Facilities Assistant

**Facilities Assistant **(2806)****:
**Overview**:
**Ref**:
2806

**Salary**:
£12,963.60 - £12,963.60/annum

**Location**:

- United Kingdom - England - East Midlands - Lincolnshire - Rothwell

**Contract Type**:
Permanent

**Posted**:
27 July 2023

Pinnacle Group provides people-first, integrated services across a range of community-facing assets and infrastructure - including multi-tenure housing, schools, open spaces, public buildings, utilities and broadband networks - as well as a range of complementary employment and wellbeing outcomes. Across the UK, Pinnacle supports over 300,000 homes, 200 schools and 80 public buildings creating value, providing stewardship and generating positive outcomes for our customers, our partners and our clients.

Our FM business delivers Facilities Management to homes, public and private sector bodies including Registered Providers, schools, universities and blue light statutory authorities. We pride ourselves on placing people at the centre of what we do, while maintaining our values of high quality and excellent customer care.

**The Role**

Pinnacle Group are looking for a Facilities Assistant in the Rothwell area to co-ordinate the day to day provision of an effective, professional cleaning service focused on service delivery. The Facilities Assistant will be providing supervision and guidance to staff on the school site.

This is a part time role working 22.5 hours per week.

**Duties & Key Responsibilities**
- Monitor, record and deliver service levels in accordance with contractual requirements, liaising with the client as necessary.
- Provide support, guidance, training and full line management for all cleaning staff.
- Direct all cleaning staff in their duties ensuring the cleaning schedule is adhered to and targets are achieved to meet contractual requirements.
- Ensure that the cleaning function is appropriately resourced by managing the rota effectively including arranging suitable cover for sickness and holidays.
- Monitor staff attendance and maintain records to effectively manage absence
- Report the necessary procurement of new equipment to the Superintendent.
- Supervise the site and deal with all occurrences in accordance with embedded procedures
- Maintain the security of the school premises by securing entrances and exits as appropriate and reporting security breaches, this will include securing the premises at the end of the day.
- Provide cover of the school during out of hours use as required including Parents Evenings, Governors Meetings and school discos
- Undertake emergency, reactive and daily cleaning duties as required
- Report any faults in any equipment or building through the helpdesk or to your line manager, or repair as appropriate in line with personal skills.
- Complete cleaning in allocated areas during the shift
- Comprehensive induction of all contractors and visitors to school including emergency procedures as required.
- The Post will involve elements of manual handling, and you may also be required to work with substances controlled under COSHH regulations
- Be prepared to cover the school during holidays if the Superintendent is on leave

**Skills Required**:

- Experience/ knowledge of cleaning equipment, products, techniques and the ability to train staff in this area.
- Basic knowledge of computer literacy.
- Willing to undertake training and learn new skills
- Obligation to adhere to safe working practices and ensure due consideration is given to the safety of colleagues, school children, other users of the school and the public
- Planning & organisation skills
- Good communication skills
- Resilience under pressure
- Ability to work as part of a team and use own initiative
- To be able to demonstrate the behaviours required as outlined in the Living the Values section of the working for Pinnacle booklet

**Contact information**:
Leeds Mock