WEST HATCH HIGH SCHOOL
- **a Specialist Business and Enterprise School**_

“THE BEST THAT I CAN BE”

Headteacher: Mr D Leonard BSc (Hons), Med

High Road, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 5BT

**Assistant Caretaker**

**Required ASAP**

**37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year**

**Shift pattern**

**7am - 3pm week 1**

**8am - 4pm week 2**

**10am - 6pm week 3**

**1pm - 9pm week 4**

**Scale 3, Points 4 - 5 - Salary £23,500 - £23,893 + London Fringe £988.00**

We are looking to appoint a dedicated and hard-working Assistant Caretaker to join our site team. The successful applicant must be enthusiastic and take pride in ensuring our school is clean, safe and functions well.

You will also be required to respond to incidents around the school on a daily basis such as cleaning up accidents and spillages.

You will be able to communicate effectively with a range of people including children, staff, parents, visitors and contractors and have a good health and safety awareness. You will be approachable, well-motivated and be able to work on your own initiative. You will have a good level of fitness due to the nature of the role.

Shift work will be required with some evening and weekend work.

Closing Date: Wednesday 7th February 2024 at noon

**Job Title**

**Assistant Caretaker**

**Grade** 2020 Scale 3, Points 5 - 6

**Reports to**:Site Manager

**Job Purpose**

Support the caretaking team by carrying out a range of caretaking duties including security and supervision of the site and related equipment, and other caretaking duties including porterage, cleaning and maintenance.

All site staff are expected to work variable duties in accordance with the Site Team rota.

**Duties**

**Waste Management**
- Responsible for site recycling and emptying of external bins.

**Security and Supervision**
- To act as a key holder, carrying out security procedures for the buildings and grounds. The routine and non-routine opening of premises and grounds. Responding to calls outside normal working hours as a result of break-ins etc. and or/the setting off of the burglar alarm(s).
- Providing access, where possible, to the premises and classrooms in the event of snow or minor flooding or similar emergency situations.
- Dealing with enquiries from officers and employees of the Local Education Authority, workers and contractors and, where appropriate, advising the Headteacher of their presence.
- Attempting to prevent unauthorised access onto the school premises or grounds. (Note: in fulfilling this responsibility all employees are expected to work within established school procedures and the Code of Practice No. 32(S) Managing Violence in Schools).

**Caretaking and maintenance**
- Site/grounds - ensuring all areas of the site are clear and free of rubbish.
- Undertaking cleaning of allocated area(s), and secondary cleaning.
- Spillages - responding to calls for emergency cleaning. Directing housekeeper.
- Dealing with spillages and cleaning appropriately.
- Washing and cleaning of diffusers and replacing bulbs/tubes.
- Carrying out first line repairs and maintenance which are not beyond the scope and capability of the postholder including:

- plumbing work - e.g. repairing a leaking pipe, simple installation work, such as plumbing in a new tap, or replacing washer etc;
- redecoration as appropriate
- plastering work such as repairing cracked or broken plaster, making good damaged walls for example, following the removal of say, shelving or similar fittings;
- fencing and boundary repairs, e.g. mending broken fencing panels or stakes, repairing holes in chain link fences etc;
- glazing work, such as replacing smaller windows, re-beading or re-puttying glass panes, internal and external. Note: Specialist contractors would be used for repairs to large window panes or double glazed units or windows at a high levelEnsuring that all areas within the site are free from litter and that all drains and gullies are free-flowing and clean.
- Taking delivery of stores, materials and other goods and conveying them to their points of distribution. Dispatching laundry, goods, materials etc.
- Ensuring that adequate supplies of cleaning materials and other supplies are available.
- Operating the heating plant so that the required temperatures are maintained in the premises and an adequate supply of hot water is available. Carrying out frost precaution procedures.
- Ensuring that all caretaking and cleaning equipment is in a safe and working condition and arranging for repair as appropriate.
- Carrying out school based procedures in the event of fire, flood, breaking and entering, accident or major damage.

**Other duties**
- Assisting with the supervision and training of cleaning staff in the absence of/as requested by the Caretaker/Site Manager.
- Undertaking letting and related duties as appropriate in accordance with the school hiring system.
- Preparing the school premises and site for out of school activities.
- Assisting, as required, in the