Facilities Assistant

**Job Role: Facilities Assistant**

**Responsible to: Secondary Hub Site Manager**

**Responsible for: Buildings & campus facilities services**

**Hours of Work: 37 hr Per week Monday - Thursday 12:30 - 20:30, Friday 13:00 - 20:30, All Year Round**

**Rate: Grade 4 SCP 7 - 10, £24,294 - £25,545 per annum**

We are seeking to appoint reliable and self-motivated Facilities Assistants to support our premises team in the day to day running of the Writhlington Campus.

Full training is available; however, experience would be an advantage.

Benefits include 33 days’ annual leave, rising to 38. Access to a government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work and an Employee Assistance Freephone Helpline.

For further details please contact Nathan Marshall Ext 6094.

Interview date to be confirmed

Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Job Role: Facilities Assistant

Responsible to: Secondary Hub Site Manager

Responsible for: Buildings & campus facilities services

Hours of Work: 37 hr Per week Monday - Thursday 12:30 - 20:30, Friday 13:00 - 20:30

Rate: Grade 4 SCP 7 - 10, £24,294 - £25,545 per annum

**Purpose of the role**

To proactively assist with the delivery of the Facilities Management Services within the school in order to maintain a high standard of functionality and premises upkeep.

**Principal Accountabilities and Standards**

Working as part of a team to:

- Ensure the campus is operational
- Secure all buildings and the campus itself as required
- Maintain a high standard of cleanliness and tidiness on the campus
- Keep storage facilities and plant rooms well organised
- Provide general portage duties to meet deadlines
- Comply with and promote good health and safety procedures for the facilities management team, teaching and leisure staff, contractors and their working practices
- Report on the quality of subcontractor's work/service provision to the Site Manager
- Embrace the campus’s educational requirements ensuring the teaching staff and students are at the forefront of our service provision
- Provide a responsive and professional customer service
- Keep customers informed of progress of work using clear, informative detail
- General making good of building fixture and fittings
- Assist the Maintenance Technicians with the undertaking of:general repair and maintenance work in connection with building fabric, mechanical and electrical services and installation/alteration/refurbishment works
- Positively and professionally represent Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership at all time

**Main Duties**
- To be a named key holder for school campus and being responsible for the security of all buildings and the campus itself
- Lock/unlock the school campus buildings for daily operation, after school, events and functions throughout the campus as required
- Set and unset the school campus’ security systems and to respond, where necessary, to emergency call outs 1 of 3
- Report all building, fixtures, fittings and maintenance issues/defects across the school campus to the Site Manager or Head of Operations
- Test and manage the school campuses fire alarms and safety systems
- Sweeping paths
- Litter collections
- Drain and gutter unblocking
- Window cleaning
- Graffiti removal
- Painting and decorating
- Clean up after any self-work activity and ensure all subcontractors clean up on completion of their work activities
- Obtain and collate utility meter readings
- Minor plumbing
- Use safe methods of working at all times
- Assist with materials/products sourcing and pricing
- Provide an adverse weather response, grit paths and clear snow
- Where necessary escort building contractors and service engineers around the buildings and campus, supporting as required.
- To provide the Site Manager with engineers’ worksheets or supplier delivery notes and to bring to the attention of the Site Manager any abnormalities or additional works required as raised by subcontractors
- When required, to work at other sites across the Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership

**General**:

- Work as a team player at all times, contributing to a successful team output with an achievement of meeting targets and expectations in all areas of work
- Assist other
- To attend training courses as directed by the Estates Operations Manager
- To play an active part in the life of the school, sharing the aims and objectives of the Trust
- To work within the policies, procedures and guidelines of the Trust
- To carry out other duties as are required and as are commensurate with the grade of this post.
- Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure B