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 2000 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 personalized 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: Facilities
Start Date: Immediate Start
Reports to: Head of Facilities Job Scope:
The Facilities Officer (Soft Services) will work within and support the Facilities Team in the maintenance of the school. He/She will be the point of contact with third party providers such as cleaners, events, transportation, ASA and canteen. Safeguarding Statement Safeguarding is everybody\xe2\x80\x99s responsibility. All staff working at SISD will have some contact with children and will therefore be in a position of trust. Staff with teaching duties will be responsible for the students that they teach and may also have additional specific pastoral or other responsibilities for other students they do not teach. In addition, all staff will regularly interact with students who may seek assistance or otherwise interact with them whilst moving around the school. In all cases, the post holder\xe2\x80\x99s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the students is to adhere to and always ensure compliance with the school\xe2\x80\x99s safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures to include whistleblowing. The post holder is required to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are \xe2\x80\x9cspent\xe2\x80\x9d) to assess their suitability to work with children. SISD is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post holder must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and provide police clearance checks. Teaching Staff will also be subject to prohibition from teaching and barring checks. Main Duties and Responsibilities This not an exhaustive list of all duties/responsibilities. The responsibilities outlined may be modified by the Head of Facilities, upon mutual agreement, to reflect or anticipate changes in the role,

• 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: Students, Staff, Volunteers, Supply Staff
External: Parents, KHDA, IB, third party providers and stakeholders Position Requirements Education:

• High School Diploma or Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree
• BICS cleaning qualification or equivalent
• Relevant recent professional development that qualifies the candidate for this post

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years experience in facilities management soft services role (essential)
• School/Boarding School based experience (preferred)
• Housekeeping and laundry management experience for hotel services or equivalent (desirable)
• Knowledge of MS Office

Competencies:

• A positive, flexible, \xe2\x80\x98can do\xe2\x80\x99 work ethic.
• A commitment to ensuring high standards of teaching and learning
• Exceptional communication skills and fluent in English
• Strong collaboration skills to foster partnerships with third party providers and colleagues
• 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

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