Premises Officer

The Preparatory School at Worthing is looking to recruit a full time Premises Officer to deliver and maintain an agreed level of service to the School by way of security, driving duties, general maintenance & repair, health & safety and staff support.   

Competences Required/Desirable

Experience 

• Thorough understanding of, and experience of the majority of aspects of the role

• Experience of maintenance, cleaning and portering tasks 

• Previous experience of working in a team environment

• Experience of working within a school environment

• Experience of providing a first class customer service

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, parents and students

• Ability to manage time and resource to deliver effective outcomes

• Experience and knowledge of Health & Safety documentation and Risk Assessments

• Numerate and Computer Literate (Word, Excel & Outlook)

Qualifications

• Good literacy and numeracy skills

• Good communication skills

• Health and Safety training desirable

Personal Attributes

• Confidence to fit into an existing busy team 

• Self-motivated, energetic, friendly, resilient, flexible and proactive 

• Thinks ahead, generates ideas and thinks of creative solutions to problems

• Values and respects others, builds relationships, collaborates

• Gets things done, delivers to high standards, takes responsibility

• Must be a team player with a sense of humour

• Hours of work will be Monday – Friday 07:30 to 16:30pm. This is a total of 40 hours per week (with a 1hr unpaid lunch break 12-1pm). Lunch is provided free of charge whilst on duty when the kitchen is open.  To attend the following School events: 3 x Open Mornings throughout the year.  Additional hours above the normal contracted hours (40 hrs/wk) will be given as TOIL for ex. attendance at LPWA events such as; Fireworks evening, Christmas Fair and Summer Fair.