School Caretaker
d'Overbroeck's
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £19,000.00
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 28 March 2019
Job overview
Role overview
We are looking to appoint a School Caretaker, who will report to the Facilities and Compliance Manager.
As well as providing assistance and logistical support across the School, you will also be required to assist with minor maintenance tasks, as delegated by the Facilities & Compliance Manager, as well as providing minor maintenance cover in the absence of the Maintenance team.
It is a 37.5 hours working week, Monday – Friday (plus some unsociable hours: early mornings, evenings and weekends)
A full driving licence is essential. D1 category holder is desirable.
Duties and responsibilities
Main Duties:
- Daily housekeeping duties across all sites to include:
- Sweeping the grounds, front and back – all school sites
- Emptying external waste bins
- Putting the wheelie bins out for collection on scheduled collection days
- Ensuring the external grounds are mown and/or kept tidy
- Ensuring all hard standing areas are gritted during adverse weather
- Weekly set ups of main hall and/or classrooms for events at Sixth Form, Swan and Leckford sites
- Carry out Weekly fire alarm / Monthly emergency light testing across delegated sites and record tests in the site files
- Maintaining school and boarding house lawns, hedges and hard standing areas (mowing / trimming and weed killing)
- Carry out minor repairs across college sites, as appropriate to skill level, delegated by the Facilities & Compliance Manager (changing of light bulbs, making safe broken windows/fencing, hanging pictures, unblocking toilets and showers etc)
- Any other ad-hoc duties as requested by the Facilities & Compliance Manager
- Attend training courses as specified by the Facilities & Compliance Manager
- Facilities duties (to provide cover in the absence of the Facilities assistants):
- Daily set up / clear down of halls at Years 7-11 / Sixth form sites for school lunches
- Transporting equipment between sites when required
- Other daily tasks as specified by the Facilities & Compliance Manager
- Taking college mini-buses to mechanic for servicing / MOT’s / inspections
- Provide security cover in the absence of the Facilities Assistant (locking up certain sites at the end of each day)
- Act as first-line assistance during out of hours in the absence of the Facilities & Compliance Manage.
This list of duties is not exhaustive and may be altered / added to on occasion
Salary and hours
This is a full time appointment involving an average of 37.5 hours per week.
• Monday - Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm with half an hour for free lunch.
Your actual working hours will be agreed with the Facilities & Compliance Manager and may be amended from time to time, in line with school activity.
Your starting salary will be £19,000 per annum. However, should you complete a satisfactory Probation period and complete all of the required training, at the discretion of the C.O.O your salary may be increased by a further £1,000.00 per annum
Applications
The Application Form, full Curriculum Vitae and a covering letter should be emailed to HR@doverbroecks.com and a signed copy sent to:
Helena Barron
d'Overbroeck's
333 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 7PL
Please apply as soon as possible, but no later than 28 March 2019
Short-listed applicants will be notified of the interview arrangements as soon as possible after short-listing.
Attached documents
About d'Overbroeck's
THE SCHOOL
d’Overbroeck’s is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in Oxford for students aged 11 – 18. The school roll currently stands at around 750, and this is set to grow in the coming years.
Founded in 1977, initially as a Sixth Form, d’Overbroeck’s has maintained its founding values throughout its growth.
We believe in outstanding teaching and laughter. We celebrate the individual and foster a culture that promotes collaboration and originality. We pride ourselves on our unique blend of social informality and academic rigour.
d’Overbroeck’s consists of three sections:
Years 7-11 – 200 students; currently all day students although open to boarders from next year. Based at Leckford Place, OX2 6HX.
Sixth Form – 440 students; a mixture of day and boarding. Domestic and international. Based at a purpose-built site at 333 Banbury Road.
The International School – around 125 international students who are all boarders, across years 9-11.
All in all, this is a busy and happy educational environment in which staff and students enjoy positive relationships based on mutual respect and a shared sense of purpose. As our most recent ISI inspection report puts it:
‘A defining characteristic of d’Overbroeck’s is its close-knit, informal atmosphere within which students grow in confidence, self-esteem, respect for themselves and for others. Students are very supportive of each other and behaviour throughout is excellent, exemplified in considerate, warm relationships.
In its key findings, our most recent inspection report (2021) found that our students are highly motivated with extremely positive attitudes to learning. They were described as successful collaborative learners who are naturally inclusive. They were said to have a remarkably strong sense of self understanding and excellent awareness of how to improve and achieve their goals.
ISI inspection report. October 2021
For more information about the College please visit our website at http://www.doverbroecks.com/
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