• Maintain an oversight of all major services and supplies to the school, and carry out periodic reviews that should include consideration for outsourcing arrangements. • Oversee the necessary out of hours cover to ensure that the school is able to operate with the minimum disruption, responding as appropriate to emergency situations during and/or outside of normal working hours; co-ordinating the response to emergency call-outs using direct works, trades or contractors as appropriate. • Implement site security solutions; covering building access restrictions, CCTV coverage, and barriers around the site. • The Management of the Health and Safety Policy and Training to ensure the school complies with all current legislation in relation to site safety, facilities management, and maintenance. • Responsible for ensuring that there is an up-to-date recovery and continuity plan (including an emergency management plan) in place. • Monitoring the school’s energy use, management and conservation; investigating and implementing means of improving energy efficiency. • Supervision of the maintenance and safe use of the minibuses. Health & Safety • Be responsible for the management of Health & Safety within the school. • Act as the school’s Health & Safety Coordinator, formulating, monitoring and implementing the Health & Safety policies to comply with all relevant legislation. • Work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) at the school and keep up-to-date with any issues, concerns, or changes in policy, which may relate to the responsibilities of the COO. • Conduct investigations for all RIDDOR related accidents and incidents. Management of Support Staff • Manage the work of the school’s support staff and ensure that efficient systems are in place for the effective operation of the site. • Lead and support the professional development of the support and administrative staff. • Undertake the recruitment and selection of support staff, in accordance with the school’s policies and procedures. • Play a key role within the SLT for the support staff structure and the performance management of all support staff.
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