Building Supervisor

As a Building Supervisor with the Education Authority, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our school premises. Your primary responsibility will be to provide on-site supervision, cleaning, and non-cleaning services under the direction of the designated line manager or other authorized person.

1. Security: Ensure the security of the premises, including school meals accommodation, and its contents.
2. Close all windows, lock doors and gates, both internal and external, at the end of each day.
3. Operate fire alarm, burglar alarm, and building security systems, and report any faults.
4. During normal working hours, report any suspicious activity to the designated line manager or other authorized person to ensure a safe working environment for building users.
5. Mechanical and Electrical Services: Efficiently operate the boiler/heating system, ensuring value for money and energy conservation in accordance with Education Authority policy.
6. Lighting and heating of the premises and the routine maintenance of plant, including school meals accommodation where there are common services.
7. Monitor and document the usage of fuel, water, and electricity.
8. Replace lamps, tubes, and plugs as needed.
9. Chemically dose, clean, and maintain water levels of any swimming/hydrotherapy pools.
10. Cleaning: Clean the premises, excluding accommodation used solely for school meals purposes.
11. Plan, organize, and control the work of cleaning staff (if appropriate) to ensure Education Authority standards are met.
12. Plan periodic work in consultation with service users and report plans to the designated line manager or other authorized person.
13. Monitor suitability and performance of materials and light equipment and advise the designated line manager or other authorized person where these are inappropriate for the task.
14. Ensure that all external surface drains and gullies and kitchen grease-traps within the building complex are free-flowing and clean.
15. Ensure that bins within the building complex are washed and cleaned, including school meals bins.
16. Empty litter bins within the building complex on a daily basis.
17. Provide an ongoing cleaning service to the entire premises to deal with spillage, flooding, midday toilet cleaning, litter, or any cleaning problem associated with weather conditions.
18. Daily inspection of sandpits and removal of sand from fouled areas.
19. Clean and replace contents of sandpits and paddling pools as required by the designated line manager or other authorized person.
20. Clean non-electrical fittings on all portable heating and ventilation equipment.
21. Prepare the premises for after-school activities, clean, and prepare the school for its normal use.
22. Porterage: Receipt and transport of stores and materials and other goods, including school meals and school milk materials, that have been delivered to the building premises and their distribution to and from appropriate points of storage.
23. Despatch laundry, goods, and other materials from the building.
24. Assist with the setting out and removal of tables and chairs in areas used for both food consumption and educational purposes.
25. Transport all refuse bins to and from their collection point.
26. Organize the employment of outside contractors or workmen using the Education Authority's reporting system and monitor their presence, reporting any deviation from their work routine.
27. Complete all paperwork associated with the post and write reports when required.
28. Maintain records of consumable stocks and inventory of equipment.
29. Ensure that defects in electrical floor equipment are reported immediately to the designated line manager or other authorized person and that a record of equipment repaired is kept.
30. Ensure that all records in respect of staff attendance, holidays, and absence are completed, authorized, and returned in good time.
31. Training: Building supervisors will accept any training to facilitate the undertaking of duties for jobs up to and including their own grade.
32. Building supervisors will accept training for jobs graded at higher levels than their own.
33. Building supervisors will carry out induction and refresher training of cleaning staff (if appropriate), keeping a record of such training.
34. Elections: In the event of a school being used for election purposes, the building supervisor will be required to carry out such duties relating to elections as are determined by the joint negotiating committee.