We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, proactive, skilled and reliable individual to take on the role of Caretaker at Saxon Primary School. We believe this is a great opportunity for an individual with proven building and maintenance experience, ideally within a school environment to join our friendly, inclusive and aspirational team of teaching and support staff.
This is a residential appointment, which comes with a house and private garden.
The successful candidate will provide a security and caretaking service to the school and manage a high level of maintenance of the school buildings, swimming pool and grounds. They will work with external contractors for both emergency and routine matters and facilitate the estates management of the school and external events/lettings. They will work closely with the Estates Manager to ensure cost effective use of materials and equipment, carry out risk assessments, maintain maintenance schedules and monitor performance of outside contractors.
It is essential the successful candidate can organise their own workload and effectively prioritise tasks whilst having a flexible approach to their work. They must enjoy working as part of a team, be adaptable and supportive of colleagues. They must be able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
Saxon is part of the Lumen Learning Trust. For more information about the school or the Lumen Learning Trust itself, please look at our website. Visits to the school pre-application are recommended and warmly welcomed. Visits can be arranged by contacting the School Office. Please see attached advert for more details.
Start Date: As soon as possible
Hours: 40 hours per week, 52 weeks a year
6:45am to 9:30am, 12pm to 1:30pm and 3pm to 6:30pm Monday to Friday
During term time, 1.25 hours to be worked on Saturday morning for a pool let. During the school holidays this 1.25hrs will be worked during the week as required.
Salary: PS5 £25,825 - £28,315 per annum, depending on experience
Residence: There is a 3 bedroom house on site. In order to perform this role it is necessary for the Caretaker to reside in the accommodation provided. An occupation charge of 10% will be deducted from your salary each month.
Benefits:
- Highly competitive defined benefit local government pension scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Family friendly policies
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Lifestyle and retail discounts
- Training and development opportunities
Closing date: 9am Monday 10th October 2022
Interviews: Friday 14th October 2022
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. You are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings which are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out*), as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended). You are also required to disclose any pending criminal proceedings against you or current police investigations, including those relating to other employment or matters outside work. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from taking up appointment; it will depend on the nature of the offence(s) and their relevance to the post you are applying for. However, should you not declare any of the above and this is subsequently revealed, for example through the DBS check, then this may place your employment in jeopardy. Any information given will be treated in the strictest confidence and with due regard to the ROA and data protection legislation.
Lumen Learning Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To achieve this, we will ensure continuous improvement and development of robust Safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of Safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references, it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Please note that under safer recruitment practices Lumen Learning Trust cannot accept CVs or letters in place of completed application forms.
We welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.