Maintenance Apprentice - The Royal Grammar School (Boys)

Buckinghamshire Council; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job description

Maintenance Apprentice - The Royal Grammar School (Boys)

Location: High Wycombe

Salary Type: £23,797 per annum

Salary details: (£12.33 per hour)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Interviews to be held: asap

About us

RGS is an exceptional place. We have a vision to be seen as world class in offering those most naturally able the best that a state funded school can offer. We have a proud tradition, dating back to the 13th Century of educating young men.

You will very much enjoy working with the boys here who are courteous, committed, caring and entertaining. Support staff at RGS provide a vital role in ensuring that the School not only runs smoothly but continues to develop.

A range of roles exists from part time, term time only to full time and support staff have excellent opportunities to contribute towards school life. Although we do not ask our support staff to undertake teaching roles, we warmly encourage participation in school trips and co-curricular activities.

Salary, benefits and wellbeing at RGS

Support staff are paid on the RGS scales, which are closely related to the locally negotiated Buckinghamshire Council pay range. For the benefit of support staff, the School participates in the Local Government Pension Scheme. We are a mutually supportive team and endeavour to ensure that all staff have a healthy work / life balance.

We offer:

• Excellent pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free membership of the School’s Fitness Suite
• Free use of the swimming pool
• Tax efficient purchases of gadgets through the tech scheme
• Staff common room with free tea & coffee
• On site hot and cold food
• Social functions/concerts/plays etc
• Car parking onsite
• Accommodation (limited)
• Long service awards

Wellbeing

Staff activities include:

• Staff football
• Staff Yoga
• Staff badminton
• Staff tennis
• Staff touch rugby
• Christmas party
• Secret Santa
• Secret buddy
• Wellbeing group meetings
• Common Room cake day
• Wellbeing week
• End of term get-togethers
• Staff birthday cake breaks

Responsibilities

Undertake general maintenance tasks, including:

• Basic plumbing, carpentry, painting, decorating, general repairs and porterage tasks
• Learning to identify and resolve common property maintenance issues under supervision
• Assisting in scheduled maintenance tasks to ensure the longevity and efficiency of property systems
• Responding to reactive maintenance requests and emergency repairs
• Assisting with School sustainability projects
• Monitoring standards of estate and facilities and reporting outcomes to the Estates & Facilities Manager
• Undertaking grounds maintenance under the direction of the Estates Manager

About you

Essential Requirements:

• An interest in property maintenance
• A desire to work hard and the ability to use own initiative
• Punctual, hardworking, and committed
• Willingness to get hands dirty and learn on the job
• Ability to use computers for recording tasks and completing College and apprenticeship training
• Understanding and respect for confidentiality
• Able to interact with students and adults
• Physically fit and able to lift, carry, climb
• Happy to ask for help

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or 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.

All staff, visitors, and volunteers understand safeguarding children is everyone’s responsibility and that they must be diligent to help secure children’s safety and wellbeing.

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 and 2023).