Facilities Assistant

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Job Title:  Facilities Assistant
Location:  Heath Farm School, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0AX
Salary:  £24,115 per annum (not pro rata)
Hours:  35 hours per week (see below for rota)
Monday 8.30am – 4.00pm | Tuesday 7.30am - 4.30pm | Wednesday 8.30am-3.30pm |
Thursday 7.30am - 4.30pm | Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm (times may vary dependent on cover)
Contract:  Permanent | 52 weeks
Start:  October 2026
UK applicants only – no sponsorship available

About the Role

This is more than a facilities role, it's an opportunity to make a real difference to the daily experience of our students, staff, and visitors. We're looking for a dedicated Facilities Assistant who takes pride in creating safe, welcoming, and well-maintained environments where everyone can thrive.

Working closely with our Facilities Management Team and School Business Manager, you'll play an important part in the life of the school. From maintaining our buildings and grounds to supporting essential health and safety compliance, your work will help ensure our school remains a place where learning, development, and success can flourish.

Key responsibilities include:

• Helping to maintain our buildings, grounds, vehicles, and equipment to a high standard.
• Carrying out general repairs and supporting planned and reactive maintenance projects.
• Assisting with health and safety compliance, including fire safety, PAT testing, water hygiene, emergency lighting, and statutory checks.
• Working with contractors and supporting the delivery of maintenance works across the site.
• Maintaining accurate records and compliance documentation.
• Supporting the security of the school, including opening and closing procedures.
• Completing regular site inspections and identifying opportunities to improve our environment.
• Responding to maintenance issues and unexpected situations with a positive, practical approach.

About You

You'll be someone who enjoys being hands-on, takes pride in a job well done, and understands the important role a safe and well-maintained environment plays in supporting students and colleagues. Reliable, proactive, and approachable, you'll be ready to get stuck in and make a positive impact every day.

What you'll bring:

• Experience within facilities, estates, site management, maintenance, or a similar role.
• A good understanding of health and safety and compliance requirements.
• Strong practical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to work.
• Good IT skills and confidence maintaining records and reports.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload.
• A flexible, team-focused attitude and a willingness to support the wider school community.
• A full UK driving licence.

Most importantly, you'll be someone who cares about creating a safe, welcoming environment where students and staff can do their very best every day.

About Us

Heath Farm is an independent SEN school that offers a unique and stimulating environment where every student can make outstanding progress in their personal development and enjoy success in their education. From our nurturing approach for Primary through to Secondary students aged 5 to 16, all students are encouraged to reach high standards in every aspect of their lives.

Our students present with a wide range of needs, including social and emotional issues, learning difficulties, mental health problems and associated conditions. However, they are able to enjoy extraordinary outcomes and be happy at school.

At Outcomes First Schools, we provide specialist education for learners who need a deeper level of understanding, expertise and support than mainstream education can typically offer. We support students with a wide range of complex, co-occurring and neurodivergent needs, including autism, ADHD, SEMH, speech and communication needs, dyslexia and experiences of trauma or adversity.

We are proud to be a part of OFG Education who in 2025 were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the sixth year running.

Why Join Us?

We place students and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – mental health support and physical health checks
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including:
• Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
• Hundreds of UK and international discounts
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

OFG Education is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, OFG Education does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.

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