Our client based in Ickenham is seeking a Premises Assistant on a temporary basis, this could lead into a permanent role also.
Working hours are flexible for the Temporary assignment.
A DBS check will need to completed for this role as working in a School.
The nature of this post involves lifting and carrying, as well as some working at height. Training will be provided as required.
The postholder will be expected to wear a uniform (provided by the school, and consisting of a polo shirt, work trousers and safety shoes). A hand held radio will be provided to facilitate effective communication around the school site.
A 30 minute unpaid lunch break is included in the daily hours. Some occasional evening and weekend work (for which overtime will be payable) may be required. The postholder will be expected to show some flexibility around their working hours, to accommodate school functions etc.
Key responsibilities - To act as master key holder
- To be responsible for opening the school in the morning, and locking up at night / at weekends as may be required (including setting / re-setting the alarm and securing all doors and windows).
- To ensure the school is clean and ready for use at the start of each day. This will involve liaising with the onsite cleaning staff about practical issues as well as directly responding to housekeeping emergencies during the school day. Whilst the school has a day cleaner on site, this only operates between the hours of 11.30am and 2.30pm. The facilities team responds to spillages (including bodily fluids) outside of those times.
- Under the direction of the Facilities Manager, to proactively manage the fabric of the school site eg by ensuring defective bulbs are replaced, rubbish dealt with etc
- To play a part in ensuring that external and communal areas are kept as clear of litter as possible. To undertake external grounds maintenance duties, including instructing the external contractor, as may be required. To undertake snow clearing / gritting of paths as required.
- To respond to ad hoc requests as required during the day, including minor cleaning, replenishment of supplies in public areas and maintenance requests e.g. bulb replacement etc. Site issues are now recorded electronically via an automated helpdesk (EVERY).
- To undertake reasonable repairs, decoration and maintenance, requiring a DIY level of skill, with due regard to ensuring their own safety as well as the safety of other school users.
- To provide support to the Facilities Manager in supervising external contractors on site, with particular regard to ensuring a safe environment and the satisfactory completion of work. The postholder may be required to actively supervise staff on site who do not have a valid DBS certificate.
- To provide support to the Facilities Manager in ensuring the efficient and effective use of services, including heating, lighting and water usage
- To provide regular portering services round the school as required
- To work with the Facilities Manager in ensuring that furniture is laid out as required for school events eg for exams, assemblies, school events etc.
- To support external lettings, including the preparation of areas / setting out of furniture, on-site supervision / customer liaison and securing the site afterwards
- In the absence of the Facilities Manager, to be responsible for issuing school keys and security fobs to staff and supervising their return. To ensure that the relevant record of keys issued is maintained and up to date at all times
- To be responsible for supporting the operation of the two school minibuses, including regularly clearing the buses of accumulated rubbish, supporting the schedule of regular safety checks and filling the buses with fuel as required. The postholder may be asked to take the buses for a regular drive during holiday periods in order to keep them in good mechanical order.
- As required, to act as an occasional driver for the school minibus, taking staff and students to and from local venues (e.g. other local schools, Uxbridge Town Centre, Hillingdon Tube).
- To remain vigilant when on the school site, identifying and reporting any hazards identified. The postholder is expected to respond immediately and proactively to any hazards which are within their ability to solve.
- To assume responsibility for the completion of a number of regular statutory safety checks around the school including (but not limited to) weekly fire alarm testing, water temperature checks. emergency lighting checks, ladder register checks etc
- To ensure that emergency evacuation routes remain free from obstruction at all times and that security gates are secured / reopened promptly at the start and end of the school day.
- To ensure that combustible materials and chemicals under the control of the Facilities Team are stored in accordance with COSHH regulations and in such a way as to minimise the risk of fire or other emergency incident.
- Completion of periodic mandatory safety training, as well as other training related to employment in the education sector (eg safeguarding training, Prevent training). The postholder will be expected to participate in certain sessions during whole staff INSET days
- To use online tools to manage maintenance / housekeeping issues (EVERY) as well as to raise an online purchase order request (ZAHARA). Training will be provided on both systems.
- Any other duties as may be reasonable be required from time to time
