Purpose of Post.
Support the Council's Secondary Schools to solve problems with their buildings, assist in drawing up work programs and commission work to improve the condition of our Secondary Schools in accordance with the available budgets.
Set up targets and draw up systems to monitor spending and the progress of the programmes, and report on that regularly to Senior Officers and Headteachers of Secondary Schools.
Act as a link between the Secondary Schools, the Department of Education and Specialist Technical Officers.
Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the centre of everything we do.
Responsibility for Resources. e.g. staff, finance, equipment
Measuring equipment, camera, mobile phone, monitoring expenditure.
Main Duties 
Act as a point of contact for Secondary Schools in relation to Property matters.
Act as a Building Champion for the County's Secondary Schools by advising on plans that are funded by the Site Managers, assisting and advising on Health and Safety reports, dealing with applications for permission to carry out work (C1+C2) from the Site Managers and dealing with complex maintenance demands and requests.
Commissioning condition surveys on Secondary Schools.
Draw up a medium/long term vision and program for improvements and modifications to the secondary schools together with the site manager, management team and governors of each school.
Assist the Maintenance and Compliance Manager to draw up a work program to deal with the maintenance backlog, taking into account the requirements and priorities of the Education Department.
Draw up a program together with the Headteachers to run alongside the programmed work to prevent growth in backlog maintenance and to introduce improvements at the request of the Headteachers and Officers of the Education Department.
Communicate the content of the programs with the Headteachers on a regular basis.
Coordinating the programmes communicating their content and updates with the Secondary Schools.
Undertake Property and compliance inspections on Secondary Schools, and update the Council's asset management system (Civica/ TF )
Collaborate with Officers from the Property Compliance Unit to interweave work arising from the property and compliance inspections.
Collaborate with specialist technical officers in the Maintenance Unit with regards specialist work.
Collaborate with the Officers of the Energy Conservation Unit to interweave work arising from its work programme.
Collaborate with Development Unit Officers to co-ordinate any development work taking place.
Draw up briefs to undertake the work included in the work Programme.
Commission internal / external consultants to design significant maintenance projects.
Establish a system to monitor progress of the work on a financial basis and in terms of work completed.
Prepare progress reports for Senior Officers within the Housing and Property and Education Department, as well as Headteachers of the schools.
Prepare / Commission feasibility reports on possible options to deal with maintenance issues in the Secondary Schools.
Record and organise requests for work on the Secondary Schools and inform the Headteachers of the progress of the requests.
Assist in dealing with requests for work arising from recurring servicing reports.
Advising School Heads about what to do when there are problems with the school buildings.
Interpret information and decide on the best course of action.
Commissioning contractors following the Council's guidelines in terms of commissioning and managing contractors.
Collect and record feedback from contractors and Secondary School Headteachers.
Ensuring that quality is a core part of every stage of the work.
Take ownership of work applications from start to finish.
Process invoices from contractors and follow the Council's financial operating processes.
Operate in a safe way and in accordance with health and safety regulations, Council policies and risk management plans.
Visiting Secondary School sites to inspect buildings and determine the best way to respond to problems, negotiating solutions with, and on behalf of, the schools.
Inspect work to ensure it meets standards, in accordance with health and safety regulations, and tender agreements, ensuring value for money.
Prepare work specifications, designs and appoint contractors and or consultants, in accordance with the Council's procurement regulations.
Lead, manage or coordinate building projects on secondary school sites, whether maintenance, adaptation, energy or security projects.
Commissioning consultants to add value when necessary. Analyse the consultants' recommendations, draw conclusions and act appropriately.
Dealing with applications for maintenance work which involves the disposal or handling of asbestos.
Responsibility for self development.
Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
Acting within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
Responsibility for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management standards and guidelines. Ensure that personal information is handled in compliance with Data Protection legislation.
Ensure a commitment to reduce the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan and encourage others to take positive action towards reducing the Council's carbon footprint.
Responsibility to report concerns or suspicions that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
The list of duties above is only an outline. The post holder is expected to act on any other duties relevant to the nature and scale of the post in accordance with reasonable requests from the Line Manager.
Special Circumstances. e.g. the need to work unsociable hours, special working arrangements etc.
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