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Porter

Employer
Brighton College
Location
Brighton, East Sussex
Salary
£19,760 per annum, at the rate of pay of £9.50 per hour, which is the Real Living Wage.
Closing date
15 Oct 2021

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Sector
Education, Support, Hospitality & Catering
Function
Facilities Management, Maintenance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
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Job Details

Brighton College is seeking to appoint a Porter, to start as soon as possible. The role will work full-time (40 hours per week) with a salary of £19,760 per annum, at the rate of pay of £9.50 per hour, which is the Real Living Wage.

The purpose of this post is to work as part of the Facilities team to ensure that the appearance of the College, both inside and out, is of the highest standard.  This includes room set-ups for school purposes and external functions.  Experience of working in a school and in a similar type of role is desirable.

Duties and responsibilities include:

  • Preparing rooms, buildings  and outside areas as necessary for teaching, working, courses, meetings, exams,  events and functions including table, chair and staging arrangements and the returning of these areas to their original use afterwards. This will involve some indoor cleaning
  • Distributing post, parcels, paper and all other deliveries, as well as moving furniture and other bulky items such as audio/lighting equipment and musical instruments around the College and associated buildings
  • Carrying out the external cleaning of all buildings at the College and associated properties in accordance with agreed schedules. The successful applicant will be expected to work in all weather conditions
  • Disposing of broken furniture and other items in skips, recycling paper and other items as per recycling policy and collecting and storing confidential waste ready for collection
  • Undertaking driving duties and carrying out maintenance checks of the Porterage van
  • Maintaining all equipment belonging to the department (this will involve completing minor non-technical maintenance work) and reporting all faults and breakages of equipment and buildings belonging to the College and associated properties as per policy
  • Assisting with conducting fire drills and carrying out any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the College as required by the Head of Porterage
  • Any other reasonable management request.

Safeguarding responsibilities:

  • This role will involve daily contact with pupils and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
  • All staff and volunteers have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.

Company

Brighton College is one of the UK’s leading schools and the oldest public school in Sussex.

The College was recently named ‘England's School of the Decade’ by The Sunday Times. The award was given on the basis of our exceptional examination results as well as our fundamental emphasis on kindness and social engagement.

The Sunday Times also named Brighton College ‘England’s Independent School of the Year 2019’, the second time in a decade the school has won this accolade. The Week magazine named Brighton College ‘Most forward-thinking school in Britain’ for two years running in 2017 and 2018. Tatler magazine awarded Richard Cairns the title of ‘Head Master of the Year 2012-13’, and Brighton College was named UK ‘Independent School of the Year 2013- 14’ at the Independent Schools Awards. The last full ISI inspection in 2015 awarded the College the top grade in every category including ‘Exceptional’ for teaching and learning.

The Brighton College family of schools also includes Brighton College Nursery, Pre-Prep & Prep School, St Christopher’s School and Handcross Park, educating a further 1,150 children aged 3 to 13. Overseas, the College has opened Brighton College Abu Dhabi, Brighton College Al Ain, Brighton College Dubai and Brighton College Bangkok, with Brighton College Singapore the most recent addition, having opened in September 2020.

There has also been major investment in new facilities over the last ten years. This has seen the construction of five major buildings on the main site, including the new £55m School of Science and Sport which opened in January 2020, which includes eighteen state-of-the-art laboratories alongside a new sports hall, 25-metre swimming pool, fitness centre and roof-top running track. Other recent additions include two new boarding houses, a state-of-the-art Music School and the Yeoh Building, a teaching building which includes 22 classrooms for maths, history, economics, politics and EAL, alongside an innovative Creative Learning Centre, opened in 2017.

Above all, Brighton is a very happy place where staff and pupils feel fulfilled and purposeful. We are proud to have taken a progressive stand on diversity, equality and inclusion and we are committed to furthering this agenda through our teaching, and all aspects of the life of the school. We are a member of the School Inclusion Alliance and an important aspect of our vision for education is to increase diversity among our teaching staff to enrich all aspects of the life of the College and provide diverse role models for all pupils. We pride ourselves on being a warm, inclusive and respectful community, where our staff are welcoming and positive and our pupils are intellectually curious and kind.

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Telephone
01273 704386
Location
Eastern Road
 Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 0AL
GB
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