School Cleaning Supervisor and Porter - Pipers Corner School

Buckinghamshire Council; High Wycombe, Great Kingshill; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job description

School Cleaning Supervisor and Porter - Pipers Corner School

Location: High Wycombe

Salary: £25-29k dependent on experience

Contract: Permanent, To start as soon as possible

Hours: 40 hours per week with Five weeks annual holiday. Please see recruitment booklet for further information.

About us

Pipers Corner is a Girls’ School Association Independent School for girls aged 4-18. Set in 96 acres of beautiful Chiltern countryside, the school is four miles north of High Wycombe and two miles from Great Missenden. In its most recent ISI inspection (March 2023), the school was graded as “excellent” in all categories.

Responsibilities

1. Check daily to ensure that rooms are ready for school exams, functions, and events.
2. Monitor the work of the externally-contracted cleaning operatives, liaising closely with the Cleaning Supervisor.
3. Respond to service requests for porter/hospitality jobs.
4. Perform cleaning tasks based on a schedule produced by the Estates Manager.

Requirements

• Enjoy working as part of a team but also able to take the initiative, particularly when events and activities are in progress.
• Must possess a level of physical fitness due to the demands of the role.
• Evidence of reliability and willingness to be flexible in working hours according to the needs of the School calendar.
• Punctuality is an important part of the function.

Completed application forms and a covering letter should be addressed to the Headmistress and returned to HR via the email address above.

Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date, and Pipers Corner School reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

Pipers Corner School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e., that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure form and return it prior to the interview.