The posting
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Act as designated key holder and point of contact in emergencies
- Maintaining a safe environment with proper lighting, signage, and disability access
- Updating emergency plans and risk assessments
- Ensuring building compliance and administrative records
- Overseeing site security, fire prevention, and other safety systems
- Scheduling (as well as undertaking) regular building maintenance and servicing
- Contracting professionals for upkeep and repairs as needed
- Ensuring all required utilities are in place & monitored
- Be the Site budget holder and keep costs within budget
- Arranging for building improvements including tendering contracts
- Overseeing contractors and inspecting completed jobs
- Line lead for site assistants, grounds staff
- Hiring employees or contractors as needed to maintain, repair, or improve the property
- Providing training for all employees as needed
- Evaluating employee performance and providing direction, correction, or additional
- training to ensure proper maintenance of the building
- Scheduling contractors and employees
- Resolving complaints, problems, and requests from users
- Assisting with emergency response, evacuations and supervisory duties as required
- Undertake daily duties as per Duty rota and cover for absent site staff
- Hold termly site walks with Operations Manager, checking for any repairs or maintenance required.
Other Duties:
- To ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with Health & Safety regulations and with due regard to Child Protection and Safeguarding
- To underttake first aid training and act as a First Aider
- To partcipate in school educational visits
- To undertake any training and development for the better fulfilment of the post
- Act at all times as an ambassador for the school and model behaviour which upholds our Trafalgar values and ethos
- Foster good relationships with colleagues, students and the wider community
- Demonstrate a commitment to personal professional development
- To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage staff and students to follow this example
- To contribute to the Trafalgar School co-curricular and Trips and Visits programme
- To promote actively the school’s corporate policies
- To continue personal development as agreed
- To comply with the school’s Health and Safety policy and undertake risk assessments as appropriate
- To undertake any other duty as specified by Headteacher.
Supervision and Management
The job holder will line lead Site Assistants and Groundskeeper. You may also be required to assist with H&S induction or training of colleagues and new staff.



