Job Description

St. Osmund's C.E. Middle School is an over-subscribed Middle School for Years 5 - 8, located in the thriving county town of Dorchester. The school is proud to be an early joiner of the Wessex Multi Academy Trust and is Ofsted Good in all areas (2022).



We require a centre assistant to oversee the evening, weekend and school holiday bookings at the St Osmund's Community Sports Centre. We are looking for someone who is community orientated and has an interest in sport. The role will include meeting and greeting customers, confirming bookings, setting up the equipment prior to hires, as well as packing away equipment, cleaning the centre and locking up at the end of the evening. There is an element of lone working within this role, completion of paperwork, creation of invoices and handling cash.



The main opening hours are 5-10pm Monday to Friday, with some weekend and school holiday hours also available. Flexibility in approach to hours worked will be essential as the centre is open seven days per week. Hours will be allocated on a rota basis with our other staff members.



Please visit our website and facebook page to learn about the work we do at St Osmund's. Information about the many activities that we offer can be found here: https://stosmundssportcentre.wixsite.com/



Please email Mrs R Golledge to recruitment@stosmunds.wessex.ac for further details.

Closing date is Wednesday 15

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October, interviews will take place on Tuesday 21

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October.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share.



The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.



We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.



This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.



Keeping Children Safe in Education



The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.