ARK GREENWICH FREE SCHOOL
Jul 05, 2025
Full time
About The Role The Role As Premises Assistant, you will play an integral role in ensuring the school is a safe, inviting and positive learning environment for students, staff and visitors. You will work to ensure the highest quality of site maintenance. You will support the management and operations of premises-related functions at the school including buildings and grounds maintenance, security, cleaning, health and safety, lettings of our facilities, and contractor management. An understanding of and alignment with the school's behaviour policy is essential. Key Responsibilities Health, Safety and Security Work with the Operations Manager to ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation and guidance Work with the Operations Manager to ensure cover for all agreed school opening hours, which may include evening and weekend use Work with the Operations Manager to ensure the general security of the buildings and grounds Participate in out of hours call-out rota for building alarm systems Assist with maintaining risk assessments and management plans ensuring that they are up to date and comply with any action plans to rectify any deficiencies identified Work with the Operations Manager in conducting routine inspections and keeping records using the building management system Report and make safe any hazards on site (internal and external, reporting these to Operations Manager Follow fire safety and evacuation measures and ensure fire risk assessments are followed Buildings and Grounds Maintenance To ensure that all plant and other equipment are available and working effectively during the opening hours of the school and adjusted as required for evening and weekend use Undertake site and maintenance work on the grounds, ensuring the work is carried out safely and to a high standard To ensure that all refuse is disposed of promptly and in accordance with legislation Deliver goods around the school as required To undertake general maintenance and remedial works in-house, calling on contractors if required and Reporting any defects of buildings, furniture, fittings and equipment to the Operations Manager To work with the cleaning team to ensure that all areas of the building are clean and ready for use as required The willingness to clean toilets and clean up accidents, for example, sickness. To undertake morning/afternoon gate duty and other duties including lunch duty. Lettings / Events Oversee set up and preparation for lettings during the evenings, ensuring that rooms are adequately arranged and that the condition of the school premises is assessed before and after events, taking responsibility for the health and safety of the hirers whilst on the school premises. Open and lock up and secure the school's premises before and after lettings or school events, following the opening and closing procedure Being flexible to amend shifts to meet the requirements of the school calendar Other Actively promote the safety and welfare of our children and young people Ensure compliance with Arks data protection rules and procedures Liaise with colleagues and external contacts at all levels of seniority with confidence, tact and diplomacy Work with Ark Central and other academies in the Ark network, to establish good practice throughout the network, offering support where required Benefits Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale. Twice as many training days as standard. Generous pension scheme. Access to Ark rewards - a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers Interest-free loans - up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle. Gym discounts - offering up to 40%. Access to Employee Assistance Programme - providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support. Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/. About Us How is Ark Greenwich different? We are part of the Ark family of schools and benefit accordingly from outstanding networking and career opportunities and first-class CPD. Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning, lunch for early careers staff and have a 6pm/weekend work-related communication cut off. We do not do knee jerk reactions, fads or last-minute deadlines. Our systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are research led and based on our local context. This is a small school model (600 scholars aged 11-16) because we believe that our close-knit family community provides the optimum conditions for success. Scholar behaviour is exceptional with clearly defined and embedded routines. This means our teachers can focus their time on the things that matter - planning and delivering brilliant lessons for our scholars. This is a strict no excuses, no mobile phone school. Phones are not permitted onsite at all. Scholars wear business dress to prepare them for a professional career. Our curriculum is traditional and academic, and we do not take shortcuts to seek to boost our position in school league tables - we do not, for example, offer equivalencies such as Btecs or Vcerts. >90% Ebacc entry rate. We put high-quality teaching at the heart of what we do. We are committed to providing staff with weekly high-quality training. We run coaching for staff who want to see rapid progress in their discipline. Live coaching and current best practice in the field of education is central to our approach. We don't grade individual lessons or ask for lesson plans but we do place a primacy on curriculum design, independent learning and formative assessment. Our scholars enjoy a compulsory co-curricular program on a Wednesday afternoon which includes a strong focus on community volunteering and we facilitate 12 drop-down days per academic year ensuring scholars benefit from a range of life-enriching experiences. Alignment with the school's vision, values and approach to education is essential. Visit arkgreenwichfreeschool.org/jobs to learn more about us and see our current vacancies. Diversity and inclusion: We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone - staff and students - can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark's diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link. Safeguarding statement: Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark's safer recruitment process, please click this link. Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.