College Skilled Site Assistant (Maintenance)

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Greenhead College.

The post holder will be required to work flexibly and any additional hours as required to meet the needs of the College (up to a maximum of 48 hours per week), which may on occasion include some later evening and weekend working.

There are six Parents Evenings and two Open Evenings per year when all Premises staff are required to work until 10.00pm. Additional hours worked during these events will be taken back as time in lieu or overtime.

Authorised paid overtime worked outside of normal hours will be paid as detailed with the sixth form colleges support staff handbook.

The post holder may be required to participate in an out of hours call out rota.

FTE: Full-time

Holidays: 22 days holiday per annum, plus 10.5 public holidays. Employees with five or more years’ continuous service with the College are entitled to receive an additional five days annual leave. The leave year runs from 1 April to 31 March

Pension: West Yorkshire Pension Fund – Employer contribution rate of 21.5%, plus Death in Service Grant of 3 x your annual salary. Based on current rates of pay, the College will pay £6,500.00 into your pension each year in addition to your salary. Please contact HR for further details.

Contract type: Permanent

Other benefits:

• Access to Kirklees Employee Healthcare (e.g. private counselling, physio, etc).
• Eye test vouchers.
• Flu vaccination vouchers.
• Free onsite car parking.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health and wellbeing events throughout the year, including dedicated staff wellbeing day.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Personal and professional development opportunities.

Reports to: Premises Manager

Closing date: Monday, 03 February 2025 at 10:00am

Interview date: Monday, 10 February 2025

Start date: As soon as possible pending safeguarding pre-employment checks

On behalf of Greenhead College, thank you for your interest in applying for the position of College Skilled Site Assistant.

Greenhead College is located on an attractive campus close to Huddersfield town centre, adjacent to the picturesque Greenhead Park. The College is a short drive from the M62 and within walking distance of the train and bus station, an easy commute from much of the Northwest and Yorkshire.

The College has been providing the highest quality academic Sixth Form College education in the area for 50 years. According to Government performance tables, Greenhead is currently one of the best performing Sixth Form Colleges nationally and is heavily oversubscribed.

Approximately 2750 students attend the College studying predominantly A Level courses across 35 subjects, and the College has ambition to grow to at least 2800 students by 2025-26.

In March 2022, the College was once again graded ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, with no areas of weakness identified.

The College employs 285 staff and is a great place to work, with a warm, inclusive atmosphere. Our staff are recognised for their hard work and are encouraged to inspire each another, and to develop and grow. We are proud to have a strong and able College Leadership Team, and a highly experienced Board, who work collaboratively to deliver the College’s purpose and principles, and strategic objectives.

The College is seeking an individual to join the Music department, supporting the Head of Department and Head of Subject to deliver an engaging and consistent approach to learning for our students.

The full job description and person specification can be found on the College website.

Applicants should complete and submit the following documents:

• Greenhead College or TES support staff application form;
• A supporting letter of application indicating how you meet the criteria within the job description and person specification;
• Equality and Diversity form.

All applications should be submitted to Jen Rothery, HR and Recruitment Manager, via email address jobs@greenhead.ac.uk

If you apply and are unsuccessful in being called to interview, can we thank you in advance for your time and trouble in making this application. Due to time constraints it would be impossible to respond to everyone individually – we hope that you will understand.

Greenhead College is committed to safeguarding the welfare of all of its students and staff. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. This position is working in regulated activity and therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants will be required to self-disclose particular criminal convictions should they be shortlisted for interview. Further details can be found within the DBS filtering guide

In line with KCSIE 2024 guidance, all shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search.

Greenhead College is committed to Diversity and Inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.