School Maintenance Person (with Plumbing)
Churcher's College
Hampshire/Surrey/Sussex Borders
- New
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- December 2024
- Apply by:
- 2 December 2024
Job overview
Excellent opportunity to join the maintenance team at leading independent day school based in Hampshire.
The maintenance team support the diverse needs of the school's sites and applicants ideally need to have general building maintenance skills as well as experience in plumbing. The ability to work well in a team and have a can do attitude is key.
We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Maintenance Technician to join our Estates Team, working across both our Senior and Junior School campuses. This role involves carrying out essential repairs and preventative maintenance to ensure our school environment remains safe, functional, and welcoming for pupils, staff, and visitors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct regular inspections of all school buildings, identifying and addressing maintenance issues to uphold a high standard across all sites.
- Collaborate closely with the Estates Manager, updating them on daily maintenance activities and utilising our computerised Maintenance Logging system to track and report progress.
- Perform reactive repairs and scheduled maintenance, while ensuring all building certifications and safety standards are up-to-date.
- Assist with furniture movement and setup for events and day-to-day operations as needed.
- Maintain tools and equipment, ensuring all workshop and facility areas are clean and well-organised.
- Support site operations, including traffic control and parking duties, and assist with site tidiness.
Qualifications & Personal Attributes:
- Relevant qualifications or significant experience in building maintenance, ideally with additional expertise in plumbing or joinery.
- Experience in a similar role within a school or college setting is desirable.
- Excellent communication skills, a team-player attitude, and a flexible approach to working collaboratively.
- Familiarity with Health and Safety regulations, with a strong commitment to creating a safe environment for everyone on site.
- Physical fitness and a full, clean driving licence are essential; minibus training will be provided.
The role requires a flexible approach, as there may be occasional evening or weekend work for school events. If you're proactive, detail-oriented, and passionate about maintaining a top-quality learning environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date: Monday 2nd December 2024
Early applications are encouraged, an immediate start could be available (subject to DBS clearance).
For further details on the role and the excellent benefits of working at the school please contact Nicci Kilpatrick on recruitment@churcherscollege.com or visit our website for a full job description and an application form.
Churcher’s College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check and references. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
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About Churcher's College
Churcher's College is an independent coeducational day school offering Nursery, Junior, Senior and Sixth Form education.
Rated 'Excellent' in all areas - ISI Inspection, November 2022
With over 1072 pupils at the Senior School and 255 pupils at the Junior School (excluding the Nursery) of approximately equal numbers of boys and girls aged 3 to 18 years old, Churcher’s College enjoys recognition as one of the most accomplished independent, co-educational day schools in the country.
The school is hosted on two campus sites in Hampshire enabling the Junior School and Nursery pupils to flourish in their own beautiful grounds in Liphook, whilst maintaining close links to the Senior School and Sixth Form located in nearby Petersfield. Both sites offer on-site playing fields and unrivalled facilities, providing the comfort and opportunities of an open, healthy environment.
Headmaster
Simon Williams, BSc, MA, (Dunelm)
Mission Statement
We seek to give the widest range of experiences and also the opportunity to excel. Children at Churcher’s College thrive in an atmosphere of high expectation but even higher achievement in a happy, well-disciplined and caring environment.
"Excellent examination results are clearly important; the achievement of these forms a core element of a child’s time here. Equally, the development of self-esteem, moral values and leadership are vitally important parts of a child’s education."
By developing the full academic, creative and sporting talents of the girls and boys, within the context of social awareness, our aim is to fully prepare them for all they will face in the dynamic and challenging world in which we live.
The pupils of Churcher’s College become confident, responsible, respected and selfless citizens in a world which will require gifted, flexible young people of character, dedication and compassion.
History
The College was founded under the will of Richard Churcher in 1722, a wealthy local businessman and philanthropist who made his fortune through interests in the British East India company. Churcher decreed in his will, dated 1722, that the College was, ‘To educate 10 or 12 local boys from Petersfield, of any age from 9 to 14, in the arts of writing, arithmetic, and navigation so they could be apprenticed to masters of ships sailing in the East Indies’. Churcher’s College was established as a non-denominational foundation under the terms of Richard Churcher’s will and has remained so ever since.
Richard Churcher died in 1723 and was buried in Funtington, the village of his birth.
Location
The original school accommodation was a beautiful 1729 building, which still stands in College Street, Petersfield. However, by the 1870s, pupil numbers had expanded substantially and additional space was required. An extensive new site was located close to the original College on Ramshill overlooking the town of Petersfield.
Churcher’s College continued to expand, in the twentieth century new buildings were added to the Ramshill campus including a new teaching block of 20 classrooms and the Sports Hall. In 1993 Churcher’s College expanded its horizons to include younger pupils; Moreton House School became Churcher’s Junior School. More recently, the Junior School pupils were relocated to their own 14-acre site in Liphook.
Now Churcher’s pupils enjoy expansive and impressive accommodation over two campuses with acres of greenfield space with the backdrop of the beautiful South Downs National Park.
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