Job Description

To ensure the general grounds across the school site and the school’s sports areas are well-maintained and meet health & safety requirements.

Thank you for your interest in working at The Beacon.

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Job Role
Groundskeeper
Hours
Full Time (Monday - Friday 40 hours per week)
Experience
-Previous experience of working in a similar role
Skills
-Ability to drive the school minibus
-Excellent communication skills, at ease with dealing with young people, staff and parents/ visitors
-Ability to remain calm and professional in all situations
Knowledge
-Understanding of Health & Safety
Other
-Committed to the safety of self and others
-Hardworking
-Friendly and approachable
-Self-motivated and versatile
-Excellent role model
-Highly professional with positive outlook
-Team player
-In all areas of school life, staff are expected to lead by example and demonstrate and uphold the values and principles that we wish the boys to learn
-An unwavering commitment to safeguarding

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Please complete the form below to apply for this role. We recognise that this may seem quite a lengthy task! Rest assured that all is important to ensuring we can obtain a broad understanding of your skills, aspirations and experience as well as gathering the information relevant to our legal and safeguarding obligations as an educational establishment. Our School is legally required to carry out a number of pre-appointment checks which are set out in the School's Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Policy and Procedure. The information you are being asked to provide in this form is required so that the School can comply with those legal obligations should your application be successful. As per School policy, we are unable to accept CVs

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Deadline

Closing date for receipt of applications: Tuesday 10 December 2024. Interviews will be held in the second/third week of January 2025. We would encourage you to submit your application early as we reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the deadline – if, for example, we receive a number of applications of interest early on.

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