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Job details

Job reference

REQ00003709

Date posted

04/07/2024

Application closing date

19/07/2024

Location

Knottingley (De Lacy Academy)

Salary

Grade A Point 2 (£22,366 Full Time Equivalent). The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £9,067.30.

Annual weeks

52 (All Year Round)

Contractual hours

15

Basis

Part time

Job category/type

Facilities

Cleaner

Job description

De Lacy Academy are looking to appoint a Cleaner to join our academy in September 2024 on a part time, permanent basis.

Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you.

Your new role

As a cleaner, you will work as part of the site management team to maintain the cleanliness of the academy site to ensure it is a safe, clean and healthy environment for colleagues and students to work and learn and provides a pleasant environment for visitors.

Hours: 15 hours per week / All Year Round (52 Weeks) / Permanent.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.

Your new school

Here at De Lacy Academy, we have been on a journey that has seen the school recently judged as Outstanding by Ofsted. They recognised the hard work and effort that goes into making this school a successful and caring place of learning that meets the needs of its pupils and its community.

With nearly 900 pupils aged between 11 and 16 housed on a campus that has benefited from much recent investment, De Lacy is a busy and vibrant place. We serve the ex mining area of Knottingley and draw increasingly from the surrounding areas. We are experiencing a period of unprecedented growth across all year groups as the school delivers excellent outcomes and as the communities of Knottingley and Ferrybridge continue to develop.

Why join us?

Our staff are talented and enthusiastic and have all contributed to the academy’s success story. We have a staff rewards budget and socialise both as subject teams and as a whole staff. We also have access to a staff benefits scheme. At De Lacy, we value the continuous professional development of all our employees and recognise that our staff and students are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged, and supported to achieve their very best. Your new school is based next door to Education House, the centre of Delta Academies Trust, making access to high quality CPD easy and convenient. In addition, De Lacy benefits from close access to the M62, the A1 and a local train station. You would be joining a highly skilled and committed staff. It is a source of pride to us that we retain such a high percentage of staff and trainee teachers.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.

We offer an extensive range of opportunities, incentives and benefits with this post including:

Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days (subject to pro rata if working part time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.
Financial: offering unlimited access to a huge range of discounts on holidays, days out, retailer and cashback deals inc. Curry’s, John Lewis, Tesco and B&Q to name but a few.
Lifestyle and Wellbeing, discounted & flexible gym memberships, eye care vouchers, cycle 2 work/Technology scheme, free annual flu jab and 24/7 access to a market leading Employee Assistance Programme providing expert information specialist advisors trained by Citizens Advice and access to professionally qualified counsellors accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Motoring: access to an employee vehicle leasing scheme*, discounted vehicle repairs and discounts on car/van hire.
Pension: excellent employer/employee contributory pension scheme with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Personal and professional: we offer a range of training and development opportunities for you to grow and develop.

Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained.

In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.

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