Site Team Assistant - John Hampden Grammar School
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
We are looking for a real team player with the ability to be flexible to requests for support within a busy school environment and assisting our Site Manager to provide a clean and safe environment for all users of our school buildings and grounds. This is an important role within the school and a positive attitude and calm manner along with the ability to prioritise and deal with a demanding workload is vital.
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Bucks Pay Range 1 £23,996 - £24,950 per annum (apprenticeship route) or Bucks Pay Range 2 £25,625 - £27,770 per annum (non-apprenticeship route)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week on a shift rota basis from 6:30am to 7:30pm. There may be some flexibility with hours so please state your preference in your application.
Closing date: 21/09/2025 09:00
Interviews to be held: TBC
About us
John Hampden Grammar School is an outstanding school with exceptional academic success and sporting achievement. However, we appreciate that in a changing world our young men will need more to succeed including character, spirit and resilience. They will need to lead and take responsibility, collaborate and create. This is what we mean by #BeMore at John Hampden. Exceptional standards, breadth, balance and self-confidence typify our students and we support every individual to build these qualities necessary for happy, successful and fulfilled lives.
To learn more about our school, visit our website at www.jhgs.bucks.sch.uk where you can also view the following video for a taste of working at John Hampden: https://vimeo.com/683295649
About the role
Principal Responsibilities and Duties include but are not limited to:
- Assisting the Site Manager/Health & Safety Manager to provide a clean and safe environment for users of the school buildings and grounds.
- Being responsible for locking and unlocking the school on a rota basis which may involve lone working.
- Undertaking Health & Safety checks and general ‘handyperson’ maintenance around the School.
- Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all students.
About you
You will be an excellent communicator, confident dealing with staff, students, parents and visitors to the school. You will have good attention to detail and have the capacity to work in an environment that requires diplomacy, tact and confidentiality. The role offers an opportunity to undertake a Facilities Management apprenticeship for the right candidate.
Other information
To find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 529589
Email: [email protected]
John Hampden Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
