Operations & Health Safety Manager

Operations & Health Safety Manager

35 Hours per week

£31,794 - £34,113

Core purpose:

• To act as the school’s Health and Safety officer and Fire Officer, and to coordinate, support and advise on all Health and Safety issues across the school and its operations.
• To act as the schools Educational Visits Coordinator to ensure all school trips and visits are conducted in a safe manner, and to ensure adherence to all policies and procedures to safeguard participating pupils and staff.
• To be responsible for monitoring and coordination of the Facilities Management contract with G4S, to liaise with all PFI stakeholders, and to coordinate the school’s use of the school site and buildings during normal school hours, and also ensure out of hours coordination with other users.
• To manage the main office administrative functions to ensure smooth operations and coordination with all other staff.

Specific Responsibilities

• Ensure that all Health and Safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated. Ensure that safety inspections are carried out, fire evacuation procedures are up to date and properly disseminated, fire drills and fire alarms are correctly reported.
• To monitor delivery of the Facilities Management contract with G4S to ensure a high standard of compliance so that the school buildings, grounds, fixtures, furniture and equipment are properly maintained and the school environment is kept clean an in and excellent state of repair. To ensure that all FM failures and issues are promptly reported to the Facilities Management helpdesk, and to monitor resolution within the contractual requirements.
• To act as the Educational Visits Co-ordinator and undergo necessary training. To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to educational visits.
• To ensure that staff leading or accompanying trips have a good awareness of their responsibilities in relation to managing health and safety, risk and child safeguarding on their trip, and that all required risk assessments are properly completed in a timely manner.
• To line lead the work of the main office administrative team including the Admissions Officer, Attendance Officer, Office Coordinator and Media Resources Officer. To design and maintain efficient administrative systems that deliver outcomes in accordance with the schools aims and goals, and to review and document standard school operating procedures so that tasks are efficient, processes are clear and routines are embedded, understood and coordinated.
• To provide termly reports to school Governor Committees on Health and Safety, Premises, Educational Visits and other aspects of the role as required. To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to equal opportunities, health and safety, security, confidentiality and data protection.
• To attend Parents Evenings and Open Days as required.
• To carry out additional duties, as the Head may reasonably request from time to time.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A good standard of education to GCSE (A*-C grade) Maths & English or equivalent as a minimum.
• Experience of working in the education sector in operations and/or facilities management roles.
  
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Credibility, integrity and diplomacy.
• Resourceful under pressure and ability to prioritise a demanding workload.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build effective and resilient relationships at all levels and with key stakeholders.
• PC literate with Excel and Word skills and the ability to draft correspondence independently.
• Proven experience of establishing stakeholder relationships and achieving sustained operational success.
• Experience of managing contracts and performance delivered by direct reports and/or third parties.
• A commitment to safeguarding for all young people.

Please see a note from my client:

'We expect staff to:

1. Make sure young people of all abilities, ages and backgrounds fulfil their potential.

2. Engage all young people in participation in interesting learning.

3. To stimulate a love of knowledge in our young people.

4. Unlock and develop their creativity and independence.

5. Demonstrate that learning continues well beyond lessons.

6. Develop the school's Habits of Mind in all lessons so that young people are inquisitive, collaborative, persistent, disciplined and imaginative. '

Please note DBS clearance is neccessary for this role.

BRAUNDTON CONSULTING IS A RECRUITMENT AGENCY RECRUITING ON BEHALF OF THIS CLIENT.