The Greek School of Cambridge is seeking to appoint a part-time site officer to assist with the running of the school on Saturdays.
Applications should be sent electronically to secretary@cambridgegreekschool.org.uk.
Essential Requirements
The appointed person
- should be able to communicate both in Greek and in English. He/she is required to arrive at the school half an hour before the beginning of the lessons that is at 8:30am, on Saturday and remain at the school premises until 5.30pm.
- needs to be cleared with DBS; he/she may have to look after kids if necessary as instructed by a teacher
- is expected to start as soon as possible.
Desirable but not essential if the appointed person could help with minor repairs or problems that may occur during the day on a Saturday
Job Description
Saturday early morning
Classrooms
- Start half hour earlier than school beginning time (8:30am), unlock school and classrooms make sure that tables, chairs and everything else is in place as expected for the classes to run and then put them back in place. Open windows if necessary.
- Make sure that tables, chairs and everything else is in place as expected for the classes to run and then put them back in place
- Check heating and put it on/off as necessary
Office
- Turn on photocopier/printer, while make sure that printer and copier have enough supply of paper
- Photocopy for teachers if required (teachers leave necessary photocopy work at least a week earlier)
- If necessary, change cartridges to the copier; inform supply officer when cartridges need to be ordered; change printer drum as required; inform supply officer when drum/paper needs to be ordered
Toilets
- Check toilets that are clean and in good state/ stool for young children available and correct if not.
- Check that there is supply of toilet paper and hand towels in the toilet. Let the supply officer know if the stock of these is getting low
Saturday during the day
Regular Tasks
- Register visitors with the registration book
- Facilitate parents’ requests and act according to the policies of the school. Help children following the directions of the teachers
- Print and put up ads/documents on the notice board according to requests by the committee. Take the board to the car park in the morning and bring it in before the end of the shift
- Ask parents to sign the rota as required
- Be alert of any issues or problems that may arise during the day and inform the appointed contact member of the Committee
Occasional tasks: Celebrations
- Help with the decorations and other stuff as required and instructed by the teachers and committee members
Security
- Be familiar with the location of different files in the office so that you can respond to requests in case of inspection
- Be familiar with the policies of the school and especially with the fire safety policies. Organise fire drills once a term and inform teachers in agreement with the Fire Officer. To assist with the fire drills the Fire Officer.