Caretaker - College Campus & Grounds

COLLEGE/SCHOOL/UNIVERSITIY CARETAKERS.... WE HAVE A JOB FOR YOU! 

The Caretaker fulfils a key role at the College by ensuring that all buildings are available, accessible, and suitable for the use of students, staff and visitors.

Fulfilling this role is critical to ensuring that we have a safe, clean and welcoming campus environment.
Your caretaking work and how you deal with people in a professional and friendly way will shape staff and visitor’s views of the overall look and feel of the College Campus.

Role Objectives

• Ensure that College buildings and grounds are safe and secure at all times by being visible, pro-active, professional and friendly ensuring that staff, students and customers feel safe and enhances the reputation and brand of the College

Main Duties

• To participate in a RNN Group shift rota to ensure there is a caretaker presence on all campus’s whenever the College buildings are open and conduct procedure to open and maintain security of College premises, in addition to keeping premises and equipment secure during the day.
• To assist in maintaining the cleanliness of college buildings and grounds by the removal of refuse and emptying of bins.
• Promoting general health and safety by keeping corridors and fire exits clear at all times of any spills, trips or hazards as reported or noticed by yourself during your walks around campus grounds.
• Ensuring rooms are prepared for use, setting up rooms for curriculum areas or meeting rooms, assisting with staff room moves or re-arrangement of furniture
• Ensuring that goods / documents post and parcels are delivered quickly to the correct areas, college campus, externally or within College building, so that those departments can work effectively.
• Monitoring of contractors working on College premises
• Routine maintenance and repairs, where appropriate advising on suggested improvements to the general environment and to support risk assessments and pre planned maintenance programmes
• To undertake planned preventable maintenance checks as directed
• Responding to College emergencies including duties of evacuating the buildings in the case of a fire / fire drill and directing emergency services as appropriate and responding to lift breakdowns as required to release trapped persons.
• Attending Group premises as agreed, and directed, to provide additional Caretaking resource.

Further Details:

• Hourly Rate: £11.44 per hour (Spine Point 12)
• Working Hours: Morning Shift / Afternoon Shift
• Working Week: Based on Rota Pattern
• Pension: Automatic enrolment to the South Yorkshire Pension Scheme
• Holidays: 22 days per annum plus bank holidays (Increases with service to a maximum of 26 days plus bank holidays).

History/Experience

• Working in a maintenance / security / caretaking role or similar
• Working within the education sector Qualifications
• Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy
• First Aid at Work Qualification
• Trade Qualification Practical and Intellectual Skills / Knowledge / Abilities
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility and team working
• Able to work in an organised and methodical manner
• Working within a customer focused environment
• Able prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Effective Communicator

• Pleasant and helpful approach at all times
• Work in a professional and confidential manner with a high degree of integrity and flexibility.
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people receiving education and training
• Able to work with and respect, personal or sensitive information and treat this data in confidence and accordance with the RNN Group Data Protection policy
• Committed to a policy of equality which is relevant to all students, staff, clients and members of the public, regardless of race, creed, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age and disability

Training

• Willing to undertake any training connected with the post
• Willing to undertake statutory training in connection with Safeguarding, Data Protection, Equality and Diversity and Prevent