Domestic Services Manager
Blundell's Senior School
Devon
- Expired
- Salary:
- £35-£40K dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 13 May 2024
Job overview
Salary: £35-£40K dependent on experience
Full-time, Permanent
About us:
Founded in 1604, Blundell’s is a co-educational independent school for pupils aged 11 – 18 years. Boasting excellent facilities and the best in pastoral care, we are committed to providing an outstanding learning experience for all students. Based in 90 acres of beautiful Devon countryside, Blundell’s fosters a friendly and open environment where both students and staff can thrive.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Domestic Services Manager to join our team on a permanent contract. This is a full-time role.
What will this role involve?
- Management of Portering, Cleaning and Laundry teams.
- Manage School security arrangement.
- Coordination of cleaning services for external events and residential lets in liaison with Lettings Coordinator.
- Management of the School’s waste contracts.
- Management of domestic services budget and performance against budget.
- Participation in the on-call Estates team.
- Stock control and ordering.
- Management and allocation of resources.
- Undertake compliance audits of accommodation and teaching areas and arrange necessary corrective actions.
- Making recommendations to improve and develop service delivery.
- Keep up to date with latest industry developments and best practice.
What skills and experience are required?
- Significant experience of leading a large team within a similar industry
- Excellent organisational skills to include time management and prioritisation
- Strong employee management skills including recruitment, performance management and training
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills at all levels
- Proven experience of budget setting, monitoring and effective cost control
- Experience of driving change
- Ability to produce cleaner work schedules, risk assessments and Safe Systems of Work
- Ability to work flexibility within a 7 days year round business
- IT literate
Desirable
- Driving License
- Relevant Health and Safety training and accreditation
- Experience of quality auditing
- Experience of working in an Education environment.
Benefits of joining our team include:
- 4 weeks paid holiday (pro-rata) plus bank holidays and additional “customary” days
- Company pension scheme
- Meals when kitchen is in operation
- Branded uniform provided (as required)
- Relevant internal and external training provided
- Use of excellent on-site sports facilities including gym, swimming pool, tennis courts and fitness suite at staff opening times
- Free staff parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Blundell’s is an equal opportunities employer, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
Blundell’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Closing date: 13th May 2024
Interview date: Week beginning 20th May 2024
Attached documents
About Blundell's Senior School
At Blundell’s we educate young men and women of consequence; young people who have the skills and the confidence to make a meaningful contribution to society. It is our privilege to welcome pupils to our school and then to walk beside them as they negotiate their journey into adulthood.
We are immensely fortunate to be situated in an idyllic location. Here on our 100-acre campus in the Devon hills, our pupils are supported and inspired by teachers dedicated to their success and well-being.
Blundell’s has been around for over 400 years. While we are tremendously proud of our history, we are also excited about innovation as we engage with what it means to be relevant in a world that is undergoing such upheaval and change.
This is a place where children thrive, and where they become ready to contribute to a world desperately in need of thoughtful, courageous, and compassionate leaders. This is a place where they will learn about themselves, where they have the opportunity to practise and rehearse the skills that they will need to live fulfilling lives, both now and in the future.
Mr Bart Wielenga, BCom, BEd
Head of Blundell's
Welcome from the Head | About us | Blundell's Senior School (blundells.org)
Values and vision
The main focus of Blundell’s School is on providing a rounded education. It encourages flexibility and articulation, while promoting academic qualities and service to the wider community. Strongly rooted in Christian values, it welcomes students of all faiths. With its own sports pitches, chapel and music studios, Blundell’s School is well-equipped to support its students’ strengths in music and sports.
“Pupils make extremely good progress from their starting points. Pupils throughout the school show highly positive attitudes to learning. Teachers’ high expectations as well as their establishment of a stimulating environment for learning in and around classrooms, encourage pupils to engage fully with tasks and achievements.”
“Pupils throughout the school demonstrate strong development of self-confidence and self-awareness, at levels appropriate to or, for many, beyond their age. Pupils showed their justifiable pride in their own and in others’ achievements, without appearing in the least arrogant or excessively competitive.”
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