School Site Officer

**Location: Uxbridge**

**Role**: School Site Officer

**Hours**: 10AM - 5PM (with 1 hour unpaid lunch)

**Hourly rate**:£14.00 - £17.00 per hour

We have an exceptional school based in the Uxbridge area. Seeking a Caretaker, they are a quality school who aim to look after their staff and students to the highest of standards

Ideally, you will have experience as a Site Assistant/Caretaker in a school.

**The main purpose of the role**:
To assist the Site Manager and provide an effective caretaking service for the school, ensuring the school is clean, secure and safe for its pupils and staff.

**Key duties**:
**Security**
- Opening the school premises at an appropriate time when legitimate access is required
- Deactivating the intruder alarm systems; unlocking gates and external/internal doors
- Checking that the premises have not been disturbed or damaged. Securing the school premises as required when its facilities are no longer required
- Checking all occupants have vacated the site, ensuring all windows are closed and locked; ensuring that all unnecessary lights and electrical equipment are switched off; locking all secure areas, external doors and gates; activating intruder alarm systems; ensuring safe keeping of the keys to the premises at all times
- To alert the Site Manager to any risk to a breach of security. Taking appropriate action regarding trespassers, including informing the Site Manager and Head teacher
- To patrol the site to check for hazards, damage and intruders

**Lighting and Heating**
- To ensure the lighting is kept in good working order, replace defective inoperative light bulbs and tubes as appropriate, regularly clean diffusers and shades up to a height of three metres
- To report to the Site Manager any need for repair work to electrical systems
- To check and operate the boiler system in the absence of the Site Manager

**Site Management Tasks**
- Inspecting the school site and premises on a regular basis, to identify the need for repairs or improvements under the direction of the Site Manager
- To assist the Site Manager to carry out such minor maintenance work and repairs that do not require the employment of a contractor - to include, but not exhaustively, fittings, furniture, unblocking drains and gullies, door furniture
- To liaise with the Site Manager on a regular basis regarding caretaking requirements and duties/problems/developments in the school
- Collect and assemble waste for collection Cleaning. To undertake such cleaning tasks as required
- Whilst on duty oversee the standards of cleaning throughout the building. To inform the Site Manager if cleaning standards have not been achieved
- To remove graffiti/marks on walls/skirting boards as required
- To notify the Site Manager if stocks of cleaning materials are running low - Checking on a regular basis that adequate supplies of soap, toilet rolls, paper towels and similar materials are available throughout the school, replenishing these as necessary

**Porterage**
- To assist in ensuring an efficient porterage service to include assisting the receipt, transportation and storage of goods that have been delivered to site and the movement of all furniture and equipment
- Under the direction of the Site Manager make appropriate arrangements for the dispatch or collection of goods from the school

**Site**
- To ensure that playgrounds, pathways and driveways are maintained in a safe and satisfactory condition
- Ensuring that all hard covered areas and paths on the school site are free from litter, weeds and the excessive accumulation of dirt or leaves.
- Emptying and cleaning, on a regular basis, all litter bins

**As this role could start ASAP, all applicants with a current DBS would be preferred however one can be applied for if you do not hold one.**

**Job Type**: Temporary contract

**Salary**: £14.00-£17.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: One location