Key Tasks
Maintain building cleaning standards in accordance with the County Cleaning specification.
Be responsible for the routine and emergency opening and closing of school premises and grounds when required. Assist the Business Manager where appropriate in enabling access in the event of snow, flooding or other emergency situations.
Carry out security procedures for school buildings and grounds in accordance with East Sussex County Council policy when required.
Report to Management in the event of the following emergencies: fire; flood; break-in; vandalism; accident.
Carry out necessary duties where alarm systems are installed.
Provide high quality supervision, training and support to caretaking staff
Assist with enquiries from officers, employees of the County Council and contractors, and report to the Business Manager. Direct contractors to the site of repair and maintenance work when required.
Notify the Facilities Manager of the necessity for any repairs of maintenance including those which are outside the normal caretaking duties.
Check outside hard areas daily and clean as required for example playground, paths and entrances, collect all litter and convey to nominated collection point. Clean gullies and drains at surface level when required.
To maintain swimming pool, where appropriate
To ensure the Trust minibus fleet is maintained to a high standard. This includes conducting weekly checks and reporting any defects to the Business Manager, preparing minibuses for trips i.e. removing/ adding seats and ensuring fuel levels are maintained. Relevant paperwork is to be kept up to date and the fleet is to be cleaned inside and out during working holiday periods.
Take out of use caretaking/cleaning equipment known to be faulty and report the need for repair.
Operate heating and hot water supply plant in accordance with County
Instructions and carry out frost precaution procedures if requested by Business Manager
Remove all refuse internally collected from within the school and convey to nominated collection point for collection by refuse contractor.
Accept delivery of stores, materials and other goods and convey to appropriate storage areas when required.
Move furniture and equipment as required. (There is no provision for this task to include the wholesale placement and removal of chairs on a daily basis.)
Carry out cleaning in specified areas as allocated by Business Manager, including emergency cleaning as required i.e. as a result of an accident, sickness, vandalism.
Replenish consumable items i.e. soap, towels, toilet paper etc as required throughout the school.
Replace light source. Clean accessible light fittings, shades and diffusers and replace where necessary and where fittings are 3.5 metres or less from ground level.
Carry out the above duties in accordance with the Children’s Services
Equal Opportunities Policy.
This job description sets out the duties of the post at the time when it was drawn up. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot of themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.