Caretaker - Site staff
Stockham Primary School, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9HLDeadline is today
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
31 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 22.5 hours week (split shift 7:00-9:20 & 2:30-5:30 Mon to Fri) Term Time plus 2 weeks Open to exploring options ie; times and responsibilities etc. If you have something to offer and interested in site team perhaps handy person etc, get in touch to discuss further. Variations with as much or as little might be available for the right applicant. Flexibility with hours, times and weeks per year may be possible for the successful applicant.
Contract type
- Permanent
Hourly rate
- Hourly rate £13.47- £14.60
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for someone to have a deep sense of pride in our site to ensure H&S, compliance, cleanliness and general upkeep is of a high standard.
The role will cover a wide range of tasks and will interact with many different people, so good organizational and interpersonal skills will be required.
The successful applicant will work both independently and as part of the team and will on occasion work closely with contractors.
They will help manage the site to ensure full compliance with H&S statutory regulations.
Tasks will include Water, Fire & Electrical testing, Asbestos management, Utility management and general upkeep of grounds and building.
They will be keyholders and responsible for unlocking and securing premises with alarms. In the event of an activation, they will be a point of contact with the alarm companies.
The role will include premises related administration, coordinating contractors and ensuring effective calendar management and scheduling. Accurate electronic records must be kept and shared appropriately and so proven use of MS Office, including Excel is desired.
Applicants will need to have a good basic level of DIY skills to help with the minor repairs and maintenance around the school.
Please note this role will have an element of physical activity and is likely to include lifting and working at height.
What the school offers its staff
We are a warm, child-centered environment
Pension
Flexible working
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to mdoyle@stockham.oxon.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Stockham Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 213 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Stockham Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- mdoyle@stockham.oxon.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01235 764407
About Stockham Primary School
This is a wonderful opportunity to join an aspirational and inclusive
school, with strong roots embedded in its local community. Stockham
is a school set in the rapidly expanding town of Wantage in South
Oxfordshire, and is committed to providing its life-long learners with
confidence, ambition and independence. At the heart of its ethos, the
school proactively maintains a warmth for the individual child and their
family.
Our aim, and school motto, reflects the spirit of the nearby nesting red
kites, often seen gliding above the playing field. Every child is given
the tools and opportunities to ‘Soar High’, inclusive of all starting points
and the school strives to ensure all children have the skills to be the
best they can be. The school culture reflects exceptionally positive
attitudes for learning, for community and for life.
School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
Education phase : Primary
School size: 211 pupils enrolled
Age range: 4 to 11
School website: http://www.stockham.oxon.sch.uk/web/
Arranging a visit to Stockham Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mdoyle@stockham.oxon.sch.uk.
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