Premises Manager – Signhills Academy

Supervises and participates in providing comprehensive site user access and security, undertake basic maintenance and routine property repair, inspect and tests alarms, and provide safe access for utility providers to ensure a secure working and learning environment.

Provide comprehensive safe and secure access to all site areas and undertakes inspection to facilitate education delivery, community use, specialist equipment service and repair, building maintenance, and utility or emergency services activity.

Ensure that buildings and site facilities are secured and that furniture, materials and equipment are made available, stored and are safe and in good repair prior to and on completion of use.

Undertake a range of regular routine security and site inspection and patrols to identify any potential health and safety issues, respond to any security concerns, demonstrate a physical presence on site, remove any debris, record damage and enable repairs to be reported and undertaken.

Supervise allocated site facilities staff to ensure that operational objectives, targets and deadlines are effectively achieved, integrate with site activity and disruption

Liaise with the contractors, utility companies and the emergency services to ensure all appropriate access arrangements and ensures procedures are in place for the safe and secure conduct of their activities.

Monitors, inspects, tests, operates and organises the service, repair and maintenance of site facility services e.g. heating, water, electricity, gas, telecommunications and security.

Identify, highlight and respond to areas of concern or variance and ensure the necessary intervention to achieve service objectives within approved funding.

Undertake emergency cleaning and basic maintenance to make safe, repair or maintain the fabric of the building, facilities or equipment.

Plan, order and arrange the delivery and storage of materials and equipment.

Undertake routine grounds maintenance to ensure the upkeep of garden, grassed and amenity areas, equipment and site services.

Undertake all necessary recording and reporting to ensure correct charging, compliance with service or maintenance schedules, performance is monitored and areas of concern are identified and reported.

Monitors childrens and young peoples general conduct and behavior throughout the school and intervene to resolve routine issues using appropriate techniques and skills to restore a safe and calm atmosphere conducive to learning and ensure the safety and wellbeing of pupils, staff and visitors.

For serious issues, where appropriated, advises children and young people of their responsibilities and the possible consequences of their actions. Engages immediate assistance from qualified colleagues and supports them to restore a safe and calm atmosphere conducive to learning and ensure the safety and wellbeing of pupils, staff and visitors.

For very serious incidents engages immediate assistance from senior colleagues or in extreme cases the emergency services to provide an appropriate response to restore a safe and calm atmosphere conducive to learning and ensure the safety and wellbeing of pupils, staff and visitors.

Maintains, operates and calibrates pool plant and boiler equipment to ensure that water quality and temperature are maintained to an agreed standard, and associated areas are clean, safe and hygienic. Ensures that the facility is maintained in a safe and secure fashion and that related services and materials are ordered, stored and disposed of in accordance with COSHH and best practice.

The postholder may plan, organise, supervise and monitor up to 15 allocated site facility activity for support…