Birmingham City Council
Start date: 1 February 2025
Hours per week: 36.5, All year round
St Peters Catholic Primary School
Adams Hill
Birmingham
B32 3QD
Telephone number: 0121 464 6921
Contact email: f.dunbavin@stpeterc.bham.sch.uk
Contract type: Permanent
LOCATION: St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Adam’s Hill, Bartley Green, B32 3QD
Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy is a thriving group of nine Catholic schools – (eight primaries and one secondary), with over 400 employees based in South Birmingham. We are focused on establishing a culture of vibrant and explicit Catholic life in the communities we serve and are led by the Gospel values of integrity, compassion, and service to others.
We are seeking an experienced and organised site supervisor, although training would be considered for the right applicant. To help create maintain and manage a safe working environment for both staff and children at St. Brigid’s Catholic Primary School, a thriving and vibrant two-form entry primary school in Northfield.
You will be responsible for managing the overall provision for Health and safety, security, janitorial and cleaning services at the school as well as management of repairs and maintenance to ensure the school facilities are clean, safe, and well maintained. The post would also evolve the keeping of accurate and up to date documentation concerning the school’s premises, in an organised and methodical manner.
This is a full-time role on a permanent basis to start as soon as possible.
To be successful in your application, you will have previous experience as a site supervisor with knowledge of health and safety regulations including COSHH and risk assessments. You will need to be reliable, flexible, and punctual with a positive can-do attitude.
CORE PURPOSE:
To contribute to the development of a strong, effective school with an emphasis on promoting a culture of educational excellence, within a caring, inclusive and secure environment.
JOB SUMMARY:
- provide an effective service
- manage cleaning staff
- act as health and safety coordinator of the site
- inspect and record standards of cleaning and grounds
- take responsibility for ensuring all contractors are properly signed-in at the school office, and deal with any enquiries they may have
- act as a keyholder for the school site, unlocking and securing all access and egress points at the start or end of every day the school is open/closed
Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities
MAIN TASKS
- inspect, monitor and record building cleaning standards and cleaners’ performance
- be responsible for ensuring the routine and emergency opening of school premises and grounds Where possible, ensure access in the event of snow, flooding or other emergency situations.
- carry out security procedures for school buildings and grounds, including statutory checks
- contact directly the appropriate services in the event of the following emergencies: fire; flood; break in; vandalism; accident
- carry out necessary duties where alarm systems are installed
- assist with enquiries from officers and employees of Lumen Christi, contractors, and report their presence to the Principal/Estates Manager. Direct contractors to the site of repair and maintenance work. Inspect, monitor and record work performance
- take suitable measures as deemed necessary to ensure the protection of the school
- notify the Principal/Estates Manager and contractors, where appropriate, of the necessity for any repairs or maintenance
- carry out non-specialist building maintenance work, e.g. plumbing, glazing, carpentry, decorating etc, where such work is agreed as being within the reasonable capacity of normal handyperson/DIY skills with strict adherence to Health and Safety regulations
- read meters and record as required, including assistance with energy conservation procedures
- clean outside hard areas, e.g. playground, paths and entrances, collect all litter, empty and collect litter from outside bins and convey to nominated collection or disposal point. Clean gullies and drains at surface level
- operate heating and hot water supply plant in accordance with health and safety instructions and carry out frost precaution procedures
- take out of use caretaking and cleaning equipment known to be faulty and report the need for repair
- remove all refuse internally collected from within the school and convey to nominated collection point for incineration or collection by refuse contractor
- accept deliveries of stores, materials and other goods and convey to appropriate storage areas
- maintain adequate supplies of caretaking requirements and cleaning materials and keep records
- move furniture and equipment as required
- carry out cleaning in specified areas as allocated by the school, including emergency cleaning as required i.e. as a result of an accident, sickness, vandalism (may be required to clean critical areas e.g. toilets)
- during school closure periods undertake floor treatment work i.e. preparation, application of polishes and seals and carpet shampooing, based on consultations between Estates Officer and Finance and Resources Manager. Inspect and maintain certain school equipment, effect minor repairs and report defects
- replenish consumables items i.e. soap, towels, toilet paper etc as required throughout the school
- supervise, direct and train cleaners
- replace light source. Clean accessible light fittings, shades and diffusers and replace where necessary and where fittings are 3.5 metres or less from ground level
- ensure that all medical waste is sealed and placed ready for collection
- arrange for emptying of sanitary disposal units/incinerators with service providers
- carry out the above duties in accordance with the equal opportunities policy
GENERAL
- work within school policies and procedures
- contribute to the provision of an effective environment for learning
- support the promotion of positive relationships for parents and outside agencies
- attend skill training and participate in personal/performance development as required
- take care of own and other people’s health and safety
- undertake training and implement safeguarding policies and procedures
- be aware of the confidential nature of issues
Other Responsibilities
- promote the Lumen Christi’s vision of creating ‘an ambitious and thriving partnership of inclusive Catholic schools, serving our communities and providing an exceptional experience in education’
- champion Lumen Christi’s values of ‘compassion, ‘integrity, and ‘service to others
- contribute to the wider life of the Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy community
- carry out any such duties as may be reasonably required by school or Lumen Christi
RECORDS MANAGEMENT
All staff who create, receive, and use records in the course of their job are responsible for ensuring that records are managed appropriately. It is therefore likely that this post-holder will have responsibility for record-keeping as part of the role. Employees are required to be conversant with the Trust’s policies and procedures on records management.
The Multi-academy will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.
Whilst every effort has been made to outline the key duties and responsibilities of the role, it is not an exhaustive list. The duties and responsibilities of the role may vary from time to time, commensurate with and without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed and would not in itself justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.
Lumen Christi is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
How To Apply
Further information and an application pack are available by emailing f.dunbavin@stpeterc.bham.sch.uk , telephone enquiries 0121 464 6921.
Interviews being held on Thursday 30 January 2025
Please submit completed application forms to f.dunbavin@stpeterc.bham.sch.uk
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.
Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
