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Assistant Caretaker (Community & Site)
Woking College, Woking, Surrey, GU22 9DL6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
28 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37.5 hours per week, full-time (52 weeks per year), plus half an hour unpaid lunch break. Working day will be 8am to 5pm (with a one hour lunch break and 2 x 15 min breaks).
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,319 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
All skills/experience are essential, unless otherwise stated:
Experience:
- Working as Security in a school, College or similar environment
- Aware of Health and Safety issues in relation to security matters (Desirable)
- CCTV, Access control and Intruder Alarm systems
- Operating Fire safety procedures (Desirable)
- Building maintenance work (Desirable)
Education & qualifications:
- Basic general education in English and Numeracy
- First Aid qualification (Desirable)
- Hold a full valid driving licence (Desirable)
- Security Industry Authority (SIA) Door Supervisor (Desirable)
Skills:
- A good affinity with young people in the 16-19 age range and an appreciation of the challenges and behaviour that may be associated with them
- Be able to work unsupervised when maintaining the delivery of the day security service for the college
- Keyboard skills for accessing data and information (Desirable)
- Basic DIY abilities
Personal Characteristics:
- Project a professional image
- Enjoy working as part of a team, be adaptable and supportive of colleagues
- Reliable and punctual
- Committed to achieving high standards of work
- Physical ability to carry out manual handling tasks
- Live within a reasonable distance of the College so able to respond to out of hours emergencies (Desirable)
What the school offers its staff
Woking College has a strong sense of community in which everyone is valued; we look forward to welcoming new members of staff to join our team.
We have an inclusive ethos,and are proud of our diverse students and staff community. The College is committed to safeguarding, alongside our core values of inclusiveness, adhering to the highest personal, professional and academic standards, supporting individual wellbeing, supportive management and positive relationship and a sustainable future for all. We expect all staff, volunteers and others involved in the College community to share this commitment.
Following our grading as Outstanding at our recent Ofsted inspection in October 2022, Ofsted stated that:
“Staff feel proud to work at the College. They are exceptionally positive about the culture leaders have created. They describe leaders as visible, approachable and highly focussed on staff wellbeing. Leaders celebrate achievement frequently in staff forums which helps staff to feel recognised, highly valued and a member of the Woking College family.”
Staff survey results state that:
- 95% of staff are proud to work at Woking College.
- 99% agreed that leaders are considerate of staff wellbeing.
- A positive approach to staff development; including regular cross-College sharing best practice sessions
- Regular whole-College communication including weekly staff briefings
- Regular departmental meetings to ensure support and share departmental best practice
- Excellent student behaviour and productive working relationships with the Student Union
- Excellent links with local schools, businesses and universities
- Welcoming, friendly and approachable community, a harmonious working atmosphere
S7 Consortium:
- Opportunities for staff training within the S7 consortium of Colleges & liaison with peers within the consortium
Benefits include:
- Pension: eligible employees will be automatically enrolled in the Local Government Pension Scheme (support staff), unless you decide to opt-out
- Free on-site parking, including EV charging points
- Staff room with free hot drinks available to all staff, Friday cakes
- Onsite canteen with a range of healthy options to purchase, and a Costa coffee shop
- Regular staff social events: bowling, staff quiz, summer BBQ, weekend walks/cycling, Christmas lunch, Christmas party
- College gym available for staff use, yoga classes, staff football (new 3G pitch), run club
- Staff clubs/support groups: book club; menopause group; group for parents/carers of children with mental health concerns; carers for elderly parents
- Access to prayer/multi faith room
- Free eye test vouchers
- Flu jab
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee support: staff have access to a confidential employee support helpline
- Location: Excellent train links from London Waterloo and the South Coast, walking distance of Woking station. Close to A3, M25 & M3 junctions
Flexible working opportunities
Further details about the role
Post Title: Assistant Caretaker (Community & Site)
Responsible To: Head Caretaker
Job Purpose: The primary purpose is to provide a positive and friendly security service throughout the College so as to minimise risks to the health and safety of those using the College site.
The secondary purpose is to assist with caretaking duties.
Job Responsibilities
1. Security
- To be a security presence in the College throughout the day by conducting routine patrols in order to maintain safety, prevent trespass and the parking of unauthorised vehicles within the College.
The priority task must be the safety of all personnel and students on site.
- To monitor car-parks and gates during busy periods and monitor the use of car park permits whilst using discretion in applying warning stickers to vehicles not registered with the College.
- To conduct ongoing monitoring of student activities within the College campus in particular with regard to maintaining the quality of the College environment by:
o Carrying out daily ID Lanyard checks, at the start and during the College day
o Maintaining positive student behaviour
o Restricting smoking/vaping to the designated area
- To assist with capture of recorded data and CCTV images of security and car park incidents.
- To assist with operating fire and burglar alarm systems, hold key holder responsibilities which will include any callouts requiring attendance during the caretaker’s holiday or sick absences.
- Assist with security and car parking duties for events such as Open Evenings and Parents Evenings and other college events.
2. Maintenance
- To assist with maintenance tasks as directed by the Head Caretaker, for example:
o Decoration
o Joinery
o Carpet tiling – laying or refurbishing
o Plumbing - un-blocking sinks, toilets, waste pipes, adjustment of taps.
o General DIY tasks and repairs
- To assist with keeping the College safe, clean and tidy e.g. fire alarm testing, emergency cleaning, litter clearance, and snow clearance.
- To assist with ‘Goods Inwards’ ensuring safe access and unloading, checking and signing for goods delivered and maintaining security until in possession of appropriate person.
- To assist with the movement of furniture and equipment around the College as required for pre-planned events, including exams set up. Lifting is often required.
3. Other Duties:
- To undertake any other reasonable duties delegated by the Head Caretaker.
- To take part in the first aider duty rota (training will be given if not already qualified to be a first aider at work) responding to first aid requests when on rota).
- Use personnel protective equipment as required and any other safety equipment issued, whilst on duty
- To carry out all tasks in such a way that they, as far as possible, do not hinder, and if possible, aid teaching and learning within the College.
- To act at all times in accordance with the College's Equality & Diversity policies.
- To act at all times in accordance with the College's Safeguarding policy. Ensuring the safeguarding of students at the College, recognising one’s own role in liaison with the designated safeguarding team.
- To contribute to the safety policies of the College as directed by the Principal and to ensure that Health & Safety Regulations are observed within the Curriculum Areas and within the College in general.
- To take part in the training programmes provided by the College and agree to the process of professional reviews.
- To undertake any other particular duties, which may be reasonably assigned to you by the Principal, from time to time.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@woking.ac.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Woking College
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Woking College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@woking.ac.uk
- Phone number
- 01483 761036
Woking College is one of the top-performing Sixth Form Colleges in the country providing high-quality education for over 1,700 16-19-year-old students
In November 2022 Woking College was awarded OFSTED OUTSTANDING in every category.
The College provides an outstanding learning environment in which every student is valued and encouraged to achieve their very best.
With 60 subjects at A-Level and Vocational, students also benefit from highly professional Progression and Career advice which ensures students are prepared for their next steps, whether that be to higher education, apprenticeships or to the workplace.
The College recognises the importance of extracurricular activities in a well-rounded education and there are over 80 different programmes that students can get involved with.
Renowned for its inclusive community environment, our Pastoral and Learning Support services ensure all students benefit from their sixth-form experience.
Facilities at Woking College are excellent and in the past few years have benefited from a new multi-million pound Sports Centre, Art Block, state of the art Science Building and a 3G pitch. New for 2023 was a purpose built, 9 room teaching block and a brand new Performing Arts Centre featuring classrooms, performance spaces and music practice rooms.
Located on a greenfield site close to Woking town centre, the College is easily accessible by public transport and provides free on-site parking for students.
Arranging a visit to Woking College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@woking.ac.uk.
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