Caretakers
Whitby School, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 1LA7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): Permanent or Fixed Term until 31.08.25 Hours/ Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, full year (The role will include early morning lockups and/or late evenings to fit around other site staff. There will also be some weekend working)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- £24,027 - £25,183 per annum
Hourly rate
- £12.45 - £13.05 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Caretaker to join our team, you will work under the guidance of our Site Manager to ensure our school is a safe place for pupils to learn and staff to work.
We have two school sites, one at Airy Hill in Whitby and the other at Prospect Hill in Whitby. Our school is maintained by a team of site staff including a Site Manager, Senior Caretaker, Groundsman, and two Caretakers (one part-time who is also a cleaning supervisor for our Airy Hill Site).
As our new caretaker you will be working across our two sites and will need to be flexible in your working hours and duties.
You will work closely with our Site Manager to get a full induction, also including manual handling and other health and safety courses, such as legionella and asbestos awareness.
Key Duties:
- Grounds: Routine maintenance, setting up playing surfaces, safe equipment use, report defects, drive vehicles, assist with equipment maintenance.
- Security: Check premises security, lock/unlock gates and doors, control lights, secure broken windows/doors.
- Outside Areas: Clean areas, dispose of rubbish, clear snow, apply salt/grit.
- Buildings: Identify faults, minor repairs, re-decoration, set up equipment, supervise lettings, report energy/resource wastage.
- Monitoring Systems: Legionella testing, monitor energy usage, fire and burglar alarms.
- Porterage: Set up/put away furniture, move equipment and supplies.
- Maintenance: Routine maintenance and repairs.
- Cleaning: Clean drains, gullies, grease traps, handle emergencies, clean outside contractor scope, maintain visible signs.
Experience and skills:
- Completion of recognised manual handling training.
- Experience of performing basic maintenance tasks including the use of basic maintenance tools.
- Able to use relevant technology, hand tools, equipment and resources effectively to undertake the duties stated in the job description.
- Able to work under own initiative and unsupervised.
- Able to follow instructions from the line manager with good attention to detail
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you
- Standard 28 days holiday leave, plus paid bank holidays (Holidays increase to 34 days after 5 years of service)
- Option to be enrolled onto the local government pension scheme
- A supportive, collaborative team
- Access to Mental health and Wellbeing support services
- Opportunities for career progression
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Whitby School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 832 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Whitby School website
- Email address
- chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 01609 536 964
Community College for 11 - 16 year olds with a separate site for Whitby Sixth form students
Arranging a visit to Whitby School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk.
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