Site Manager and Teaching Assistant

Full Time Position

32.5 hours Site Manager, 21.25 hours Teaching Assistant.

We are offering this unique position of School Site Manager and Level 2 Teaching Assistant at our wonderful one-form entry school.  We are looking for an organised, flexible, highly-motivated and committed Site Manager/ Teaching Assistant who can support and enhance our learning environment and oversee the day-to-day management of the school site, ensuring a high level of hygiene and safety, whilst also helping our children achieve their full potential when in class.

The successful candidate will be required to: 

• Unlock the school gates in the morning before school starts and ensure the site is clean and remains secure. 
• Lock the school gates in the afternoon after school closes and ensure the school is secured after all teachers have left the site.
• Undertake general caretaking and maintenance duties and reporting items needing repair.
• Work with the school’s cleaning company to ensure internal and external areas remain clean, tidy and safe.
• Assist in the decoration of the school. 
• Support at community events, e.g. school fetes.
• Maintaining the school's grounds, or supervising external companies carrying out this work.
• Advise and collaborate with the Executive Headteacher and Head of School to develop and improve internal and external areas of the school site. 
• Ensure stock levels are maintained on items such as cleaning products.
• Contacting and communicating with outside contractors for major repair work.
• Checking that heating, lighting and alarm systems are working properly.
• Championing health and safety around the school and supervising external contractors.
• The caretaker may be required to unlock and lock the school on some evenings and weekends to accommodate external lettings, however, this will be paid. 
• The caretaker will also be required to attend emergency call outs to the school, which may be in unsociable hours, e.g. evenings and weekends.

The successful candidate will: 

• Have excellent organisational skills
• Be punctual
• Communicate well and be confident managing others
• Have good teamwork skills
• Respect confidentiality and the potential sensitivities of working in a school, e.g. safeguarding laws
• Have a good level of DIY skills
• Be able to demonstrate in their application that they can fulfil the main duties of the job description and person specification as a minimum

Although the candidate does not need to have previous teaching assistant experience, they must have a good level of numeracy and literacy skills and be able to support children in reaching their full potential.

St John’s is committed to safer recruitment practice and the safeguarding of children. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring service check along with other relevant employment checks. 

For further details please contact the school office on 020 8445 4693 or email office@stjohnsn20.barnetmail.net. 

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