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Special School

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Co-Educational

Catholic

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Yes

An internal panel of suitable applicants may be set up to fill vacancies which may occur within a specific time period (four months for teacher posts and the duration of the school year for SNA posts) from the date on which the Board approves the successful candidate.

Reports to: school principal
Contract: Fulltime- initially fixed term
Hours of work: 39 hours per week: 8. 00am-1pm & 2pm- 5pm.
Summary
Holy Family School for the Deaf is based in four buildings across two campuses. The successful candidate will work in partnership with a second school caretaker. Caretaking staff play a vital role by providing a physical environment that is warm, safe and clean and is conducive to learning and creative expression. This in turn provides a nurturing learning environment for our students.
Duties and responsibilities
- operation and maintenance of electrical, plumbing and security systems.
- monitoring efficiency of heating system and esb meters.
- maintenance and repair of furniture, windows, fixtures and fittings.
- upkeep and renewal of paintwork.
- general tidiness of school, disposal of rubbish, grass cutting.
- general cleaning and upkeep of school, organising of school cleaners.
- opening and closing of the school/general security related duties.
- first key holder, attending to alarm call outs.
- making the school safe, particularly during bad weather conditions.
- health and safety responsibilities.
- parking and traffic management.
- strict compliance with school child protection policy.
- NB other related duties will include driving the school mini bus

Experience and skills required
The ideal candidate will have several years’ general maintenance experience and will be a qualified craft worker or technician with a qualification in building maintenance and/or maintenance management systems. They will also have experience of supervising staff.
Candidates must hold a DI Driving licence
This is a hands-on role and the candidate must be able to demonstrate both a thorough knowledge of building maintenance disciplines and practical application of such knowledge to a high standard. The successful candidate will hold a certificate in successful completion of manual handling training.
Person specification
This role is one of trust and responsibility requiring the successful candidate to be technically competent, hardworking, practical and create well developed maintenance systems. The person will be an experienced craft person/technician who has held a position of responsibility and is committed to maintaining the highest of standards. They must be capable of working on their own initiative.
The successful candidate must be a good communicator with adults and children, professionally confidential and must understand how their role is crucial to providing a physical environment that nurtures and encourages student learning. Competence in Irish Sign Language, ISL will be considered an advantage. The role requires the individual to be flexible relating to their hours of work. They may be required to work outside normal school hours to safely provide maintenance and to make facilities available. This flexibility relating to hours of work is a core responsibility of the position.
The position is subject garda vetting.