Estates Worker

Summary

To assist the Estates team over the summer holidays with typical work to include manual tasks such as removing carpets, moving furniture, taking down pictures and noticeboards, carrying equipment, cleaning, and painting.

Detail

St Peter’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment by always complying with the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. The successful applicant will be required to undergo statutory pre-employment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check

Department: Estates

Responsible to: Estates Manager

Salary: £10.85 p/h pay including holiday pay (ages 16-20), 21 and over £12.71 p/h

Overall purpose of the post:

To assist the Estates team over the summer holidays with typical work to include manual tasks such as removing carpets, moving furniture, taking down pictures and noticeboards, carrying equipment, cleaning, and painting.

The nature of the role is such that an exhaustive list of duties is not possible. On any given day a summer worker may be required to transport materials, paint a wall, sweep paths, unload a delivery of furniture.

Hours of work Monday to Friday 8am until 4pm please allow some flexibility where required

Key responsibilities:

1. Basic painting including outside areas like fences and benches.
2. Room strip outs including carpets, furniture and removing curtain rails and boards from walls.
3. Furniture installation including flatpack building.
4. Site clearances of rubbish to skips and compounds.
5. Sweeping and cleaning of paths and areas including jet washing.
6. Delivering of goods and parcels across the campus.
7. Cleaning of minibuses and works vehicles.

8. Work with the Facilities & Maintenance Teams across all areas of the school to make sure all works are completed and before the new term starts.

General

1. Health & Safety - You have a legal duty to take reasonable care of your own health and safety and that of others and you are expected to be familiar with, and adhere to, St Peter’s School’s Health and Safety policy.

2. School values – You have a duty to ensure your work, communication and approach conforms to the school’s core values and mission. You will need to be aware and comply with school rules, policies and procedures at all times including, but not limited to, those relating to safeguarding, conduct, equality and data protection.

St Peter's School strives to be diverse and inclusive. We encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the school. The school is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and pupils. This means that employees are treated fairly, irrespective of sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, gender, marital status or other reason. The post holder is expected to always comply with the provisions set out in law and the St Peter's policies on equality and diversity. The school is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

Note: This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities associated with the post. The post holder will be expected to comply with any reasonable request to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description. This job description may be amended at any time.

Documents

• Estates Worker Recruitment Pack- April 26 PDF Document
• Privacy Notice for Job Applicants - May 2025 PDF Document