Assistant Site Manager

Hours: 36.5 (All year round)

Contract Type: Permanent

Calthorpe Academy

Darwin Street

Birmingham

B12 0TP

Start Date: 20 May 2024

Calthorpe Academy caters for students aged 2 to 19. Pupils have a range of primary needs ranging from severe learning difficulties (SLD), Autistic spectrum (ASD) to profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD).
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Site Manager with a flexible, adaptable and confident attitude to support the Site Manager in overall school maintenance, security (including opening/closing the school buildings), and health and safety across premises. You must be able to build and maintain effective relationships with parents, children and staff. The successful candidate will ideally have previous experience and be able to demonstrate excellent general maintenance skills. The ability to use your own initiative and a good understanding of the responsibilities of maintaining a school site is essential to the role. Please acknowledge that staff may be deployed to support other academies. You must hold a full UK driving licence.
In return you will receive a competitive salary and access to the School Advisory Service for a number of services, ranging from a 24/7 GP helpline to counselling and physiotherapy. Our employees also enjoy our employee discount scheme, offering discounts on holidays, shopping, and days out. We are a diverse and enthusiastic team, looking for the right candidate to aid our mission and provide our students with the ‘skills they need for the life they want.’

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. 

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Closing Date: 12 April 2024, midday

How to Apply:

Application forms and details can be obtained via the web site: www.calthorpe.thrive.ac/vacancies
Completed forms should be sent by email to vacancies@calthorpe.thrive.ac
Interviews to be held on Friday 19th April 2024
Start date: As soon as possible