Site Facilities Manager – Children’s Services

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade: PO1
Salary: £38,934 – £40,755 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 19th January 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 20th January 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

• To oversee the general maintenance and cleanliness of the site in order to provide a safe, secure and healthy environment for pupils, staff, parents, visitors and other users.
• Keeping the Children Centre grounds safe, secure, tidy, and presentable – free of litter on a daily basis.
• To be responsible for small repair works, maintenance and making safe the fabric of the building
• To be responsible for non-structural repairs and maintenance, heating and ventilation and other general site services within the establishment.
• Reporting of repairs and maintenance issues
• Minor refurbishment and redecoration
• Opening the buildings in the morning and locking up at the end of the day
• Programming the alarm systems
• Gardening duties and weed maintenance
• Porterage of stock, furniture, equipment and other items in the school building
• Some Experience of using a computer
• Good communication and organisational skills
• To maintain Health and Safety Records,
• To carry out and record regular safety equipment tests, such as fire drills, fire alarms, emergency lighting
• Reporting of repairs and maintenance issues
• To work as a team with other site managers, including travelling and working across sites.

About You

The ideal candidate will have

• GCSE at level A-C in English and Mathematics or equivalent
• Some computer literate with good working knowledge of ICT, including using the internet and Microsoft suite
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise, plan, schedule and meet deadlines and evaluate work
• An understanding of health, safety and security issues and relevant legislations affecting schools
• To know how assess and carry out minor repairs and maintenance
• An understanding of premises maintenance issues
• Has up to date knowledge of relevant legislations and guidance in relation to working with, and the protection of, children and young people

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk