About this Role
Come and join an estates team where you’ll be fully supported and trained, provided with a high‑quality uniform, and enjoy access to a health and wellbeing package. This is a great opportunity to take pride in maintaining a safe, welcoming environment for our school community.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide general caretaking duties, including opening and closing the premises, basic maintenance and repairs, waste management, emergency call‑outs, Health and Safety and compliance checks, and cleaning duties.
- Ensure a high standard of cleanliness and security that supports and safeguards the welfare of all persons using the school premises.
- Complete paperwork such as checklists of work completed and record keeping for fire safety logs.
- Manage Health and Safety responsibilities: legionella safety (contractors and routine flushing), fire safety (acting as fire marshal), visual checks of surfaces, play equipment and signage, lighting and electrical fault checks, and COSHH registers. Prepare the site safely after frost or snow.
- Other duties: opening and closing the school, portaging, cleaning up bodily fluids, managing waste, routine grounds maintenance, and managing grounds maintenance contractors.
Qualifications & Skills
- Can work independently, identify issues, and remediate them before needing to be asked.
- Practical with minor repairs and capable of keeping accurate records and being accountable for tasks completed.
Safeguarding
Employees of East Ward Primary School are responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and for ensuring they are protected from harm.
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