Site Operative
| Posting date: | 12 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Location: | Newbury, RG14 6NQ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | c272007a-4443-4778-9e97-f3dad74064fb |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Greenshaw Learning Trust is ‘Always Learning’
We’re looking for a dedicated Site Operative to join our friendly, supportive team at Park House School, part of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, from October 2025.
About the role:
You will be working as part of the school site team assisting in the maintenance and security of the school premises and site, ensuring a safe working environment, as directed by the Site Manager and driving the school minibus in a responsible and competent manner.Alongside this, you will play an active part in the life of the school community, supporting its distinctive mission and ethos, and encouraging and ensuring staff, pupils and students adhere to school expectations.
Main responsibilities:
• Being proactive in identifying, reporting and rectifying the building defects, ensuring a high standard of repair is maintained.
• To support the security of the premises as required. To include the opening up and locking of premises including extended school provision, parent’s evenings, lettings and emergency call outs as required.
• To undertake a range of re-decoration and maintenance work, as agreed with the Site or Regional Estates Manager to ensure a high standard of repair and decoration throughout the school.
• Undertake activities to maintain a safe and clean external environment e.g. gritting, litterpicks, waste collection and removal, graffiti removal, safe access routes and keeping drains free from obstruction.
• To carry out Health and safety checks including: Fire, emergency lighting, Legionella and keeping accurate up to date records under the direction of the Site Manager or Regional Estates Manager.
• The operation of premises programmed systems, ensuring that all plant and equipment operates at maximum efficiency and economy, with special regard to energy conservation and to regularly inspect equipment to ensure that it is clean and in a safe working order, reporting any deficiencies as appropriate and if required contact a competent contractor to repair.
• Supervise and contact contractors when necessary.
• To assist with cleaning duties as required, or where appropriate, the monitoring of cleaning contractors, supporting during periods of absence, or where additional cleaning is required.
• To undertake general portage duties to include the setting out and putting away furniture as necessary, including possible room changes.
• To use the online helpdesk system to record and respond to job requests, and report back to the Site Manager.
• Be flexible to cover the opening, closing, heating, and availability of equipment as necessary for any school events and lettings
You will need:
• Good IT/Numeracy/literacy skills/ GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English
• Full valid driving licence and use of a suitable vehicle for travelling between multiple sites
• Knowledge of moving and handling procedures
• Willingness to participate in development
What the school offers its staff
About the School:
At Park House School, we have built our ethos on a strong set of core values which underpin everything that we do - Work Hard, Be Kind, Take responsibility. Our aim is to give students at Park House School a better chance of success than if they attended any other school in the country.We are based in Newbury in Berkshire which in itself is in a beautiful area of the country and provides good access to Oxford and London. The area we serve is diverse, and therefore our catchment and students offer a range of expectations and challenges, being able to drive ambitions is key. Our ambition for our students to have the best chance of success is central to our drive and vision. This is best evidenced by our incredible results in the summer exams of 2023 and 2024. Whilst the nation's results plummeted back to pre-pandemic levels, Park House has had two years of significant improvements and in 2024 attained their best results ever at both GCSE and A-Level. Furthermore, the school has attained the highest grades at both GCSE and A-Level in West Berkshire. Progress 8 is again well above the national average this year at +0.6.
About Greenshaw Learning Trust:
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.
To get a feel of life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our ‘Why you should work for GLT’ recruitment brochure on our jobs portal.
What’s in it for you:
• Professional development and career progression
• Generous pension scheme
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Gym Discounts
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Being part of a great team and expanding organisation
Please download the recruitment pack for further information.
Further details about the role
Closing date for receipt of applications is 26th August 2025. We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.
We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive.
If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know. Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Greenshaw Learning Trust places the highest importance on its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children in its care and considers this to be everyone's responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children, their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children and in identifying concerns, sharing information and taking prompt action. Trust staff have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn and should make sure their approach is child-centred. This means that they should consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child.
The Greenshaw Learning Trust is ‘Always Learning’
We’re looking for a dedicated Site Operative to join our friendly, supportive team at Park House School, part of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, from October 2025.
About the role:
You will be working as part of the school site team assisting in the maintenance and security of the school premises and site, ensuring a safe working environment, as directed by the Site Manager and driving the school minibus in a responsible and competent manner.Alongside this, you will play an active part in the life of the school community, supporting its distinctive mission and ethos, and encouraging and ensuring staff, pupils and students adhere to school expectations.
Main responsibilities:
• Being proactive in identifying, reporting and rectifying the building defects, ensuring a high standard of repair is maintained.
• To support the security of the premises as required. To include the opening up and locking of premises including extended school provision, parent’s evenings, lettings and emergency call outs as required.
• To undertake a range of re-decoration and maintenance work, as agreed with the Site or Regional Estates Manager to ensure a high standard of repair and decoration throughout the school.
• Undertake activities to maintain a safe and clean external environment e.g. gritting, litterpicks, waste collection and removal, graffiti removal, safe access routes and keeping drains free from obstruction.
• To carry out Health and safety checks including: Fire, emergency lighting, Legionella and keeping accurate up to date records under the direction of the Site Manager or Regional Estates Manager.
• The operation of premises programmed systems, ensuring that all plant and equipment operates at maximum efficiency and economy, with special regard to energy conservation and to regularly inspect equipment to ensure that it is clean and in a safe working order, reporting any deficiencies as appropriate and if required contact a competent contractor to repair.
• Supervise and contact contractors when necessary.
• To assist with cleaning duties as required, or where appropriate, the monitoring of cleaning contractors, supporting during periods of absence, or where additional cleaning is required.
• To undertake general portage duties to include the setting out and putting away furniture as necessary, including possible room changes.
• To use the online helpdesk system to record and respond to job requests, and report back to the Site Manager.
• Be flexible to cover the opening, closing, heating, and availability of equipment as necessary for any school events and lettings
You will need:
• Good IT/Numeracy/literacy skills/ GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English
• Full valid driving licence and use of a suitable vehicle for travelling between multiple sites
• Knowledge of moving and handling procedures
• Willingness to participate in development
What the school offers its staff
About the School:
At Park House School, we have built our ethos on a strong set of core values which underpin everything that we do - Work Hard, Be Kind, Take responsibility. Our aim is to give students at Park House School a better chance of success than if they attended any other school in the country.We are based in Newbury in Berkshire which in itself is in a beautiful area of the country and provides good access to Oxford and London. The area we serve is diverse, and therefore our catchment and students offer a range of expectations and challenges, being able to drive ambitions is key. Our ambition for our students to have the best chance of success is central to our drive and vision. This is best evidenced by our incredible results in the summer exams of 2023 and 2024. Whilst the nation's results plummeted back to pre-pandemic levels, Park House has had two years of significant improvements and in 2024 attained their best results ever at both GCSE and A-Level. Furthermore, the school has attained the highest grades at both GCSE and A-Level in West Berkshire. Progress 8 is again well above the national average this year at +0.6.
About Greenshaw Learning Trust:
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.
To get a feel of life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our ‘Why you should work for GLT’ recruitment brochure on our jobs portal.
What’s in it for you:
• Professional development and career progression
• Generous pension scheme
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Gym Discounts
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Being part of a great team and expanding organisation
Please download the recruitment pack for further information.
Further details about the role
Closing date for receipt of applications is 26th August 2025. We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.
We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive.
If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know. Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Greenshaw Learning Trust places the highest importance on its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children in its care and considers this to be everyone's responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children, their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children and in identifying concerns, sharing information and taking prompt action. Trust staff have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn and should make sure their approach is child-centred. This means that they should consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child.