Caretaker
Ref: SCH-ELAT-0038 38 day(s) remainingAdditional Information
Contract Type: Permanent Hours per Week: 37.00 Weeks per Year: 52.000 Pay Grade: Support Staff | SCP8 - SCP12The Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, reliable and hardworking individual to join our newly structured premises team as a Caretaker. We are looking for someone who is conscientious and self-motivated to provide a key role in maintaining our schools to ensure a clean, safe, and secure learning environment for our pupils and the local community.
The ideal candidate will have experience in a caretaker or site maintenance type role within a school environment or other business premises. Experience/Qualifications relating to a trade such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical, health and safety, water testing, small building works or plastering would be advantageous.
Your main duties will be to provide handyman duties to the school premises for example repairs to furniture and fixtures, decorating tasks, small plumbing works, carpentry and small building works plus general maintenance duties.
This is a permanent position and we offer a very generous pension scheme.
The school is used outside of school hours by various groups which you may be required to lock up after and for which additional pay would be given.
37 hours per week 52 weeks per year. Working patterns are negotiable For any questions relating to this role , please contact Pauline Woodbridge on 01392 343546
Benefits
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| Employee Assistance Programme | |
| Local Government Pension Scheme | |
Qualifications
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| Current First Aid qualification |
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Skills
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| Experience undertaking risk assessments |
Essential
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| Personal Attributes | |
| Excellent relationships with colleagues and ability to work within a team |
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| Full Driving licence |
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| Abilities, Skills and Knowledge | |
| Ability to be flexible and use own initiative |
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| Experience | |
| Experience of Site management within a school or other business premises |
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Safeguarding Information
We are a people-focused organisation with strong principles of enabling every child and adult within our Trust to thrive. We have high aspirations for all our children, regardless of their starting point, and in turn, expect our staff to have high aspirations of themselves. We believe that our strength lies in working together and using our collective skills and expertise to benefit the children in our schools.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We encourage you to read our Safeguarding Policy before applying. We will ask for references and conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role also requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
Our Safeguarding policy can be accessed via the below link
https://www.exeterlearningacademytrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ELAT-trust-version-Child-Protection-and-Safeguarding-Policy-2024-2025.pdf
Alphington Primary School
Wheatsheaf Way
Alphington
Exeter
Devon
EX2 8QR
Pauline Woodbridge
pwoodbridge@elatschools.c... https://alphington.devon.sch.uk/