Caretaker/Maintenance Operative

Kingfisher Schools Trust, Norwich, NR14 6JD

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  February 2026

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,254.00 - £29,540.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 4, Point 9-12

Caretaker/Maintenance Operative job summary

Kingfisher Schools Trust provides direction, support and challenge to seven schools in Suffolk and Norfolk. Our mission is to provide exceptional education for our pupils. We are committed to helping our entire community, especially the young people in our care, to flourish. Our work is focused on creating ‘life choices’ for young people rather than ‘life chances’. To find out more about us, visit our website.

We are looking for a committed, friendly and reliable Caretaker/Maintenance Operative to work across multiple sites. The working week will normally be split between three schools; Roman Hill Primary School (Lowestoft), Northgate Primary School (Great Yarmouth) and Southtown Primary School (Great Yarmouth) with occasional travel to other trust sites as necessary. Reimbursement will be made to cover reasonable travel expenses.

The postholder will be flexible and have the ability to travel between our schools as required, to ensure that school premises and contents are properly compliant, maintained, secured and ready for use. This will be a full-time post, 52 weeks per year with generous holiday entitlement.

Our ideal applicant will: 

• Have site maintenance experience and undertake tasks to a high standard

  Enjoy working independently and as part of a team

• Be honest and trustworthy 

• Be reliable, adaptable, efficient and a good timekeeper

• Communicate effectively and be able to form positive relationships

  Understand the importance of safeguarding children and young people

We offer: 

• Welcoming and supportive staff teams

• A pleasant working environment

  Commitment to Valuing People

Kingfisher Schools Trust offers a wide range of benefits, including:

• Excellent opportunities for development

• Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College

• Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution

• Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice

• Shopping and leisure discounts

• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme

• Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.

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.

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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 Kingfisher Schools Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Kingfisher Schools Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/waveney-valley-academies-trust

Kingfisher is a new trust providing direction, support and challenge to schools in the East of England. We have a mission to provide exceptional education for our pupils

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