What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
Essential:
Good communication skills, written and verbal.
NVQ level 2 or equivalent in numeracy and literacy.
Desirable:
First Aid trained.
Experience
Essential:
Craft skills, e.g. plumber, electrician and decorating or previous experience in a caretaking role including repairs and maintenance.
Working within a school setting.
Liaising with external contractors including negotiating prices for small jobs.
Knowledge
Essential:
Ability to alert senior staff to unsafe practices.
Desirable:
Understanding of the context in which the schools are working.
An ability to undertake risk assessments in relation to premises function.
Desirable:
Knowledge of Health & Safety issues relevant to the post including legislation and COSHH.
An understanding of Health & Safety and security issues.
Knowledge of good security practices.
Desirable:
Ability to understand and apply school policies related to the post including those that relate to pupil contact.
Skills and Competencies
Essential:
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work unsupervised and be able to work as a member of a team.
Ability to maintain accurate records.
Ability to lead, manage and motivate staff.
Good organisational skills – ability to complete tasks to deadlines personally or through colleagues.
Good computer literacy skills.
Ability to use range of tools/cleaning equipment relevant to post.
Ability to undertake a range of basic repairs and maintenance tasks related to equipment and materials etc used in design classrooms.
Ability to work with minimum supervision.
Willingness to undertake personal development and training.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Other Requirements
An understanding of, and commitment to Equal Opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
Must be able to perform all duties and tasks with reasonable adjustment, where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010
What the school offers its staff
On behalf of Desford Community Primary School, thank you for your interest in applying for the role of Premises Officer at our school.
We have put together this pack to give you some key information about our school and priorities, as well as to provide the job description and person specification. We hope that after reading it you will be inspired to apply for the role.
Desford is a happy, friendly and hard-working school with a dedicated team of staff. Our pupils behave well, are keen to learn and they take great pride in respecting our school and wider village community. This is an exciting time to be joining our school. We have joined the LIFE Multi-Academy Trust and have a recently established leadership structure with an energy for driving change and improvement. We are in the process of embedding our curriculum that is bespoke to our children at Desford using our four main curriculum drivers: community and diversity, relationships and well-being, planet and sustainability, and safety and risk. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our school, if you have the desire to make a positive difference by confidently teaching high quality lessons, demonstrating excellent classroom practice to raise standards and achieve good outcomes and a commitment to promoting equality and diversity, then this could be the job for you!
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.