About the role

We are looking for reliable and customer focused people to join our team as lettings assistants. We let out our school facilities such as sports halls and classroom to local community groups in the evenings, weekends and during school holidays. Our lettings assistants open the school before the lettings organisations arrive and prepare the areas. They greet our lettings organisations when they arrive and stay on-site whilst they are using the facilities, providing great customer service by giving them any help required. After the lettings organisations have left, they check areas, then lock and secure the building.

Your key responsibilities will be

• Property Access - Responsible for unlocking the school buildings before lettings and securing afterwards
• Customer Service - being the on-site point of contact for our customers during their lettings, providing any feedback to our lettings manager
• Venue Preparation - Setting up and clearing away tables, chairs and other furniture. Checking areas before customers use them, and making sure they are left in the same condition afterwards
• Housekeeping - Light cleaning and tidying duties before/after lettings

Evening shifts will be between  5pm and finishing no later than 10:30pm.  Weekend shifts or school holiday shifts can be anytime between 9am and 10:30pm. We aim to give you regular weekly shifts that fit with your personal circumstances, but some weekend work will be expected. Full training will be given, including shadowing more experienced members of staff until you are confident. You will be mainly working at the Swan School, although there may be the opportunity to work at other Oxford schools within the River Learning Trust.

Our ideal lettings assistant -

 - will have previous customer service experience

 - will be organised & punctual - someone we can rely on

 - will be able to work as part of a team with other lettings assistants, as well as working  independently on some of the quieter shifts

About The Swan School

The Swan School opened in September 2019 as part of the River Learning Trust (RLT). Our state of the art brand new school buildings and site opened in 2020. Both our students and the local community have the opportuntiy of using fantastic new facilities including school hall with sound system and lighting, classrooms seating 30-90, drama studio, dance studio, sports hall, and outdoor pitches.

How to apply

If you have any questions or would like to speak to someone about this post, please contact us via headteacher@theswanschool.org.uk or on 01865 416070. Please contact us if you have any queries regarding the application process.

The school will review applications as they are submitted and reserves the right to withdraw the advert before the closing date if a suitable candidate has been found.

About the River Learning Trust

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

Safeguarding 

The River Learning Trust and the Swan School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered.

The Swan School is a free school managed by The River Learning Trust, which is an exempt charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales with a registered company number 7966500. Registered Office: c/o Gosford Hill School, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2NT