Janitor - Hannah Ball School

Buckinghamshire Council; Greater London; On-site; GBP 9,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated janitor to join their supportive team. This permanent role involves performing essential housekeeping and janitorial tasks, ensuring the academy operates smoothly and safely. The successful candidate will contribute to a vibrant school community, supporting the educational environment by maintaining cleanliness and security. If you're looking to make a positive impact in a caring and dynamic setting, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a team that values collaboration and continuous professional development, and help inspire young minds in a welcoming atmosphere.

Benefits

Extensive support and CPD

Opportunity to work with professional colleagues

Welcoming school environment

Supportive staff team

Ambitious Senior Leadership Team

Dedicated Governing Body

Supportive parents and children

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Qualifications

• Candidates should have a good level of general health and fitness.
• In-house training including Health & Safety will be given where necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine housekeeping and janitorial tasks to support academy operations.
• Transport materials and equipment, ensuring health and safety procedures are followed.
• Assist with minor grounds maintenance and ensure security of the premises.

Skills

General health and fitness

Job description

We are looking to appoint a janitor to join our dedicated, supportive team on a permanent basis.

You will be working within the Premises Team, carrying out their duties effectively and efficiently in accordance with the Park Federation Academy Trust’s needs.

You may on occasion, be asked to support across our other Academies within the Federation.

Term time only: no, term time + inset days = 39 weeks

Salary Type: Bucks pay

Salary details: Salary (actual): £8,440, Grade: 1

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 15 hours per week

Interviews to be held: As and when we receive successful applications.

About us

Hannah Ball Academy is a one form entry primary school in the heart of High Wycombe. Our small and friendly school serves a diverse community and offers a broad, balanced and evolving curriculum. We are a reflective and forward thinking school with a hardworking and dedicated team of staff, fantastic children and supportive governing body. We have close links with neighbouring primary schools and we actively encourage shared good practice, with an emphasis on high quality continuing professional development.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to take that next step in their career and to demonstrate positive impact on outcomes for children. You will be working within a warm, vibrant and caring school at the heart of its community.
If you are an excellent practitioner, keen to transform children’s lives, then we would love to hear from you.

Our children love their school. It represents a safe, happy and stimulating environment for them. Our school ethos is “Together We Inspire, Aspire and Achieve” and it is integral to the way we organise, work and deliver our curriculum.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide routine housekeeping duties and/or janitorial tasks to support the effective operations of the academy, e.g. washing low level windows, cleaning all areas inclusive of toilets within the building. Undertaking low level maintenance (i.e. fixing a door handle), etc. under the guidance of the premises teams.
2. React to all duties as directed by the academy leadership and premises teams.
3. Transporting materials and equipment throughout the building; ensuring that these are delivered in good time, stored appropriately and in accordance with health and safety and manual handling procedures as per training provided.
4. Preparing rooms and halls for a range of uses, including setting out, removal and storage of furniture and equipment, erecting and dismantling stages, platforms, etc. All of this in accordance with health and safety and manual handling procedures as per training provided.
5. Reporting any faults regarding the operation of the heating, plant and lighting facilities. Making sure that all unnecessary lighting is switched off when that part of the building is closed.
6. Ensure correct health and safety practices are applied appropriately and in accordance with training given.
7. Minor grounds maintenance duties including weeding and ensuring that litter is cleared regularly from all external surfaces within the boundaries of the site, including all weather surfaces and soft playing areas.
8. In the event of snow and frost, assisting as part of the premises team with the cleaning of pedestrian access routes within the academy grounds.
9. Ensuring that body and other emergency spillages are dealt with in accordance with the agreed procedures.
10. Provide janitorial cover for agreed Lets within the academy premises and external areas.
11. Ensuring that graffiti is removed/concealed as soon as possible.
12. Co-operating with all appropriate personnel and agencies in maintaining the security of the premises.
13. On occasion, holding keys in their possession for emergency call-out or opening for letting purposes.
14. Whilst in attendance, monitoring of public areas and generally ensuring that security is maintained during hours of opening. This may include the use of radio communication devices.
15. Dispose of such waste materials arising from the use of the premises which are not covered by alternative arrangements.
16. Replace consumables on the premises in appropriate locations e.g. toilet rolls, soap, paper towels, etc.
17. Undertake the cleaning of designated areas as requested by the premises and senior leadership teams.
18. Assist the premises team on a weekly basis as they carry out regular checks on the fire alarm systems ensuring that they are working satisfactorily, reporting any faults to the premises team.
19. Follow the Park Federation Academy Trust’s policies and procedures at all times in relation to health and safety, ensuring apparent deficiencies in systems of work, equipment provided, or training are reported to your Line Manager.
20. Ensure that all PPE provided is used properly and in accordance with training received.

This job description may be reviewed at the end of the academic year or earlier if necessary. In addition it may be amended at any time after consultation.

About you

Candidates should have a good level of general health and fitness.

In house training including Health & Safety will be given where necessary.

For the right candidate, we will offer

• extensive support and CPD;
• the opportunity to work with other professional colleagues across the Multi-Academy Trust;
• a welcoming school, with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff team;
• an ambitious and dynamic Senior Leadership Team;
• a dedicated Governing Body;
• supportive parents and children who are keen to learn;
• an employee assistance programme (EAP).

Other information

We strongly encourage you to visit the school to see for yourself the potential that the school could offer you.

To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.

Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

Tel No: 01494 522476

In accordance with the commitment of The Park Federation Academy Trust to follow and adhere to the Department for Education guidance entitled “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, it is the individual’s responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in the Academy. A satisfactory DBS check is required for this post.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.