Caretaker & Evenings Lettings Co-ordinator

Chase High School, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RT

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2026

• Closing date

  7 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 August 2026

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: £16,155.00 - £16,412.00 Annually (Actual) Southend LGPS Scale 4 Point 6-7

Caretaker & Evenings Lettings Co-ordinator job summary

Evening Caretaker / Lettings Coordinator

Location: Chase High School
Contract Type: Permanent / 52 weeks per year / 23 hours per week

Start Date October 2026
Salary: £16,155 - £16,412 per annum (Scale 4, Point 6-7, pro rata)

Chase High School is seeking a reliable, enthusiastic and proactive Evening Caretaker / Lettings Coordinator to join our dedicated Site Team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys a varied role and takes pride in providing a safe, welcoming and well-maintained environment for students, staff and community users. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting our evening lettings programme, ensuring facilities are prepared for external hirers and helping to maintain the school site to a high standard

Key Responsibilities

• Managing evening lettings and providing a professional front-of-house service. Welcoming and assisting hirers using the school's sports facilities.
• Preparing facilities and equipment for bookings.
• Ensuring buildings are secure, safe and ready for use.
• Supporting the day-to-day operation of the school's lettings programme.
• Assisting with general caretaking duties across the wider school site.
• Helping to maintain a clean, safe and well-presented environment for all users.

• What We’re Looking For

• Has excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Is organised, dependable and able to work independently.
• Can demonstrate a practical approach to site management and maintenance.
• Takes pride in maintaining high standards.
• Is flexible and willing to support occasional additional hours when required.
• Shares our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Experience in caretaking, facilities management, site maintenance or lettings coordination would be advantageous, although training will be provided for the right candidate.

Chase High School is a mixed, mainstream secondary school located in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. It educates more than 1,300 pupils aged 11-18 from over 40 countries.

Chase High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service as well as other checks aligned with the Safer Recruitment process.

Chase High School is an academy that forms part of the Discovery Educational Trust.

Trust benefits:

Focus on continuing professional development, Pension Scheme, Bike2Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme via MediCash, Access to staff discounts and Mental First Aiders

Closing date: Monday 7th September 2026

Interviews date: w/c 14th September 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon appointment of a successful applicant.

For further information on this advert, please contact michelle.girvan@chasehigh.org

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About Chase High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1293 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Chase High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chase-high-school-westcliff-on-sea

An 11-18 Academy which strives to ensure all children are helped to aspire, receive outstanding care, and aim for excellence in all they do.

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