13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    23 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    9 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£17.03 Hourly Inclusive of holiday pay

Casual Lettings Site Cover Officer job summary

The Lettings Site Cover Officer supports the site team by carrying out a range of duties, including security, safeguarding and the supervision of the site and related equipment to allow pre-booked community groups to use the school facilities.

The post holder will:

  • Be responsible for the control of users with regard to their behaviour, taking appropriate action when persons fail to comply with operating procedures.

  • Be responsible for advising customers on the correct use of the facilities. Ensuring that facilities are clean, fit for use and secure.

  • Working with customers for the setting up and tidying away of any equipment required for activities.

  • Assist with the cleaning of the facilities, including basic maintenance tasks and inspections.

  • Provide emergency first aid cover and act as the fire warden on site for our customers.

  • Be responsible for the security and safety of the school site

  • Act as a key holder, carrying out security procedures for the buildings and grounds, including the routine and non-routine opening and securing of premises and grounds.

  • Operate the intruder and fire alarm systems.

  • Provide access, where possible, to the premises and classrooms in the event of snow or minor flooding or similar emergencies.

  • Deal with enquiries from visitors, workers and lettings clubs and, where appropriate, advise the lettings team of their presence.

  • Carry out routine procedures or spot checks on lettings groups inline with our policy

  • Ensure that users of school facilities have pre-booked and that their group signs in and out of the school's register. Also ensure that all groups maintain their own attendance register for their group.

  • Ensure groups remain within their pre-booked area and stay within their allocated time slot.

  • Carry out school-based procedures in the event of fire, flood, accident or major damage. Including the reporting of all accidents, incidents and near misses.

  • Undertake lettings and other related duties, as appropriate, in accordance with the prearranged agreement, including the setting up of equipment and rooms.

  • Preparing the school premises and site for out-of-school activities.

General:

  • To be flexible with working times and willing to assist when needed, sometimes at short notice or at different locations.

  • To show initiative and to deal effectively with unforeseen problems as they arise.

  • To contribute positively to the effective running of the school.

  • To comply with individual responsibilities, in accordance with the role, for Health & Safety in the workplace.

  • To ensure that all duties and services provided are in accordance with the School’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

  • At all times to carry out the duties in accordance with school-based policies and Health and Safety procedures.

  • To support with some basic tasks associated with the site team such as parcel delivery, event set up and keeping the site well presented.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

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About Redden Court School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1048 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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We pride ourselves on being a fully comprehensive school placed at the heart of the community. We want all of our students to be happy, ambitious and to achieve results that reflect their true potential.

Our school has served the local community of Harold Wood for many years, providing a high quality education to the students of this area.

Our vision is focused on a ‘Commitment to Success for All’ and high levels of aspiration for every member of our community. The school is forward thinking and progressive. We seek to achieve the very best for all of our students through the use of a rich variety of educational approaches.

We have caring staff who are dedicated to ensuring the students are successful in every aspect of their learning.

Redden Court is the founding school in the Success for All Educational Trust and is recognised as one of the highest performing mixed comprehensive schools in Havering.

We are an accredited ‘Thinking School’ and have very close links with the Cognitive Education Development Unit at the University of Exeter. Metacognition and the development of thinking skills is at the heart of our teaching and learning in the school as we believe it plays an important part in developing resilient and independent learners.

We also have very strong links with the Havering Teacher Training Programme, we are a senior partner in the Empower Teaching Alliance and we are recognised as a Leading Edge School by the SSAT. The school has also been accredited with All Together (Anti Bullying), Place2Be (Student Mental Health), SEND Exceptional Outcomes Award, The Quality in Careers Standards, Healthy Schools Gold Award and Gold Travel Ambassadors Award.

We are a growing community Trust with inclusion at the heart of our ethos and require leaders who will bring this vision to life.

These are exciting times for Redden Court School with so much change and challenge in the future.

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