Assistant Caretaker
St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7SXDeadline is tomorrow
Closing date
1 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
30 September 2025
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
- £4,046.00 - £4,174.00 Annually (Actual) OLOL Band 2, Scale Points 3-5
Assistant Caretaker job summary
Your mission as site manager:
You’ll be at the heart of maintaining and improving our school’s facilities, ensuring they’re safe, secure, and always at their best. Key responsibilities include:
- Leadership & collaboration: Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to manage school access, support lunchtime logistics, and oversee the cleaning team.
- Problem-solving & maintenance: Take ownership of repairs, contractor management, and compliance tasks, always with an eye on health and safety.
- Facilities management: Keep systems like alarms, lighting, and heating running smoothly, while ensuring our site is pristine and welcoming.
- Development & growth: Learn new skills, share your knowledge, and help us achieve excellence in everything we do.
This part-time role offers variety, responsibility, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact. The position is for 7 hours per week, every Friday through term time.
The hours are as follows:
- 11.30 am until 7.00 pm for Caretaker duties; and then secure premises.
A job share would be considered.
Why St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy?
Our school is located in the Historic City of Lincoln, and is part of the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, a network of 36 schools committed to excellence in education. While our Catholic ethos guides us, we warmly welcome individuals of all faiths or none to join our inclusive community.
What’s in it for you?
- A competitive salary: £4,046 - 4,174 per annum (OLOL Band 2, NJC Points 3-5).
- Fantastic benefits:
- Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions over 20%.
- Access to top-tier CPD opportunities tailored to your development.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing emotional, financial, and legal support for you and your family.
- Exclusive perks: From staff discounts to a Cycle-to-Work scheme, we’ve got you covered!
- A welcoming community: Work with enthusiastic students, supportive colleagues, and a leadership team that values your expertise.
- Great holiday entitlement: 26 days per year, plus bank holidays.
Closing Date: Monday 1 December 2025 at 09:00am
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
You do not need to be a Catholic to work for out Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 606 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy website
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