Buildings Supervisor

Contract Type: 37 hours, 52 weeks

Contract Term: Permanent

Salary: Grade 4 (£24,294 to £26,421 FTE)

Start Date: Monday 19th February 2024

Closing Date: Sunday 28th January 2024

The Trust

We are a 2-18+ cross–phase Trust based in south and southwest Sheffield, serving a range of diverse communities. Our mission is simple: to ensure every child, irrespective of background, starting point or need, attends an exceptional school.

Our seven schools (four primary and three secondary) are very effective, continuously improving, and over-subscribed. Several are sector leading at a city, regional and national level, and there is much expert practice.

The Trust wants every child and member of staff to work in a school (or building or grounds) that is safe, secure, clean, healthy, fit for purpose, well-maintained, increasingly environmentally sustainable, and inspiring. This underpins our educational vision. 

Whilst we acknowledge that each school building is different (scale, age, building quality, management, when adopted etc.), we will use pooled resources to maintain and improve our buildings and to ameliorate (level up) any difference.

Capital resources are limited so we will always pursue quality and try to ensure our estate management strategy saves money (and reduces operational disruption) in the long-run.

Our management of health and safety risks will always follow the Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) and associated relevant regulation. Whenever appropriate, we follow approved HSE codes of practice.

The Role

Mercia Learning Trust is seeking to appoint a highly organised, motivated and flexible Premises Supervisor to be responsible for site related issues including maintenance, repair and improvements in relation to the buildings at Mercia School (interior and exterior, furniture, fittings and the school grounds).

Working hours will alternative between 6am-2pm and 9am- 5pm. Employees receive a holiday entitlement of 26 days for those with under 5 years’ service, increasing to 31 when reaching 5 years. We request annual leave is taken during school holidays with 5 days granted during term time.

The Candidate

The successful candidate will have:

·     Excellent organisational skills

·     The ability to work on your own initiative

·     A sense of pride in the work environment.

·     A keen eye for detail

·     A good range of DIY skills

·     A working knowledge of COSHH and other statutory Health and Safety Regulations is a distinct advantage.