School Caretaker - Lower Clapton, United Kingdom - Pinnacle Group

Pinnacle Group

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Lower Clapton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

School Caretaker (T406)
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Overview:

Ref:

T406

Salary:

£ £13.87/hour

Location:

United Kingdom
England
Greater London
Lower Clapton

Contract Type:

Permanent

Posted:

14 November 2023

Pinnacle Group provides people-first, integrated services across a range of community-facing assets and infrastructure - including multi-tenure housing, schools, open spaces, public buildings, utilities and broadband networks - as well as a range of complementary employment and wellbeing outcomes.

Across the UK, Pinnacle supports over 300,000 homes, 200 schools and 80 public buildings creating value, providing stewardship and generating positive outcomes for our customers, our partners and our clients.

Our FM business delivers Facilities Management to homes, public and private sector bodies including Registered Providers, schools, universities and blue light statutory authorities.

We pride ourselves on placing people at the centre of what we do, while maintaining our values of high quality and excellent customer care.

The Role

Pinnacle Group are looking for an experienced, skilled and enthusiastic indidivdual to work as a caretaker at a school in the Hackney Downs/Lower Claption area.

The overall aim of the caretaking role is to ensure that the internal and external School facilities are available, fully functional, H&S compliant and aesthetically pleasing where this falls within the remit of the Site Caretaking team.

The hours for this position are 7am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.

Duties/Key Responsibilities

Ensuring security integrity of the school buildings and grounds through locking and unlocking, patrols, monitoring third party lettings.
Carry out day to day duties according to daily schedule, i.e., littler picking, sweeping, refreshing toilets. Carry out defined Planned Preventative Maintenance responsibilities in accordance with each school's schedule and individual's skills.
Where appropriate provide access, escort, liaise with and assist service providers on site to undertake remedial work or Planned Prevented Maintenance.
Carry out minor repairs and decoration works.
Participate in cleaning/deep cleaning activities as and when required.
Being proactive by noticing deficiencies in the facilities and either rectifying if within capabilities or bringing the defect to the attention of management.
Carry out initial investigations into reactive requests made during the day relating to deficiencies in accommodation and making temporary or permanent repairs or otherwise notifying management of the need to call in a service provider, in accordance with prescribed procedures and timescales. Respond to emergency situations such as floods, bodily fluids and effecting temporary or permanent rectification in accordance with prescribed procedures and timescales.
Respond to request for collection of parcels, movement of furniture rearrangement of rooms etc in accordance with prescribed procedures and timescales.
Be available for lettings of the premises outside of normal hours with agreement of site manager.
Daily visual checks of BMS, boiler and hot water functioning Monthly pest inspections
Weekly checking and clearing drains, gullies for blockages
Weekly plant room check/plant changeover monthly change/sterilize shower heads Painting (patch and programme
Unlocking and Locking the school ensuring that persons are not locked in
General walk around to check facilities available
Change CCTV tapes procedures, review/monitor tapes in the event of an incident
Refresh toilets and reception areas
Setting up rooms/assemblies against schedule
Challenge visitors not wearing badges and escort from premises and report
Investigating reactive requests, carrying out temporary repairs and notifying management of further repairs required
Clear up spillages and bodily fluids
Cleaning ground level windows internally and externally including internal partition glazing
Putting up and taking down of sports equipment

Skills Required:

Range of general handyman skills such as painting and decorating, minor plumbing, carpentry and competent to use power and hand tools
Good customer service skills
Amenable and approachable personality
Ability to liaise with and assist external service providers and an ability to work in a team
Ability to multi skill
Willingness to learn new skills and undertake training to develop role
Flexible and adaptable in approach
Able to work in a team and lone work

Contact information:

Nile Mock