Assistant Caretaker
Solent Junior School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 1HJ15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Monday 17th February 2025 or sooner if possible
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,737.00 - £23,130.00 Annually (FTE) 25 hours per week, (1pm to 6pm) 52 weeks a year. Permanent, part time. Pro rata
Assistant Caretaker job summary
Job details: Assistant Caretaker
Salary : Band 3 (£22,737 - £23,130 FTE) 25 hours per week, (1pm to 6pm) 52 weeks a year
Contract : Permanent, Part time
Closing Date: Midday on Monday 6th January 2025
Interview Date(s): Wednesday 15th January 2025
Job Start Date: Monday 17th February 2025 (or sooner by agreement)
We are looking for a well organised, self-motivated person with a range of practical skills to join our friendly and approachable staff teams. Both experienced and new to role would be welcome to apply given relevant skills. The Assistant Caretaker will report directly to the Site Manager and as well as undertaking general maintenance, will assist in the day to day operational management, safety and security of the school site. Although you will be based at Solent Junior School, there may also be the need to work across both the school sites, with Solent Infant School.
The applicant would need to be practically minded and able to apply their skills to any areas required of a site team. The applicant would also be required to undertake the occasional minibus driving duty transporting children to and from events. Experience of this is desirable although MIDAS training can be given. There may also be the need to be flexible to meet the needs of the school and support out of school events.
You will be based predominantly at Solent Junior School. However, as you will be appointed to The De Curci Trust, you may be required to work in any of The De Curci Trust’s academies or in any of the schools/academies that the Trust is supporting as reasonably directed by the CEO. The ability to travel independently between DCT academies/schools is therefore essential.
Visits to our school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office by email recruit@thesolentschools.org to arrange a tour. If there are any specific questions about the role, please indicate these in your email and someone will contact you. Please note all applications must be submitted by the specified deadline date and time.
The De Curci Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Completed application forms will be passed to the recruitment panel for shortlisting and will be reviewed against the person specification detailed in the advert. Applications will be assessed upon receipt and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. An early application is therefore strongly advised.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Solent Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 362 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Solent Junior School website (opens in new tab)
Solent Junior School is a thriving, oversubscribed three form entry Junior school. It is situated in Drayton on the Northern boundary between the city of Portsmouth and Hampshire. The school is one of three main feeder schools for Springfield Secondary School. In April 2017, Solent Junior School converted into an academy and is now proud to be part of The De Curci Trust. The De Curci Trust is a small, recently established Multi Academy Trust, comprising just three schools; Solent Infant School, Solent Junior School and Springfield Secondary School.
Solent Junior School is well known amongst our community for being a bright, warm and happy school with a keen focus upon the good mental health of both our pupils and staff. Visitors to the school frequently comment upon how the ethos and values permeate throughout all that we do. Our pupils are extremely enthusiastic learners, a result of the unfaltering focus on developing the whole child through an enriched and rewarding curriculum. The school offers a truly inclusive education, focusing on individual achievement, celebrating successes that are entirely relevant to the special journey of each of our magical pupils.
The school has been through some challenging, yet exciting changes over the past few years. Leadership structure, in turn, has changed significantly to reflect the current educational landscape. This has ensured that we continue to provide our pupils with the best possible education and care. Despite still legally being defined as two separate schools, with two separate DfE numbers, Solent Infant and Junior Schools now work extremely closely together as The Solent Schools with one shared Local Governing Body. Those that are new to the school often mistake us for a through primary school. The Schools have a number of shared staff including The Executive Headteacher, Site, Administrative and Network Managers. Feedback has told us that this shared working offers our pupils and their families a truly consistent, cohesive and highly effective approach from the moment they arrive in Year R to the day they leave Year 6. Our staff wellbeing surveys tell us that Solent is a lovely, caring and supportive place to learn and work where staff and pupil wellbeing is given a high priority.
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