Caretaker

Thongsley Fields Primary and Nursery School, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 1PE

14 days remaining to apply

Closing date
23 January 2025 at 5pm
Date listed
21 November 2024

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: £24,294.00 - £25,979.00 Annually (Actual) Full Time (37hrs per week / 52 weeks per year)

Caretaker job summary

We are looking for a highly organised and conscientious person to join our friendly and supportive team as our new Caretaker. You will play a vital role in ensuring the security, ongoing maintenance and further improvements of our school site, its buildings and grounds.

You will ensure that our site and grounds are maintained in a safe, clean and secure condition as well as co-ordinating and undertaking such tasks as may be necessary for effective site management, including various porterage, administrative and lettings duties. You will be responsible for health and safety, ensuring that regulations are followed and adhered to throughout; manage our small team of cleaners and ensure that our school is always an inviting place to be for all.

The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills; knowledge of and the ability to undertake various maintenance and repair works, be pro-active and able to demonstrate the ability to work under their own initiative. Previous experience of working in a school environment would be advantageous but not necessarily essential.

This post is advertised for 37hrs per week, 52 weeks per year although some overtime hours will be required. An indicative working pattern to accommodate opening and closing of the site for staff and lettings is 7am – 9.30am and 3pm – 8pm, Monday to Friday. However, there is likely to be some flexibility and opportunity for negotiation depending on school requirements.

The role also includes main key holding duties which will require the postholder to be contactable at all hours in the event of an emergency.

We can offer:

A well-resourced and cared for environment.
Happy and enthusiastic pupils and a great team of supportive, hard-working staff.
Support from the wider Trust team and commitment to ongoing professional development.
A separate rental agreement for our onsite, Trust owned property if required.

Visits to our school are strongly encouraged. To find out more and make an appointment to visit, please contact the school office by emailing office@thonglseyfields.org or by calling 01480 375321.

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time (37 hrs per week (52 weeks per year)

Salary: Scale 4 pt 7-11 (£24,294 - £25,979 FTE)

Location: Thongsley Fields Primary & Nursery School, Huntingdon

Commitment to safeguarding

Thongsley Fields is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and two positive references.