Assistant Facilities Manager: The Gatwick School

Assistant Facilities Manager

Ref: SCH-AAT-0090 25 day(s) remaining

Establishment: The Gatwick School 

Location: Crawley 

Salary: 25808.00 - 27110.00 

Department: PREM 

Job Type: Full Time

Closing Date: 07/06/2024 12:49 

Interview Date: - 

Start Date: ASAP

Additional Information

Contract Type: Permanent 

Contract Term: AYR - All year round 

Hours per Week: 37.00 

Weeks per Year: 52.143 

Pay Grade: Support Pay Scale - West Sussex | SCP9 - SCP12

The Role

The Gatwick School is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Assistant Facilities Manager to join our team. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly improving all through school. Your role will be to work proactively under the direction of the Facilities Manager to support the day to day running of the school, ensuring a high standard of cleanliness, maintenance and security resulting in a pleasant and safe learning environment for the pupils which facilitates high levels of educational standards. This role has an emphasis, but not exclusively on Soft Facilities Management.

Working hours:

The working hours are 37 hours per week, all year round. The hours will be agreed locally, subject to the time of the academic year and operational demand. The Facilities team is made up of 1 manager, and 2 assistant managers and operate a 6am to 6pm open school by utilising a shift pattern of 6am – 2pm, 8am – 4pm, and 10am – 6pm on a rotating basis. There is also the need for 1 in every 3 weeks to be on overnight ‘standby’ to attend in an emergency situation and liaise with our retained security first responder service.

The role: 

• Maintain and secure the school premises, furniture and fittings to a high standard, including both reactive repairs and devising and supporting the preventative maintenance programme.
• Ensure that the site promotes pupil equality of access to opportunities to learn and develop.
• Interpret information and resolve a range of problems proactively, flexibly and innovatively.
• Advise the Facilities Manager on matters relating to site and buildings, promptly highlighting any issues that affects the safe operation of the school.
• Undertake regular site inspections, and taking action to ensure that the school site and buildings are clean and well maintained.
• Actively support the use of the site, buildings and related resources by the community.
• Undertake porterage duties, such as moving furniture and equipment as required and in good time to support effective teaching and learning.
• Provide a service that achieves best value, including, where appropriate, the undertaking of general maintenance tasks prior to contacting contractors.
• Ensure that all statutory and non-statutory testing, certification and evidence of adherence to legal requirements is up to date, ensuring remedial works are actioned promptly.
• Undertake regular fire drills and alarm and emergency lighting testing, with remedial works actioned promptly.
• Undertake regular playground equipment inspections to ensure the safety of pupils, and advise the Headteacher when equipment has been closed to use.
• Ensure that the cleaning of the school is to a high standard, liaising with the cleaning contractor as required. This may require the job holder to undertake cleaning and/or stock replenishment duties on occasion.
• Ensure deliveries are stored away promptly.
• Be a key holder for the school site, responding to: - Intruder alarm call-outs when the external ‘out of hours key holder’ is unable to attend.
• Liaise with the ‘out of hours key holder’ to determine if/when contractors should attend to conduct remedial work - Fire alarm call-outs together with the external ‘out of hours key holder’.

We are looking for individuals who have: 

• Are able to use initiative, be decisive with a positive 'can do' attitude.
• Proven DIY skills.
• A willingness to learn new skills.
• The ability to work in an organised and methodical manner.
• Knowledge in building maintenance.

Staff Benefits:

• Fringe allowance
• Potential for career progression
• An experienced and supportive central Trust team
• Extensive CPD opportunities for all staff including Aurora Trust-wide CPD
• Coaching culture established for staff
• Employee Wellbeing and Assistance Scheme
• Staff / Long Service Awards

You will be joining a supportive team who place our values of Chances, Choices, and Culture at the centre of all that we do, with a commitment to raising pupil achievement and aspirations.

Colleagues are welcoming and highly supportive and we provide an extensive CPD programme offering development opportunities at all career stages.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant must have, or be willing to obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure, and satisfactory references. The School is an equal opportunities employer.

We welcome candidates for tours or an informal chat with the Director of Operations and Communications. Please contact humanresources@thegatwickschool.org.uk for more information.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Related Documents

Job Description and Person Specification: Assistant Facilities Manager Assistant Facilities Manager JD & PS Soft FM.May2024.pdfDownload

Safeguarding Information

Aurora Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

Aurora Academies Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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