Join our dedicated team as a Site Assistant at Hamilton School, where your efforts will contribute to the safety, maintenance, and smooth operation of our school while supporting students' transport needs.

This is a hands-on role with diverse responsibilities. You will work closely with the Business Manager and Estates Manager to ensure our school grounds, buildings, and environment are safe, secure, and well-maintained. An essential part of the role involves assisting with student travel using school vehicles, including transport to and from school or off-site activities.

The main responsibilities of this role are as follows:

• Driving Duties: Safely transporting students and staff using the school minibus or other vehicles as required, ensuring the vehicles are maintained and roadworthy.
• Maintenance and Security: Conducting regular checks on the premises, grounds, and equipment, ensuring a safe and clean environment for all users.
• Teamwork: Collaborating with contractors and the premises team to address maintenance tasks, minor works, and refurbishment projects.
• Health & Safety Compliance: Supporting regular safety checks, including fire alarm testing, PAT testing, and maintaining the Fire Safety Logbook.

We are looking for a practical and adaptable individual who:

• Holds a full, clean driving license (D1 category is desirable or willingness to undertake necessary training).
• Has a hands-on approach to problem-solving and maintenance tasks.
• Demonstrates excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Has a good understanding of Health & Safety regulations or a willingness to learn.
• Is approachable, dependable, and able to maintain positive relationships with staff, students, and contractors.

You will enjoy nurturing young people to help them grow in confidence and flourish personally. You will share our inclusive values of “opportunity, diversity and success for all”. In return, you  will be joining our team of tenacious, optimistic and talented support staff, who have the support of an experienced leadership team Hamilton School is an SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health) Special School in Reading educating up to 64 students with Education, Health Care Plans (EHCP). Our mission is to recognise each and every one of our students as individuals, and to nurture their potential, developing the whole child through a therapeutic approach. This means that you would have to be a resilient character who is able to remain positive when dealing with challenging behaviour.   

In January 2020 Hamilton School joined the Maiden Erlegh Trust family of schools, whose motto is “Aim High, Be Inclusive, Work Together”. The aim for every school in the Trust, whilst espousing their values and ethos, and having a core of common policies and procedures, will serve its own community’s needs in a bespoke way and also create a feeling of community within its own school. In that way all the potential and talents of every child and every member of staff will be nurtured.

If you would like to have an informal chat with the hiring manager or visit the school, please email our recruitment team on recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org who can help organise this. 

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.