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About the Role
The General Hand at Reddam House is responsible for ensuring the school's buildings, grounds, and equipment are maintained to a high standard, creating a safe, clean, and aesthetically pleasing environment for staff, students, and visitors. This role supports the school's mission by providing general operational support and overseeing facility upkeep, performing handyman tasks and event setups to ensure a functional and inviting campus conducive to learning.
Responsibilities
- Maintain attractive, safe, and well-presented school grounds, gardens, car parks, pathways, and outdoor facilities.
- Carry out mowing, weeding, pruning, planting, and general landscaping to a high standard.
- Prepare and maintain sporting fields, including mowing and line marking for school sporting activities.
- Perform routine grounds maintenance, including edging, weed control, and upkeep of pond surrounds and landscaped areas.
- Ensure all grounds maintenance equipment and machinery are operated safely and maintained in good working order.
- Set up and support school events, assemblies, presentations, and examinations, including basic audio-visual and technology requirements.
- Conduct daily operational inspections to identify and resolve maintenance, safety, and facility issues across the campus.
- Maintain, repair, and relocate school furniture, equipment, and fittings, ensuring facilities remain functional and presentation-ready.
- Coordinate deliveries, storage, and movement of equipment while supporting the efficient day-to-day operations of the school.
- Contribute to a safe and secure environment by reporting maintenance issues, supporting building safety checks, maintaining accurate records, and working collaboratively with staff and contractors.
Requirements
- Previous experience in a maintenance, handyman, groundskeeping, or facilities role, ideally within a school or education environment.
- Sound knowledge of workplace health and safety practices, with a strong focus on maintaining a safe environment.
- Experience operating and maintaining gardening equipment, machinery, tools, and maintenance equipment.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities, and deadlines effectively.
- Confident communicator who can build positive relationships with staff, students, contractors, and visitors.
- Ability to work independently while also contributing positively to a collaborative team environment.
- Proactive and solutions-focused, with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Adaptable and flexible approach, with a willingness to take on a wide range of maintenance and operational tasks.
- Traffic Control qualification (or willingness to obtain) and experience with AV equipment or event technology highly regarded.
- Physically fit and capable of undertaking manual tasks, including lifting, moving furniture, and supporting occasional after-hours school events.
Skills
- Maintenance
- Handyman tasks
- Groundskeeping
- Facilities management
- Landscaping
- Gardening
- Sports field preparation
- Equipment operation and maintenance
- Event setup
- Audio-visual support
- Record keeping
- Workplace health and safety
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Organization
- Teamwork
- Adaptability
- Flexibility
Location
- Reddam House
Work Type
- Full-time
About the Company
- Inspired Education is the leading global group of premium schools with 126 premium private schools in 28 countries spanning 6 continents.
- Utilizes proven educational practices from every corner of the globe, ensuring over 95,000 students receive a world-class learning experience from Kindergarten to Year 13.
- Founded in 2013 by Nadim M. Nsouli, backed by investors such as Stonepeak, GIC, TA Associates, and the Oppenheimer and Mansour family offices.
- Experiencing 20% per annum growth through acquisition, greenfield site expansion, and the development of existing schools.
- Recognized by Beauhurst as one of the UK's top 10 highest-value private companies in 2023.
Equal Opportunity
- Inspired Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment.
- Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.