Health and Safety Officer - Al Qurm Charter School - Immediate Start

Role Overview

Health and Safety Officer at Al Qurm Charter School, part of ALDAR EDUCATION, with immediate start.

Company Overview

Al Qurm Charter School (AQS) follows the US Curriculum and serves over 600 students from KG1 to Grade 5. The school is a collaborative, student-centered institution that develops staff, develops stakeholder voice, and demonstrates a change agent attitude. The school's core values are Respect, Collaboration, Passion, Integrity, and Excellence, with the ethos "Aspire, Believe, Achieve." This role joins the highly successful Aldar family of schools in Abu Dhabi's leading school group.

Role Purpose

Deliver facilities and general services across the school, maintaining a positive service culture and ensuring efficient, effective staff and resource deployment. Ensure school facilities are maintained to the highest standards of cleanliness, maintenance, and safety, and that support service teams perform effectively and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

General Operations

• Ensure all repairs and maintenance at the school, including inspection of required repairs and appointment of external service providers in line with Aldar Education HQ guidance and Aldar Education Procurement framework.
• Ensure agreed works by staff or contractors have been completed satisfactorily and follow up on any deficiencies to the initial scope of works.
• Ensure the security and efficient operation of the school site, buildings, and grounds at all times in accordance with current Health & Safety guidance.
• Ensure daily checks of the site are carried out by the site services team for vandalism and that cleaning standards are acceptable.
• Implement issued policies, systems, processes, and student safeguarding measures in conjunction with Aldar Education HQ.
• Ensure school-based events and activities are effectively planned and resourced in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Ensure essential central services such as catering, security, maintenance, cleaning, transport, waste disposal, and recycling are effectively planned and resourced throughout the year.
• Be the point of contact for external services management.
• Support the Operations and Site Manager (OSM) in utilization of space and resources for buildings or reorganization of current premises.
• Ensure daily monitoring of the BMS and BMS alert systems (where installed) are carried out amongst the site services team.
• Support the OSM and Group Housing Manager in procuring and maintaining Aldar Education standards of staff accommodation (where required).
• Act as the designated school Incident Commander and be contactable outside of normal school hours, available to attend site when required in line with Aldar Education Critical Incident Response Protocols.

Leadership & Management

• Ensure external support service teams are performing in line with school expectations, fully resourced, and delivering on their contractual obligations.
• Deliver best value for the school and high standards of service for the school community.
• Manage the Facilities & General Services teams to ensure high standards of service are maintained throughout the school.
• Ensure teams provide an effective service culture.
• Ensure each member of the Facilities & General Services team partakes in professional development, appraisal, and training.
• Support individual development plans to help the school build a high-performance team.

Finance, Commercial & Procurement

• Oversee relevant budgets and expenditure.
• Effectively manage costs and ensure the school receives best value and service at all times in relation to facilities and building standards.
• Support opportunities for shared resource, cost, and/or services across partner schools.
• Ensure that schools benefit from improved access to service teams and physical resources (e.g., support staff, transport).
• Ensure purchasing policy and the Delegation of Authority (DOA) processes and procedures are followed at all times.
• Oversee efficient and cost-effective purchasing and contracting in accordance with the school budget, Aldar Education policy, and school development plans.

Relationship & Stakeholder Management

• Ensure that schools are fully compliant with local government authority regulations to safeguard against fines as a result of non-renewal of contracts at school level.
• Ensure all internal and external audit actions are completed in a timely and appropriate manner.

Health, Safety & Environment

• Promote a positive and proactive health and safety culture throughout teams.
• Ensure the school complies with current Health & Safety legislation and/or guidelines as issued by Aldar Education HQ.
• Review and monitor the health and safety performance of contractors and suppliers within the school.
• Support the OSM with environmental-related aims and objectives and ensure they are delivered within the required timelines.
• Ensure all internal and external health, safety, and environmental-related audits are effectively completed in a timely and appropriate manner.

Accommodation & Resources

• Oversee the school accommodation requirements, ensuring staff are housed in accordance with school expectations, Aldar Education housing policy, and allowances.