Site Service Officer (SSO)
| Posting date: | 11 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, E17 8HA |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4aabe1f7-cb40-4751-9640-0cc6057f803e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Experience
• General DIY skills and tasks Essential
• Basic IT experience Essential
• Basic grounds maintenance (eg gritting, clearing leaves) Essential
• Handyperson or site officer experience Desirable
• Supervisory experience Desirable
Education and training
• Literate - Able to read and understand instructions Essential
• IT proficient (emails creating orders, checking reports) Essential
• Health and safety procedures (or willingness to train) Essential
• Manual Handling training (or willingness to train) Essential
• COSHH regulation training (or willingness to train) Essential
• Training in infection control (or willingness to train) Essential
• Safeguarding training (or willingness to train) Essential
• Fire safety training (or willingness to train) Essential
• Risk identification, management & assessment training Essential
(or willingness to train)
• Health & hygiene and cleaning training Desirable
• Basic plumbing, electrical, decorating training or trade Desirable
Skills and Aptitudes
• Good interpersonal and communication skills Essential
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative, to Essential
plan and anticipate problems without regular supervision
• Strong Organisational skills Essential
• Ability to develop a management approach to meet the Essential
requirements of school
• Flexibility Essential
• Able to maintain confidentiality Essential
• Desire to be involved with the school and its ethos Essential
• An understanding and appreciation of children Essential
What the school offers its staff
• Additional non-contact time for teaching staff - over and above statutory PPA time .
• A fully-resourced, sequenced curriculum across 11 subjects;
• Unlimited access to CPD through providers such as The National College and The Key;
• Funding annual pay increments - having previously provided a boost even when these are frozen nationally;
• Meeting or exceeding the terms set out in nationally agreed terms and conditions - both teaching and support staff;
• Clear and well-implemented policies and professional standards - in key areas like behaviour, managing parental engagement and supporting staff in challenging situations.
• Support for bicycle and IT equipment purchases via salary sacrifice schemes;
• Cash-back on large purchases across a range of leading retailers and chains;
• Access to our employee assistance programmes and wellbeing schemes like free eye tests for display screen users; and
• Comprehensive access to support for staff and their families - including online fitness sessions, counselling and legal and financial advice.
• Free tea and coffee;
• Actively implementing workload reduction measures around marking, lesson planning & data tracking;
• Paying staff to run clubs - and fully funding all after school clubs for our pupils;
• Minimising the impact of twilight and INSET days by planning these and managing these clearly throughout each term;
• Systems and core infrastructures work - printers, IT devices and networks, data management platforms - all are extensively vetted, tested and maintained - reducing stress, disruption and aggravation for busy staff; and
• Consistently applying our policies in every setting - and priding ourselves on being a fair and transparent employer.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Experience
• General DIY skills and tasks Essential
• Basic IT experience Essential
• Basic grounds maintenance (eg gritting, clearing leaves) Essential
• Handyperson or site officer experience Desirable
• Supervisory experience Desirable
Education and training
• Literate - Able to read and understand instructions Essential
• IT proficient (emails creating orders, checking reports) Essential
• Health and safety procedures (or willingness to train) Essential
• Manual Handling training (or willingness to train) Essential
• COSHH regulation training (or willingness to train) Essential
• Training in infection control (or willingness to train) Essential
• Safeguarding training (or willingness to train) Essential
• Fire safety training (or willingness to train) Essential
• Risk identification, management & assessment training Essential
(or willingness to train)
• Health & hygiene and cleaning training Desirable
• Basic plumbing, electrical, decorating training or trade Desirable
Skills and Aptitudes
• Good interpersonal and communication skills Essential
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative, to Essential
plan and anticipate problems without regular supervision
• Strong Organisational skills Essential
• Ability to develop a management approach to meet the Essential
requirements of school
• Flexibility Essential
• Able to maintain confidentiality Essential
• Desire to be involved with the school and its ethos Essential
• An understanding and appreciation of children Essential
What the school offers its staff
• Additional non-contact time for teaching staff - over and above statutory PPA time .
• A fully-resourced, sequenced curriculum across 11 subjects;
• Unlimited access to CPD through providers such as The National College and The Key;
• Funding annual pay increments - having previously provided a boost even when these are frozen nationally;
• Meeting or exceeding the terms set out in nationally agreed terms and conditions - both teaching and support staff;
• Clear and well-implemented policies and professional standards - in key areas like behaviour, managing parental engagement and supporting staff in challenging situations.
• Support for bicycle and IT equipment purchases via salary sacrifice schemes;
• Cash-back on large purchases across a range of leading retailers and chains;
• Access to our employee assistance programmes and wellbeing schemes like free eye tests for display screen users; and
• Comprehensive access to support for staff and their families - including online fitness sessions, counselling and legal and financial advice.
• Free tea and coffee;
• Actively implementing workload reduction measures around marking, lesson planning & data tracking;
• Paying staff to run clubs - and fully funding all after school clubs for our pupils;
• Minimising the impact of twilight and INSET days by planning these and managing these clearly throughout each term;
• Systems and core infrastructures work - printers, IT devices and networks, data management platforms - all are extensively vetted, tested and maintained - reducing stress, disruption and aggravation for busy staff; and
• Consistently applying our policies in every setting - and priding ourselves on being a fair and transparent employer.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.