out at the end of their booking to ensure timely departure and secure lock-up.
• Putting up and removing directional signs for hirers and their groups.
• Completing tasks such as cleaning and litter picking as required.
• Preparing areas and setting up rooms for use, then returning equipment to its correct place.
• Cleaning hired rooms, changing rooms, and WCs.
• Opening and unlocking required buildings or areas for hirers.

The hiring manager may call candidates for an informal chat prior to the shortlisting process.  

Applications will be considered as they are received. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date therefore early applications are encouraged. St Augustine Academy reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.  

Information about the school

St Augustine Academy is a non-selective 11-16 school in Maidstone who is dedicated to fostering excellence in education. We pride ourselves on our supportive community, innovative teaching methods, and commitment to the personal development of both students and staff.

Our Christian Ethos helps to make our school a thoughtful community and we are welcoming, positive and open to pupils and staff of all faiths and none.

Our Academy has a calm purposeful atmosphere. We strive to broaden horizons and challenge our students to achieve their potential. We offer a rigorous academic curriculum, a strong behaviour policy.

We are committed to continual CPD and a positive work life balance for staff. We offer additional training days, support staff to complete additional qualifications and remove unnecessary workload.

We are one of six Academies which make up the Woodard Academies Trust (WAT). WAT is part of the Woodard family of schools. Created by founder Nathaniel Woodard in 1848, Woodard is the largest group of independent Church of England schools in England and Wales. Woodard Academies Trust and Woodard Schools share a common ethos and vision: to inspire young people to make a difference.

Our ethos reflects our deep commitment to delivering an outstanding education to the students we teach. We prioritise inclusion and value individuals, and excel in delivering pastoral care and personalised learning paths for our students. Our aim is to offer students not only a first-class education, but also to teach them life skills that will provide benefits beyond their time with us. We believe that our academies should enrich the communities they serve and play an active role in their development.

DBS Checks

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Amendment Order 1986 and, as such, it will be necessary for a Submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Asylum and Immigration

To comply with Asylum and Immigration legislations you will be required (if appointed) to provide one or more documents from the Immigration Act 2006 - List A and B. You must provide proof of current and valid permission to be in the United Kingdom and valid permission to do the type of work offered.

St Augustine Academy is an equal opportunities employer. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Safeguarding Statement 

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, including volunteers, to share in this commitment.

All posts will be subject to safeguarding and vetting checks, including the receipt of two satisfactory references. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-declaration form and to give consent for an online search to be carried out. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check, therefore individuals on the children’s barred list (and adults barred list where relevant) should not apply. There is a six-month probation period for all post-holders.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Samantha Garrett
• Address:Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE
• Telephone: 01622 752490
• Email: sgarrett@saa.woodard.co.uk

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