Key Role Information

Salary
£11,060.40 - 11,395.80
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
13/11/2026 09:00
Interview
TBC
Contract term
AYR - All year round
Pay grade
£11,060.40 - £11,395.80 (pt 10 – pt 12)
Department
Support Services
Key stage
Not Applicable
Hours per week
15.00
Weeks per year
52.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

West Kirby School & College is Seeking to Appoint an Enthusiastic Domestic Assistant

Closing Date for Applications: 13th November 2026

Salary: £11,060.40 - £11,395.80 (pt 10 – pt 12)

Contract: Permanent (52-week contract) / 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Hours: 15 hours per week: M – Th 4:00pm – 7:00pm, F 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Role Overview:

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring a safe clean environment for pupils, staff and visitors. As a Domestic assistant, you will be assisting in the general cleaning of the building, serving and clearing dining and kitchen areas and maintaining a high standard of hygiene throughout.

What we’re looking for:

•          Significant site cleaning experience

•          Knowledge of Health and Safety issues in a working environment

•          Knowledge of COSHH within a working environment

•          Maintaining stores/equipment

Qualifications

Valid drivers licencedesirable
Any further qualifications in related fieldsdesirable
Qualifications relating to Health and Safety and/or COSHHdesirable

Skills

Experience

Significant site cleaning experienceessential
Knowledge of Health & Safety issues in a working environmentessential
Knowledge of COSHH within a working environmentessential
Maintaining stores and equipmentessential
Experience of working in a school
Ideally will have considerable experience and expertise as a cleaning contractor
Knowledge of working with pupils with complex special educational needs

Personal Attributes

Physically fit and practically mindedessential
Innovative and adaptable to work situations and emergenciesessential
Motivation to work with children and young peopleessential
Ability to form and maintain appropriate professional relationships and boundaries with pupils, staff and external partnersessential
Emotional resilience when working in dynamic and sometimes challenging environmentsessential
Positive attitude to use of authority and maintaining disciplineessential
Sense of humouressential
Patienceessential
Willingness to work as a member of a teamessential
Able to collaborate within a team
Adaptable and flexible
Overcome barriers
Detail orientated
Planning skills
Cost conscious
Outcome oriented

West Kirby School and College

Alice Pyatt

recruitment@wkrs.co.uk

Meols Drive
West Kirby
Wirral
Merseyside
CH48 5DH

Safeguarding Information

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to rigorous recruitment & online checks. West Kirby Educational Trust is an exempt employer as defined in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975) and as such, we have a lawful basis for requesting an enhanced DBS disclosure certificate for all employees.