Maintenance Assistant
Surbiton High Senior School
Surbiton, London
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 1 February 2019
Job overview
Maintenance Assistant
Location: Surbiton, London
Salary: Competitive
Tenure: Permanent, full-time
Closing date: Interviews may be held on ad hoc basis, so please submit your application asap. The final deadline to apply will be 8:00am, Friday 1 February 2019
Surbiton High School seeks an enthusiastic and hard working Maintenance Assistant with a 'can do' attitude, to provide support to the maintenance team.
Key Responsibilities which should include, but not be limited to:
- Assist with the heating and lighting of the premises, including frost precautions
- To keep the grounds neat, tidy and clean
- To ensure that all drains, gullies and low level gutters are free and flowing clean
- PAT testing all high risk areas on a bi-annual basis or when required
- As necessary clear pathways of snow and ice and treat them as required
- Assists with the renovation/refurbishment of buildings; repairs, replace and fix carpet, plaster and drywall; painting building structures
- To assist with keeping an inventory of tools and power equipment and ensure they are kept in good repair in line with current legislation
- To investigate any system failures in heating, lighting, water, sewerage, and electric circuits, and to make minor repairs where appropriate, and in consultation with the Head of Maintenance to bring in appropriate contractors when necessary
- Take responsibility of jobs assigned by the Head of Maintenance and ensure all works are completed
- To carry out other such reasonable duties within the responsibilities of the post.
- Ensuring that maintenance requests are well monitored and reflects the current status of outstanding work
- To set up for events and clear up as requested when necessary
- To assist with erecting fixed sports equipment at the beginning of the season and take down and store away at the end when necessary
- Drive school minibuses and transport as required
- To assist, where necessary, with traffic flow and parking at all school sites, when necessary
- To accompany outside contractors and other workmen having business on the premises where necessary
- To take and collect urgent post and local deliveries in accordance with the priority timescales when necessary
- To receive deliveries of stores, including teaching supplies, materials and other goods, and arrange storage with relevant staff, when necessary
- To ensure that the Head of Maintenance is kept informed of the status of maintenance and outstanding jobs and is immediately informed of problems / issues so they can be escalated where necessary
- To maintain a maintenance rolling programme under consultation with the Head of Maintenance
- Assist with ensuring the security of the School premises and its contents, both in term time and school holidays, including routine and non-routine (e.g. emergencies), opening and closing and during lettings, reporting any emergencies outside own areas to the relevant line managers
The successful candidate will be likely to fit the following profile:
- Be able to carry out general repairs and maintenance to a high standard
- Have practical knowledge of vehicle and machinery maintenance
- Experience of driving a minibus preferable, with D1 or equivalent
- Possess a clean driving licence
- First Aid (training could be offered)
- A team player with the ability to work as part of a team
- Able to self-direct, take initiative and work independently
- Reliability and integrity
- Ability to take responsibility
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Positive, enthusiastic and energetic approach to life, with a can-do attitude
- Committed to the Surbiton High School’s ethos
Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.
For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email recruitment@surbitonhigh.com
To Apply
Please apply online by clicking on the following link:
https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/1472763?cid=1567
Attached documents
About Surbiton High Senior School
- Surbiton High Senior School
- 13-15 Surbiton Crescent, Kingston upon Thames
- Surrey
- KT1 2JT
- United Kingdom
Surbiton High School aims to inspire, encourage and empower its staff and pupils to be the very best they can be.
We are a school where a passion and energy abound, a school with a real heart and soul, where we look beyond the A* to offer a breadth of opportunity which allows every pupil to flourish and every staff member to develop and succeed.
Surbiton High School is a school “brimming with energy and joie de vivre.” (ISI Inspection Report). We pride ourselves on being an extraordinary community where people matter, results count and where a passion for excellence drives everything we do. We feed our pupils’ minds, but we also care passionately about their character development and happiness. Our approach to education means that Surbiton High School pupils achieve the very best exam results and are also compassionate, authentic young people with strong values, keen to make a positive difference in the world.
Our inspirational staff are dedicated to delivering a rich curriculum and programme of co-curricular activities which challenge our pupils to explore ideas for themselves. Whether engaged in learning in the classroom, or through musical, artistic, sporting, enterprise or charitable activities, our pupils are constantly encouraged to connect with the wider world and embrace new experiences to build their confidence. All staff are expected and encouraged to play a full part in the academic, co-curricular and pastoral life of the School.
At Surbiton High School, we aim to bring out the ‘Best in Everyone’, and this resonates in the investment that we make in our colleagues. We recognise the importance of continuous learning and training and the School has a senior member of staff dedicated to supporting continuing professional development. We have a comprehensive whole School and individual INSET programme in place, including support for School Direct trainees as well as Newly Qualified Teachers (in our role as a regional NQT induction centre).
We actively encourage our staff to continue to develop their own expertise in the classroom and support their professional development through coaching and mentoring alongside professional qualifications such as: NPQML, NPQSL and MA courses in educational leadership. The School has a clearly developed leadership structure, offering extensive opportunities for career development and progression, including Heads of Department (Including Deputies) and Heads of Year (including Deputies) as well as Co-ordinators with specific responsibilities such as: Gifted and Talented, Oxbridge, Duke of Edinburgh and Expeditions.
Surbiton High School has approximately 1495 pupils aged between 4 and 18. Our Preparatory Schools are divided into the Girls’ Preparatory School and Boys’ Preparatory School, and the Senior School is girls only from age 11 upwards.
We are looking for applicants who are passionate about inspiring, encouraging and empowering our pupils and working with us to become the number one school of choice in South West London.
Principal
Rebecca Glover
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