Site Service Officer (SSO)

Sybourn Primary School, London, E17 8HA

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 July 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  10 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36 hours per week Monday 06:00-14:15 Tuesday 06:00-14:15 Wednesday 06:00-14:00 Thursday 06:00-14:15 Friday 06:00-14:15
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 4 Pt 7-11 (Outer London) £29,346 - 31,074

What skills and experience we're looking for

Experience

• General DIY skills and tasks Essential

• Basic IT experience Essential

• Basic grounds maintenance (eg gritting, clearing leaves) Essential

• Handyperson or site officer experience Desirable

• Supervisory experience Desirable

Education and training

• Literate - Able to read and understand instructions Essential

• IT proficient (emails creating orders, checking reports) Essential

• Health and safety procedures (or willingness to train) Essential

• Manual Handling training (or willingness to train) Essential

• COSHH regulation training (or willingness to train) Essential

• Training in infection control (or willingness to train) Essential

• Safeguarding training (or willingness to train) Essential

• Fire safety training (or willingness to train) Essential

• Risk identification, management & assessment training Essential

(or willingness to train)

• Health & hygiene and cleaning training Desirable

• Basic plumbing, electrical, decorating training or trade Desirable

Skills and Aptitudes

• Good interpersonal and communication skills Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative, to Essential

plan and anticipate problems without regular supervision

• Strong Organisational skills Essential

• Ability to develop a management approach to meet the Essential

requirements of school

• Flexibility Essential

• Able to maintain confidentiality Essential

• Desire to be involved with the school and its ethos Essential

• An understanding and appreciation of children Essential

What the school offers its staff

• Additional non-contact time for teaching staff - over and above statutory PPA time .

• A fully-resourced, sequenced curriculum across 11 subjects;

• Unlimited access to CPD through providers such as The National College and The Key;

• Funding annual pay increments - having previously provided a boost even when these are frozen nationally;

• Meeting or exceeding the terms set out in nationally agreed terms and conditions - both teaching and support staff;

• Clear and well-implemented policies and professional standards - in key areas like behaviour, managing parental engagement and supporting staff in challenging situations.

• Support for bicycle and IT equipment purchases via salary sacrifice schemes;

• Cash-back on large purchases across a range of leading retailers and chains;

• Access to our employee assistance programmes and wellbeing schemes like free eye tests for display screen users; and

• Comprehensive access to support for staff and their families - including online fitness sessions, counselling and legal and financial advice.

• Free tea and coffee;

• Actively implementing workload reduction measures around marking, lesson planning & data tracking;

• Paying staff to run clubs - and fully funding all after school clubs for our pupils;

• Minimising the impact of twilight and INSET days by planning these and managing these clearly throughout each term;

• Systems and core infrastructures work - printers, IT devices and networks, data management platforms - all are extensively vetted, tested and maintained - reducing stress, disruption and aggravation for busy staff; and

• Consistently applying our policies in every setting - and priding ourselves on being a fair and transparent employer.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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SSO Job Description.pdf - 154 KB (opens in new tab)

SSO Person Specification.docx.pdf - 144 KB (opens in new tab)

About Sybourn Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 559 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sybourn Primary School website
• Email address: school@sybournprimary.net
• Phone number: 020 8539 4110
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sybourn-primary-school

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