Job Description

We are seeking to appoint an energetic and enthusiastic Site Assistant to join a supportive, caring, and professional team. The successful candidate will have some experience of, or ability to learn about, taking care of buildings and grounds and basic maintenance, and DIY, and will assist the Site Manager with maintaining the school to a high standard and ensuring the site is presentable and tidy each day.

We invite applications from people aspiring to achieve high standards of excellence, who love children and would enjoy working in a happy and fulfilling environment.

Reporting to:

Head, School Business Manager

Hours, Salary & Benefits:

Hours: 10:30am - 5:30pm year round Monday - Friday

Salary: 23,186.00 pa

Benefits:

Employer pension 5% Discounted shopping card Means tested staff discount Complementary lunches Access to the group's counselling scheme Access to fully funded apprenticeships Personal accident at work cover
We are looking for the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

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Daily Duties:

To carry out early afternoon Crossing Patrol Duties. To carry out leaf clearing, ensuring pathways and play areas are safe. To regularly throughout the day sanitise shared touchpoints within the school - ie banisters, door handles, light switches. To carry out litter picking around school site. To deliver and put away parcels after being checked by the school office. To bring in the milk and fruit deliveries. To carry out as necessary the replacement to hand towels, renewing supply of toilet rolls and replacement of bin liners, notifying the Site Manager of low stock. To clean all children's and adults' toilets and basins, picking up hand towels where necessary (dry floor moping when children on site) To monitor the boys' and girls' cloakrooms to ensure that all clothing is taken home for labelling and washing. To ensure that lost property is returned to its owner, and arranging with the school office to display lost property regularly to the parents so that the box is not overflowing. To assist with the locking and unlocking of school buildings and rooms as required. To collect cups and plates from around the school and wash them each afternoon. To ensure that the staffroom is replenished with resources each day, and cups and plates are cleared.

Weekly Duties:

To clean the cloakroom lockers To clean and upkeep the outside classroom, including the floor, tables, chairs, benches, resources and their storage boxes. To clean all outside areas, playhouses and toys, including reception infants and nursery outside area. To ensure that litter bins are cleaned To rake the gravel on the driveway To clean all display cabinets and boards and their contents. To clean the staffroom fridge To undertake general gardening duties such as weeding, hedge cutting, watering indoor pot plants and outside pots and hanging baskets To ensure that the minibus is clean To wash and dry cleaner cloths and mop heads

Ad Hoc:

To clear up any spillage as necessary To deal with any simple repair requiring attention during the school day To deal with any grounds issue to ensure the premises are safe for the pupils and staff Move furniture as required

General:

To notify the Site Manager of any damage to buildings and equipment or of anything you see that may be dangerous to pupils and/or staff. In emergency situations to assist with the clearing of snow and ice from paths and entries. Such other duties relating to the cleanliness of the school premises as may be necessary from time to time within the reasonable requirements of the Headteacher and School Business Manager. To undertake training in the correct use of cleaning equipment and maintenance machinery, such as floor machines, Vacs, wets pick-ups, drills, ladders, leaf blower; and in health and safety, and the use of cleaning chemicals. To be trained as a fire warden. To comply with individual responsibilities, in accordance with the role, for health & safety in the workplace The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
This list is not exhaustive. All employees are expected to show a responsible attitude to health and safety issues and have due regard for their personal safety and that of others.

For more details, please see the job advert on our website - https://wishford.co.uk/vacancy/site-assistant-2/

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to 23,186.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Health & wellbeing programme
Work Location: In person