Caretaker

The Misbourne School, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 0BN

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Required ASAP!!!

• Closing date

  16 August 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,879.00 - £29,295.00 Annually (Actual) Salary Range: Bucks Pay Range 2 - 3, Actual salary range £24,879 - £29,295 - Salary is negotiable for the right person

Caretaker job summary

Full-Time: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Part time job share will be considered

Salary Range: Bucks Pay Range 2 - 3, Actual salary range £24,879 - £29,295

(Salary is negotiable for the right person)

CORE HOURS: 6:30am - 2:30pm Mon - Thurs & 6:30am - 2:00pm Fri(including 30 minutes unpaid lunch daily)

Required ASAP

The Misbourne is seeking a caretaker to join our premises team. We are looking for an excellent team player who is motivated and reliable; someone with a trade background would be ideal, or someone who is competent in general maintenance. The site is busy, so you will need to be well organised and possess a calm and positive manner. The role has lots of varied responsibilities so you should be flexible and comfortable with every day being different. We aim to recruit the right person for the role and are willing to invest in training and development for the right candidate.

Are you:

• able to provide the efficient and effective day-to-day running, presentation and management of the School site, ensuring a warm, clean, safe and secure environment for all stakeholders?

• dynamic and well organised, with a good attention to detail?

• competent in basic DIY skills and able to carry out school maintenance and repairs?

• flexible, reliable and good with problem solving?

• confident in communicating with contractors and school staff?

• able to follow Health and Safety policies relevant to the post including those relating to manual handling, working at height, COSHH and fire safety?

You will be part of a dynamic maintenance team, who work together in maintaining and improving the site to ensure it is a safe environment to work and learn. You will be given key-holding responsibilities and be expected to undertake minor repairs and help around the school site as directed by the Estates Manager.

The Misbourne is an 11-18 Academy in the picturesque village of Great Missenden in the heart of the Chilterns. We have nearly 1100 students on roll, including a successful and growing Sixth Form. Our staff tell us they genuinely feel like part of a team; a team who are striving to help each student flourish both academically and personally. Excerpts from our pleasing 2022 Ofsted inspection include:

• Students told inspectors that the clear and fair behaviour system helps them to behave well

• Relationships between staff and students are strong

• Students’ conduct around the school is orderly and calm

• Pastoral care puts the child at the heart of everything the school does

We can offer you:

• An experienced, friendly, and collaborative team of staff

• An academy that puts wellbeing at the top of our priorities

• Free access to our own fully-fitted gym (subject to opening hours)

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Free on-site parking

• Career Development Bursary Scheme.

We would be delighted to invite prospective applicants to visit our school and experience first-hand what makes us a great place to work.

The Misbourne reserves the right to close and shortlist early, therefore early applications are encouraged. Please note all shortlisted applicants will be subject to a pre-employment check.

The Misbourne is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An offer of appointment is subject to satisfactory references, DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Enhanced Disclosure and medical clearance.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Misbourne is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An offer of appointment is subject to satisfactory references, DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Enhanced Disclosure and medical clearance

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About The Misbourne School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1095 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Misbourne School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-misbourne-school (opens in new tab)

We are an 11-18 Academy in the picturesque village of Great Missenden in the heart of the Chilterns. We have nearly 1100 students on roll including a successful and growing Sixth Form. Our staff tell us they genuinely feel like part of a team; a team who are striving to help each student flourish both academically and personally.

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