Location:
Barranquilla, CO
Date: 28 Jul 2025
Application closing date:
ROLE SUMMARY:
The British International School, founded in 1981, is a private co-educational school providing an excellent, high quality bilingual curriculum in Pre-School, Primary and Secondary, as well as an optimal learning environment. We promote innovation, creativity, international mindedness and independent critical thinking, encouraging students to explore and learn beyond the classroom. We treat all students with absolute respect and our well-balanced curriculum is based on our house system, fostering healthy competition and a strong sense of belonging from day one.
Our well-balanced and challenging curriculum is grounded in our house system, which fosters healthy competition and a strong sense of belonging. From day one, all students become members of one of four houses: Wellington, Darwin, Shakespeare and Churchill.
As part of our administrative team, we are looking an outstanding and general service assistant to be in post ready for 1ST August 2025.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Execute the preventive and corrective maintenance plan for the school's physical facilities, according to the specifications provided by the department head.
- Conduct regular inspections of all internal and external infrastructure to detect conditions requiring intervention.
- Address the needs of the administrative and teaching staff when corrective maintenance of facilities or equipment is required, with prior approval from the department head.
- Maintain active communication with the Head of Maintenance and General Services.
- Provide logistical support for events or curricular and extracurricular activities scheduled by the school.
- Properly manage the materials, tools, and other maintenance items under your responsibility.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
- High School Diploma: Industrial or academic technical background
- Technical: Mechanical, electrical maintenance, or related fields
- Basic: Software skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google)
- Certificate Working at heights course
- 1 year of experience Maintenance-related positions
SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
Inspired Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.