Health and Safety Officer - Al Qurm Charter School - Immediate Start
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About the Role
Aldar Education seeks a Health and Safety Officer for Al Qurm Charter School to oversee facilities, general services, and health & safety compliance. The role involves managing maintenance, security, catering, and support teams to ensure a safe and efficient school environment.
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Responsibilities
- Ensure school facilities are maintained to highest standards of cleanliness, maintenance, and safety
- Oversee security, catering, cleaning, transport, and waste disposal services
- Manage budgets and procurement in line with school policy
- Act as designated Incident Commander and be contactable outside school hours
Requirements
- Experience in facilities management or similar operational leadership role
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation and guidelines
- Strong organizational and leadership skills
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Job Description
- AQS follows the US Curriculum and is a large and thriving Charter School, with over 600 students from KG1 to Grade 5.
- The successful candidate will be closely aligned with our core values: Respect, Collaboration, Passion, Integrity and Excellence and our ethos, 'Aspire, Believe, Achieve'.
Main Duties
- To be responsible for the delivery of facilities and general services across the School.
- To ensure the school facilities are maintained to the highest standards (cleanliness, maintenance and safety).
- To oversee the school accommodation requirements.
- To oversee efficient and cost effective purchasing and contracting.
Specific Duties General Operations
- Ensure all repairs and maintenance at the School are completed satisfactorily.
- Ensure the security and efficient operation of the school site, buildings and grounds.
- Implementation of issued policies, systems, processes and student safeguarding measures.
- Ensure school based events and activities are effectively planned and resourced.
- Ensure essential central services such as catering, security, maintenance, cleaning, transport, waste disposal and recycling are effectively planned.
- Support the OSM in utilisation of space and resources for buildings.
- Ensure daily monitoring of the BMS and BMS alert systems.
- Support the OSM in procuring and maintaining staff accommodation.
- Act as the designated school Incident Commander and be contactable outside of normal School hours.
Leadership & Management
- Ensure external support service teams are performing in line with school expectations.
- Manage the facilities and general service teams to ensure high standards of service.
- Ensure each member of the Facilities & General Services team partakes in professional development, appraisal and training.
Finance, Commercial & Procurement
- Oversee relevant budgets and expenditure, effectively manage costs.
- Support opportunities for shared resource, cost and/or services across partner schools.
- Ensure purchasing policy and the Delegation of Authority processes are followed.
Relationship & Stakeholder Management
- Ensure schools are fully compliant with local government authority regulations.
- Ensure all internal and external audit actions are completed in a timely manner.
Health, Safety & Environment
- Promote a positive and proactive health and safety culture.
- Ensure the school complies with current Health & Safety legislation.
- Review and monitor the health and safety performance of contractors and suppliers.
- Support the OSM with environmental related aims and objectives.
- Ensure all internal and external health, safety and environmental related audits are effectively completed.
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