Premises Manager
Parkstone Grammar School, Poole, Dorset, BH17 7EP12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
27 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Actual Salary: £30,559 - £37,035
Pay scale
- Scale G/H, Points 18 - 27
What skills and experience we're looking for
MAIN JOB PURPOSE
To have overall responsibility for the school site and resources to provide a safe, efficient and effective learning and working environment for students and staff.
MAIN DUTIES
Act as the main Health and Safety Officer for the school, ensuring a safe working and learning environment in accordance with relevant legislation.
Line Management of the site and cleaning teams, ensuring continual coverage within specific times during both term time and school holidays. Carrying out performance management and ensuring that staff receive appropriate and adequate training.
In conjunction with the Caretaker, responsible for ensuring the security of the site and buildings both in term time and school holidays.
Ensuring the maintenance of the site, including:
- Organising minor structural repairs and decoration that can be done in-house
- Keeping fixtures, fittings and furniture in a good state of repair
- Maintaining a rolling programme of decoration and refurbishment
- Controlling litter, and disposal of rubbish and redundant equipment
- Annual hedge and tree maintenance and overseeing the fields maintenance contract
- Ensuring that the grounds are presented well
Procuring and managing contracts to ensure that safety tests are carried out at the requisite intervals including PAT, fire safety, gas safety, lift safety, water safety and specialist teaching equipment.
Procuring and managing maintenance contracts and ensuring that regular servicing of equipment such as heating, lighting, air-conditioning and alarm systems is carried out.
Employing contractors for works that cannot be done in-house, ensuring that the school procedures for procurement are followed.
Coordinate accident reporting on site, analyzing trends and taking appropriate remedial action.
Overseeing new building and refurbishment programmes and acting as a point of liaison between contractors and the school.
Preparing the site for, and on occasion attending, major events to ensure their smooth running (for example annual open evening). Managing and resourcing lettings for the school in conjunction with the School Business Manager.
Acting as a budget holder for those areas of delegated responsibility (such as repairs and maintenance and health and safety), work with the School Business Manager to ensure that all expenditure is within budget limits and that procedures are followed before any commitments are made. Maintaining all paperwork directly connected with these areas.
Keeping appropriate records ensuring that they are kept up to date and compliant with relevant legislation and school policy.
Performing other duties within the broad scope of the post as may be reasonably required by the School Business Manager or Headteacher.
What the school offers its staff
Parkstone is pleased to be able to offer all staff members:
Core Benefits
- A contributory pension scheme relevant to your role (including access to Teacher and Local Government Schemes).
- Occupational sick pay.
- Tailored Continuous Professional Development (CPD) through the South Central Teaching Hub.
- Free access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - confidential support network that offers expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/7 covering a wide range of issues, such as: Legal Information, Bereavement Support and Online CBT among much more.
- All staff are entitled to a ‘Golden Day’ once a year – a paid day off or part time equivalent.
- Free Yoga and Pilates sessions throughout the term.
- Termly Staff Wellbeing and Workload groups to raise and solve issues.
Flexible Benefits
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eligibility to join The Blue Light Card discount scheme
Flexible working opportunities
Commitment to safeguarding
Parkstone Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The school is also committed to a policy of equal opportunity.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@parkstone.poole.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Parkstone Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1222 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Parkstone Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@parkstone.poole.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01202 605605
Parkstone Grammar School is an excellent place to work. Staff and students are happy, well cared for and well supported. We place a high priority on staff wellbeing and ensure that there are opportunities to support our staff. From free tea and coffee in the staffroom every day to activities such as Yoga and Pilates which are provided for free of charge. We also have an employee assistance scheme where confidential advice and support is available for staff as and when they need it. The staff wellbeing and workload committee meets regularly with the Headteacher to discuss all aspects of work in school to ensure that we have the best balance possible for staff to thrive.
Arranging a visit to Parkstone Grammar School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@parkstone.poole.sch.uk.
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