Casual Site Officer across Barking Abbey and Eastbrook Schools

Casual Site Officer

(This role is for Barking Abbey School and Eastbrook School)

Shift/Flexible working pattern, 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week, over 7 days Sunday to Monday.

Casual Work - working hours to be agreed between the school and successful candidate, work will be for a maximum of 7 hours per day over 7 days a week between the hours of 06.00 and 10pm.

Would you like an additional role or job that can work around your current commitments?

Do you have experience in general maintenance and facilities support?

Do you like to undertake a practical hands-on role that includes a variety of tasks.

If so, this may be the opportunity you are looking for….

Barking Abbey and Eastbrook School are seeking a committed, reliable, and enthusiastic Casual Site Officer and General Handy person who would be available to work at either our Longbridge Road/ Sandringham Road Campus or Eastbrook School, all based in Barking and Dagenham, East London.

In this role you along with other site officers will be responsible for making sure that the school environment is safe, well maintained and comfortable for all students, staff and visitors working within a team of six staff working across two campuses.

This is an exciting time to Join Barking Abbey School and a fantastic opportunity for someone with general maintenance, communication and organisational skills who would like to within the education sector and make a difference to the life of our students by making sure our learning environment is the best it can be.

You will work up to 7 hours a day (According to school need and your availability), between the hours of 06.00 and 10pm for up to five days a week over 7 days. Shifts and working days to be agreed in advance with employees.

This role is within the site services team which is part of the Schools wider central core team encompassing all business support services. Including, Exams, HR, Finance, Administration, Catering and IT.

Having now reached our final year of growth and expansion we are looking to improve, develop and streamline our facilities management services and processes to ultimately impact upon the outcomes for our students.

The successful candidate will:

• Have relevant experience, skills and/or qualifications.

• Be enthusiastic, have great communication skills both written and verbally, and time management skills.

• Be passionate about fixing things and maintaining buildings.

• Always work to deliver an outstanding service.

• Have an eye for detail.

• Be Self-motivated and driven.

• Enjoy working in a busy environment and keeping active.

• Lead by example and lead with the highest professional standards and expectations.

• Be responsible for the security and maintenance of school buildings.

• Be responsible for undertaking repairs and maintenance tasks.

• Be responsible for performing security checks for the buildings in their care.

• Oversee the cleaning of the school site.

• Carry out caretaking and manual handling duties as required to ensure the needs of the school are met including moving furniture, equipment, setting out of spaces around the building for example.

• Comply with the policies and procedures of the organisation regarding safeguarding and welfare of children.

Barking Abbey is an Ofsted Outstanding heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.

The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.

Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the

community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.

In return we offer:

• A supportive and encouraging staff team

• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school

• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management

• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems

We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school.

Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)

Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:

https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/

To find out more about how teachers can secure rented accommodation at a discounted rate of 20% please

contact: info@bdsip.co.uk

Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants.

Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence checks.