21 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    27 March 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    6 March 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

Southend Scale 4 (£25,989 FTE)

Additional allowances

Southend Scale 4 (£25,989 FTE)

Caretaker/Lettings Coordinator - Evenings job summary

Evening Caretaker/Lettings Coordinator

Start date: ASAP

Perm / part-time / 52 weeks per year / 23 hours per week

Southend LGPS Scale 4 (£25,989 FTE)

Pro-rated salary £16,155 per annum (based on 23 hours per week)

Shift patterns worked will be between the hours of -

Monday & Friday evenings (17:30 - 21:30)

Tuesday to Thursday evenings (17:30 - 22:30)

Work during day time hours in the school holiday periods and evenings during the weekend will also be considered based on demand.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced individual to join the Chase High School Site Team as an Evening Caretaker/Lettings Coordinator.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the smooth running of the school by supporting evening activities, managing lettings, and assisting with site maintenance.

Post holders will be responsible for front-of-house services within the sports facilities. Duties will include, but are not limited to: receiving and processing lettings, ensuring facilities are safe and ready for hirers, overseeing equipment required for bookings, and managing day-to-day operations during lettings hours.

In addition, they will form part of the wider Caretaking Team, with responsibilities for maintaining a safe, secure, clean, and well-presented environment across the school premises.

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 safer recruitment so all applicants must be prepared to undergo screening to confirm their suitability to work with children.

Closing date for this vacancy: 27 March 2026

Interviews will be held: To be arranged on application

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

Your normal place of work is at Chase High School, however, the Discovery Educational Trust reserves the right to require you to work at any other of its establishments, whether current or future. This may be for a temporary period or on a permanent basis, according to the needs of the employer.

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

Information about the School

Chase High School

  • A place for Ambition, Resilience and Kindness

Chase High School is a vibrant, oversubscribed and inclusive 11-18 school, where every pupil has the foundations laid for a lifelong love of learning. The ambitious and appropriately challenging curriculum, taught by outstanding and highly qualified teachers, underpins our pursuit of excellence in a secure environment where all members of the school's community are treated with respect, tolerance and understanding.

The school is located in Westcliff-on-Sea, near Southend, Essex and welcomes more than 1,000 students aged 11-18 from over 40 countries.

We foster strong links with the local community to create opportunities for our young people to build the strength and depth of character that combines a strong moral purpose with excellent social skills. Our pupils become adults that can go on and make a real difference locally, nationally and globally. ​

We want all pupils to value their personal development as well as pursue academic excellence. We offer a full and comprehensive extra-curricular programme, which includes a variety of educational and recreational trips and visits, as well as extensive opportunities to be involved in community projects and leadership roles within the pupil body. ​

It is an exciting time to join our Chase High School community. The recent £5 million investment in a state-of-the-art humanities building and flood lit multi-surface area, complement our numerous dedicated performance arts suites and 4G sports facilities. We are hugely ambitious for our children, and we welcome applications from passionate teaching and associate/support staff who want to join the Chase High School community to further our success.​

Chase High School is proud to be part of Discovery Educational Trust:

Discovery Educational Trust, formed in 2014, is a successful and established multi-academy trust based in South Essex, comprising just under 4000 pupils and 500 staff, across 5 schools.

Our schools are:

  • Chase High School (Westcliff-on-Sea)
  • St. Martin's School (Brentwood)
  • Hogarth Primary School (Brentwood)
  • Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School (Brentwood)
  • Larchwood Primary School (Brentwood)

We aim for each of our schools to become the school of choice within the community, offering a broad and exciting range of extracurricular activities to enhance the opportunities within their formal curriculum.

Our vision is that strong and effective leadership places our children and young people at the heart of everything we do. We value relationships, which are open and honest, underpinned by kindness, trustworthiness and compassion.

We offer ongoing training and professional development for all staff in a supportive and collaborative environment.

As equal opportunities employer, Discovery Educational Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age; disability; gender re-assignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race (which includes ethnic origin, nationality and ethnic or national origins); religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Discovery Educational Trust.

Discovery Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding our pupils against radicalisation and extremism and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted.  This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references.

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.

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About Chase High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1321 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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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.

School location

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