Grounds Person

5 months ago


Nottingham, United Kingdom Arnold Hill Spencer Academy Full time

**Post Title: Evening Caretaker/Lettings Caretaker**

**Location: Arnold Hill Spencer Academy**

**Salary/Pay Range: NJC Scale 5 - 9 £23,500 - £25,119**

**Hours of work: Full-time (52 weeks), 37 hours 2pm - 10pm Mon Thurs, 2pm - 9:30pm Friday**

**Reporting to: Facilities Manager**

**Purpose of Role**

A wide range of duties and responsibilities connected with the fabric and grounds of the academy.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**

The following are the principle duties of the post. They are meant to provide a working framework within which the post holder should exercise initiative, flexibility and accountability.

**Security and Associated Duties**:

- Carrying out security procedures for school buildings and grounds.
- Opening and closing of school premises, including gates, doors, windows, fire exits etc., out-of-school hours functions, maintenance and emergency services.
- Regularly checking the correct operation and function of alarms and fire equipment and ensuring emergency exits are not obstructed.

Liaising as necessary with the emergency services, including calling out of emergency services as required.

**Sickness/Annual Leave Cover**:
Liaise with other Line Manager to ensure emergency cover in the event of sickness or other absences including annual leave.

**Deliveries**:
Take delivery of parcels, deliveries, stores materials and other goods.

**Furniture Moving**:
Move such items of school furniture as required, with due regard to current Health & Safety and Lifting & Handling regulations.

**Porterage**:

- To prepare for school events, to set out and put away furniture for meetings, assemblies, dinner time, examinations, lettings etc.
- To receive, record and distribute deliveries promptly.
- To assist with the movement of furniture, stock and equipment around the premises.
- To ensure that caretakers' storage areas are kept clean and tidy.
- To drive school vehicles to collect materials and take vehicles for servicing.

**Emergencies (such as)**:

- Clean sickness and spillages as required.
- Deal with or arrange to be dealt with all bursts, leaks, floods, fires and breakages as appropriate.
- To work with third-party cleaning contractors

**Cleaning**:
Working with cleaning staff, ensuring all areas are cleaned to required specifications.

**Internal Maintenance**:
Report all defects which require specialist repair, inspect electrical fittings and report defects as required.

Replace lamps and domestic fuses as required.

Undertake minor repairs to fixtures and fittings including desks, tables and chairs as appropriate.

Order and take delivery of materials to deal with repairs mentioned above.

Carry out minor repairs to school equipment.

Carry out minor works in order to improve the site.

Attend any heating issues.

**External Maintenance**:
Maintain cleanliness and general tidiness of all external hard areas.

Empty litter bins on a daily basis.

Clean and clear all drains and gullies to ensure effective and healthy operation.

Inspect outside fabric of school, report/repair defects as appropriate. Inspect all fences, gates, walls, steps, lights etc.

Undertake designated gardening duties.

Clear leaves, snow, ice, moss and detritus as appropriate including treatment of surfaces with salt etc.

Pruning and clearance to ensure unrestricted access and use of premises includes perimeter fencing.

Some gardening duties, mowing area at the front of the school, & weeding to keep area tidy.

Carry out internal/external window cleaning where required.

**Letting**:
Customer Services, meeting and greeting letting users.

Open and Closing Academy facilities during community lettings

Maintain the security of the building when letting are taking place

Regarding lettings help the Site Manager or Facilities Manager with any admin job that might need to happen.

**Shift and weekend working**:
Availability and willingness to attend to the requirements of hirers of the premises for the purpose of evening and weekend lettings.

Weekend work is expected if the cover is required, fair notice will be given.

Ability and willingness to attend intruder alarm callouts.

Flexibility is required to accommodate the changes required of the school.

This job description is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks but sets out the main expectations of the school in relation to the post holder’s professional responsibilities and duties

**Other duties**:
**General**

These above-mentioned duties are neither exclusive nor exhaustive, the post
- holder maybe required to carry out other duties as required by the Trust.

**Additional Information**

**Person Specification**

**Qualifications and experience**

Competent at basic building repairs and maintenance and rounds maintenance.

Use of small industrial/electrical/mechanical equipment.

Experience of commercial cleaning operations.

Competent on computers.

Microsoft Office software and the use of the Trusts online ticket helpdesk (traini



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