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Caretaker (Site Technician)

Pine Green Academy, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 0UB

This job expired on 10 February 2025 – see similar jobs

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
29 January 2025

Job details

Job role: Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, full time, all year
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £25,183 - £26,409 FTE
Pay scale: Grade 5 - SCP 16 - SCP 20

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you a dedicated and practical individual with a passion for maintaining safe and welcoming environments? Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

We are looking for a hardworking and reliable Caretaker (Site Technician) to join our team. You will play a crucial role in ensuring our academy’s buildings and grounds are maintained to the highest standard, creating a safe and positive space for our students and staff.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide efficient and effective caretaking support to the school.
Maintain the security and safety of all buildings and surrounding areas.
Ensure the general appearance of the premises meets high standards.
Monitor and operate heating, lightening and alarm systems to maintain optimum efficiency.
Carry out routine maintenance tasks, repairs, and inspection.

What the school offers its staff

Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
Free Eye Tests
Cycle to work scheme

Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.

We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.

Flexible working opportunities

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.

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Pine Green Academy - G5 Caretaker - Job Advert - January 2025.docx - 202 KB (opens in new tab)

G5 Caretaker (Site Technician) - JD.pdf - 499 KB (opens in new tab)

About Pine Green Academy

School type: Academy, ages 7 to 16
School size: 116 pupils enrolled
Age range: 7 to 16
Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
School website: Pine Green Academy website (opens in new tab)
Email address: jayne.clarence@shaw-education.org.uk
See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pine-green-academy (opens in new tab)

The School, formerly known as Valley Park School, offers specialist provision for children and young people aged 6 to 16 with social, emotional and mental health needs.

Situated within a unique and engaging urban forest campus, they are able to offer a comprehensive package of both academic and pastoral support to meet the complex needs of young people who have SEMH needs.

The school motto, ‘Believe, Achieve, Succeed’, is not merely a slogan but a guiding principle for whole school improvement, in which a culture of aspiration, achievement and personal growth is developed.