Job description
School Caretaker and Post Officer required for a Secondary School in Harrow
School Caretaker and Post Officer required in Harrow
At Engage Education Services, we’re currently recruiting for a School Caretaker and Post Officer in a Secondary School in Harrow after building a strong relationship with a local grouping of schools.
Our Engage Education Services team specialises in the placement of non-classroom-based staff including Administrators, HR, Finance and Facilities.
Hours: 08:00 – 16:00, Monday – Friday, 5 days a week
Salary: £26,000
The primary task is ensuring an efficient and smooth-running mail delivery and collection service. This will include:
- Take delivery of all mail, recording incoming and outgoing parcels appropriately.
- Ensure that the Bursary mail is distributed quickly.
- Ensure that general School mail is distributed via Security staff to departments and personnel in the School as quickly as possible.
- Ensure that parcels are distributed or collected as quickly as possible.
- Operate the fax machine and distribute incoming faxes advising recipients that a fax has arrived.
- Arrange for a supply of stamps to be available for purchase/use by Bursary staff and other departments in an emergency.
- Arrange special delivery couriers when required.
- Supporting the Head of Facilities in completing operational tasks in the absence of the Facilities Co-Ordinator
- Supporting the Facilities Co-Ordinator with the movement and assembling of office furniture, fittings, and equipment.
This is primarily the function of the Receptionist and Reception Administrator who work under the direction of the Head of Facilities.
- Greet visitors and offer refreshments, when appropriate.
- Announce all visitors to correct departments.
- Arrange for taxis when required.
- Supervise the use of the photocopier and be responsible for its operation including liaising with the supplier.
- Manage the visitors’ registration system.
- Process hospitality suite bookings on Rendezvous (the on-line booking system).
- Manage the collection and return of keys for the hospitality suites in accordance with Rendezvous.
- Manage the database of recipients for weekly and fortnightly distribution of The Harrovian as required.
- Receive emails sent to the generic School email address. Monitor and forward the emails to relevant people or departments.