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Hours: 07:45 - 11:45 and 14:45 - 18:00
Contract: Temporary for 1 year turning to Permanent if successful in post
Salary: £29,451 - £31,285 P/A before tax
Annual Leave: 21 days during school holidays (increasing to 25 days after extended service, plus all bank holidays)
St John’s CE Primary and Nursery School is looking to appoint an organised, flexible, highly-motivated and committed site manager who can support and enhance our learning environment and oversee the day-to-day management of the school site, ensuring that a high level of hygiene and safety is maintained.
The site manager will oversee the day-to-day management of the school site, and support and enhance our learning environment, ensuring that a high level of hygiene and safety is maintained. This will include being part of our Fire Warden team.
MAIN DUTIES
The successful candidate’s duties will include the following:
• unlocking the school in the morning before school starts and ensuring that the site is clean and remains secure;• locking the school in the afternoon after school closes and ensuring that the school is secured after all teachers have left the site;• undertaking general caretaking and maintenance duties;• reporting items needing repair;• working with the school’s cleaning company to ensure that internal and external areas remain clean, tidy and safe;• assisting in the decoration of the school;• supporting at community events, e.g. school fetes;• maintaining the school's grounds, including the supervision of external companies carrying out related work;• advising and collaborating with the Headteacher and Head of School to develop and improve internal and external areas of the school site;• ensuring that stock levels are maintained on items such as cleaning products;• contacting and communicating with outside contractors for major repair work;• checking that heating, lighting and alarm systems are working properly;• liaising with and supervising utility companies;• coordinating drills for fire safety, lockdown and evacuation procedures; and• championing health and safety around the school and supervising external contractors.
The caretaker will also be required to unlock and lock the school on some evenings and weekends to accommodate external lettings; however, this will be paid or time in lieu given.
There is also a requirement to attend emergency call outs to the school, which may be inunsociable hours, e.g. evenings and weekends.
Benefits
There may also be an opportunity to extend or increase your working hours by working as a Teaching Assistant in the mornings or as a Meal Time Supervisor.
Joining our team also brings many key benefits:
- a supportive environment
- a nurturing and caring team
- a happy family atmosphere where everyone is known and highly valued
- relevant training and professional development
- the opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious team in a Good (Ofsted) school
- a free car park
- good public transport links near Totteridge and Whetstone tube station (Northern Line) and served by several local bus routes
- easy access to the facilities in the Whetstone High Road
