About SISD The Swiss International Scientific School in Dubai (SISD) is a leading international day and boarding school where future generations are inspired to become confident and enthusiastic lifelong learners, ready to embrace the opportunities and challenges of a global world. Founded in 2015, our school currently welcomes more than 1800 students of more than 90 different nationalities on its cutting-edge campus, in the centre of Dubai. From Pre-KG to Grade 12, SISD follows the full continuum International Baccalaureate (IB) programme in three streams focusing on personalised learning and the development of 21st century skills. Students choose between the English with additional languages/STEAM stream or the bilingual English-French/German streams. We pride ourselves on being a fully accredited IB Continuum World School, offering the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), IB Careers Programme (IB CP) and IB Diploma Programme (DP). Our personalised international curriculum offers an engaging learning experience, the challenge of developing a real understanding of cultural diversity and the support of a thriving international community. Our state of the art, eco-friendly campus adjacent to Dubai creek, ensures that we can offer a wide range of sporting and after school activities tailored to the personal needs and preferences of every student. Job Title: Facilities Officer (Soft Services)
Department: Admin
Start Date: Immediate
Reports to: Head of Facilities Main Duties and Responsibilities The following duties are not shown in order of priority or frequency, nor is the list comprehensive, but rather an indication of the type and level of duties expected of the post. This job description is subject to annual review by the Head of Facilities, in liaison with the post holder to ensure that it is kept up to date and relevant. Any changes in substance or interpretation will be implemented after consultation with the post holder.

• To lead and develop the implementation of a campus cleaning program including day school operations and boarding.
• To conduct and document daily and weekly facilities inspections, communicating findings and developing action plans because of these findings.
• To ensure compliance with health and safety standards and industry codes.
• To lead and manage all services such as cleaning, waste disposal, pest control, and cleaning consumable supply and laundry service.
• To negotiate and compare costs for when obtaining quotes from cleaning consumable and equipment suppliers for goods and services to maximize cost-effectiveness.
• Manage, develop and train cleaning staff, ensuring maximum utilization of the team and regular tracking of performance against targets set.
• To develop and implement cost reduction initiatives.
• To provide regular and relevant feedback to the Head of Facilities to ensure the school leadership team are aware of critical issues immediately and progress against planned activities.
• Coordinate with cleaning supervisor to prepare weekly and monthly reports and PPM plan for cleaning.
• Coordinate with cleaning supervisor to establish and maintain housekeeping schedules and assign employees to areas for various housekeeping duties; conduct comprehensive inspection to check the completion of work assignments.
• Coordinate with boarding house team to establish and maintain housekeeping and laundry schedules and improvements.
• Coordinate to support school events as per the requirement and ensure all setup is completed in timely manager.
• Support security team at drop-off and pick-up time and ensure that visitor policy is always implemented.
• Oversee transport team at drop-off and pick-up time and report any incidents and improvements to Head of facilities.
• Conduct kitchen weekly/monthly inspection to ensure correct DM compliance are followed.
• To carry out general soft services administration works.
• Conduct daily walks to oversee ASA activities and liaise with ASA providers on areas of improvement

Key Relationships Internal: SISD team, School Management, Teachers, Students
External: Parents, Guests, Partners, Suppliers, Volunteers, KHDA, IB Position Requirements Education:

• High School diploma.
• BICS cleaning qualification or equivalent.
• Housekeeping for hotel services or equivalent.
• Relevant courses will be an advantage.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in facilities management soft services role essential.
• School based experience preferred.
• Hotel housekeeping experience preferred.
• Laundry management experience preferred.

Competencies:

• A positive, flexible, \xe2\x80\x98can do\xe2\x80\x99 work ethic.
• Fluent English speaker, knowledge of Hindi and/or Arabic an advantage.
• Knowledge of MS Office.
• Exceptional communication and organisational skills
• Strong collaboration skills to foster partnerships with all staff
• Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Calm and approachable manner
• Empathetic to the needs of all staff
• Excellent standards of personal presentation.
• Enjoyment of working in a positive, collaborative team environment with the values of honesty, integrity and mutual support at the core.
• An enthusiasm for engaging with diverse cultures tempered only with high levels of patience and adaptability
• Inter-culturally aware with well-developed interpersonal skills
• A sense of humour

Salary & Benefits: Competitive remuneration and benefits
Contract: Fixed Term contract Application Candidates are requested to submit ALL of the following documents: