Casual Building & Grounds Technician
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £14.27 per hour plus holiday pay |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 18 July 2025 |
| Location: | Woking, Surrey, GU22 0AN |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | eTeach UK Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1493886 |
Summary
Do you have experience in grounds and building maintenance, along with a proactive approach to supporting project work? Are you looking for a flexible role that fits around your other commitments? Join the Freemantles Premises Team as a Casual Building & Grounds Technician and make a real difference in our school environment.Freemantles School is a Specialist school based in Mayford Green, Woking, providing education provision for autistic children and young people aged 4 to 19 years. We have been expanding for a number of years and on our Mayford site we have a Primary School building and a new Secondary & FE School building. We are also running a new temporary satellite site for autistic infant children at the former Ripley CoE Infants School building. We are a continuing to take on new classes over the next couple of years.
An opportunity has arisen for a Casual Building & Grounds Technician to join our established Premises team at Freemantles. We're looking for someone practical, hardworking and confident, using their initiative to support the Site Manager in delivering project work and during peak school maintenance times. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, have hands-on experience in building and grounds maintenance, and a track record of working on a variety of specialised buildings and grounds repairs, improvements and alterations. Maintenance DIY skills are required. Whilst you do not need to have worked in a school environment previously, an understanding of our specialist setting and/or education based maintenance requirements would be advantageous.The position is for up to a maximum of 36 hours per week. The hours will be paid on a timesheet basis at an hourly rate of £14.27* plus holiday pay (Surrey Grade PS5.2, £26,777 full time equivalent). * Note: 2025 Surrey Pay Award pending and may increase figures above.For more information, please contact our Site Manager via the school office to arrange a time to meet the Premises team and have a tour. We would encourage you to apply early to have the best possible chance of being considered. Applications will be considered on receipt, and we retain the right to amend the closing date and withdraw this vacancy if we have received sufficient suitable applications.Closing Date: Monday 30th June 2025 at 9amInterview Date: Flexible interview dates being offered throughout the advertising periodFreemantles is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to demonstrably share this commitment.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and amendments to the Exemptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and barred list check.
Please note that we will be undertaking online searches on shortlisted candidates, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Application forms only - CV’s are not accepted. Please ensure that you read the job description and person specification before submitting your application. We will be shortlisting based on the person specification.
An opportunity has arisen for a Casual Building & Grounds Technician to join our established Premises team at Freemantles. We're looking for someone practical, hardworking and confident, using their initiative to support the Site Manager in delivering project work and during peak school maintenance times. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, have hands-on experience in building and grounds maintenance, and a track record of working on a variety of specialised buildings and grounds repairs, improvements and alterations. Maintenance DIY skills are required. Whilst you do not need to have worked in a school environment previously, an understanding of our specialist setting and/or education based maintenance requirements would be advantageous.The position is for up to a maximum of 36 hours per week. The hours will be paid on a timesheet basis at an hourly rate of £14.27* plus holiday pay (Surrey Grade PS5.2, £26,777 full time equivalent). * Note: 2025 Surrey Pay Award pending and may increase figures above.For more information, please contact our Site Manager via the school office to arrange a time to meet the Premises team and have a tour. We would encourage you to apply early to have the best possible chance of being considered. Applications will be considered on receipt, and we retain the right to amend the closing date and withdraw this vacancy if we have received sufficient suitable applications.Closing Date: Monday 30th June 2025 at 9amInterview Date: Flexible interview dates being offered throughout the advertising periodFreemantles is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to demonstrably share this commitment.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and amendments to the Exemptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and barred list check.
Please note that we will be undertaking online searches on shortlisted candidates, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Application forms only - CV’s are not accepted. Please ensure that you read the job description and person specification before submitting your application. We will be shortlisting based on the person specification.