Domestic Assistants

4 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Royal Grammar School, Newcastle Full time

**DOMESTIC ASSISTANTS**

**Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School**
Required as soon as possible

We seek to appoint professional and enthusiastic individuals to join our domestic services team in providing high quality, professional and responsive cleaning services to the Junior and Senior Schools.

The Domestic Assistants will join a multi-disciplined facilities team consisting of four caretakers, two maintenance staff, three grounds staff and twenty-two domestic staff. The Domestic Assistants will report to the Domestic Manager who in turn, reports to the Head of Facilities and Estates.

**KEY DUTIES**
- The principal duty will be to provide and maintain a clean environment for students, staff and visitors to the school. Other duties will include:

- Daily cleaning throughout the whole school, including teaching rooms, laboratories and other special facilities, common rooms, offices and all internal circulation spaces.
- Regular deep cleaning of the school out of term-time and for special events.
- Using a range of cleaning equipment, aids and agents, including vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and a range of appropriate cleaning materials.
- Collecting of waste from bins, including recycling bins.
- Reporting faults, e.g., broken furniture, failed lights, etc.
- Working independently or in close cooperation with other support staff teams, actively assisting in the provision of support services across the school, e.g. setting up and clearing away after events to ensure the school is ready for students the following day.
- Attending and participating in team meetings, training activities and performance development as required.
- Other reasonable additional duties which may be required from time to time.

**KEY QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS**

**The following are essential**:

- Cleaning experience.
- Good verbal communication skills.
- A strong commitment to quality standards and good practice as they relate to cleaning operations, including:

- An awareness of health and safety, safe use of cleaning materials and environmental health issues associated with an understanding of COSHH Safety procedures.
- An understanding of hygiene control.
- A willingness to actively support the ethos and vision of the school.
- The post holder must show a professional, positive and enthusiastic approach to work and must be flexible and sensitive to the needs of a wide range of school users.

**They must**:

- be customer focused;
- be confident and courteous;
- be organised and methodical;
- have good timekeeping
- have a tidy appearance.
- Show an understanding, or willingness to learn the issues associated with working among young people in a school.
- An ability to work as a member of a team in a busy environment.

**The following are desirable**:

- Experience of working in a school or similar environment.
- A qualification in cleaning science or similar.

**HEALTH & SAFETY**
- An awareness of health and safety, safe use of cleaning materials and environmental health issues is essential.
- Assisting the Facilities Manager in providing a safe environment for the school community and its visitors, the post holder must perform their duties in accordance with the school’s health and safety procedures and policies, taking remedial action and reporting hazards where additional action is required.
- Ensure that appropriate signage is in place when cleaning is in progress.
- Make safe any hazards where possible, and ensure the area is cordoned off.
- During cleaning operations, ensure clear passage is maintained especially on fire escape routes, and that the site is safe and tidy.
- Ensure that all allocated equipment and materials are stored safely and securely in order to prevent unauthorised access and potential accidents/misuse.
- Ensure that cleaning cupboards are tidy, and that tools and equipment are in a safe condition at all times.

**MAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS**
- This is a permanent, all year-round role which will include the compulsory safeguarding training at the start of each academic year and staff training days.
- Normal hours of work are 4pm-8pm (20 hours a week) on school days during term time. During the school holidays, the Domestic Assistant will work between 7am and 11am (20 hours per week).
- Some work outside these hours, including weekends, may be required in connection with special events.
- Salaries are paid in twelve equal monthly instalments and at the equivalent rate of pay, £10.42 per hour. The full-time equivalent salary for this role is circa £20k per annum (based on a 37.5 hour working week).
- RGS Support Staff salaries are reviewed on 1st August each year.
- All-year round Domestic Assistants are entitled to 31 days’ annual leave, five of which must be taken when the school is closed over the Christmas-New Year period. All other annual leave must be agreed by the Domestic Manager.
- During term-time, staff are provided with a free lunch, if on site.
- For non-teaching

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