Site Operative (Caretaker)
The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3EZ25 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 December 2026
Closing date
9 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 September 2026
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
- £25,989.00 - £27,254.00 Annually (FTE)
Site Operative (Caretaker) job summary
About this Role
The Trinity Catholic School are looking for a passionate and skilled Site Operator to take charge of creating an inspiring and secure environment where young minds can flourish.
This full-time, permanent role offers variety, responsibility, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact every single day. With a 37-hour working week split across mornings and evenings, this position is perfect for someone who thrives in a dynamic setting.
Late Shift - Start date: 30 November 2026
- Monday to Thursday: 1.15pm to 9.15pm
- Friday: 11.00am to 6.30pm
Early Shift - Start date: 4 January 2027
- Monday to Thursday: 5.30am to 1.30pm
- Friday: 5.30am to 1.00pm
About us
The Trinity Catholic School a Voluntary Academy is a secondary and sixth-form school located in Nottingham. We are an Ofsted-rated Good school. Our school is a great place to work because we are a high-achieving, values-driven community that nurtures students’ academic, musical and personal growth, making it an inspiring and rewarding place to work.
We are part of the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic MultiAcademy Trust, bringing together 36 Catholic primary and secondary schools across Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
What’s in it for you?
- A competitive salary £25,989 - £27,254 per annum (OLOL Band 3, NJC Points 6 - 9).
- Fantastic benefits:
- Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions over 20%.
- Access to top-tier CPD opportunities tailored to your development.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing emotional, financial, and legal support for you and your family.
- Exclusive perks: From staff discounts to a Cycle-to-Work scheme, we’ve got you covered!
- A welcoming community: Work with enthusiastic students, supportive colleagues, and a leadership team that values your expertise.
- Great holiday entitlement: 26 days per year, plus bank holidays.
Your mission as Site Operator:
Working alongside the Site Manager and wider premises team, you will play an important role in ensuring our school site is safe, secure and well maintained. Responsibilities will include:
- Assisting with the day-to-day operation, maintenance and security of the school site.
- Carrying out routine repairs, maintenance tasks and basic decorating duties.
- Supporting the upkeep of school buildings, grounds and facilities.
- Assisting with room setups for lessons, examinations, events and community activities.
- Supporting the monitoring and operation of site systems, including heating, lighting and alarms.
- Undertaking health and safety checks and assisting with compliance requirements.
- Working with contractors and supporting site projects as required.
- Helping to maintain a clean, welcoming and professional environment for all site users.
Visits are warmly welcomed so you can see for yourself what a warm and welcoming place our school is. We encourage you to contact Mrs Hay on l.hay@trinity.nottingham.sch.uk or call 0115 929 6251 to arrange a visit or to discuss the role further.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
You do not need to be a Catholic to work for out Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.
Further information about the job
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1182 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
The Trinity Catholic School serves the children and families of the City of Nottingham and its surrounding areas. Situated in Aspley on a split site in the East of the city, we work with the parishes of St Teresas of Lisieux in Aspley, St Augustine’s in St Anns, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Bulwell and St Mary’s in Hyson Green. Renowned for consistently high academic outcomes, the school prides itself on excellent pastoral care and standards of behaviour whilst working to meet the school mission statement:
“This Catholic School will seek to educate the whole person, academically, morally, socially and spiritually through the example of Jesus Christ and the witness of committed capable teachers”.
Trinity has 1129 pupils including 230 in the Sixth Form. The school holds a number of awards including; Leading Edge Partnership School, Heathy Schools, International School Award, Arts Mark Gold, Sims Partner School, Sports Mark and Career Mark highlighting the breadth of quality within the school and areas of expertise. The school was inspected in October 2008 by OFSTED and judged to be Outstanding. On our last Diocesan Canonical Inspection we were judged as Outstanding (November 2014).
The school promotes involvement in a broad range of extra-curricular activities and celebrates the successes of our children and young people via the school website as well as in school. We promote opportunities both within and outside of the classroom to ensure that all children experience an excellent, rich and varied education to ensure that they are prepared for life after school in further education, employment or training.
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