School Caretaker – Secondary School
Location: Birmingham, B1
Salary: £ – £17 per hour (depending on experience)
Start: ASAP
Contract: Full-time / Long-term
Are you practical, reliable, and ready to play a key role in keeping a school safe and welcoming? We’re looking for a School Caretaker to join a friendly and supportive school community, ensuring the site runs smoothly day to day.
What you’ll be doing:
1. Carrying out general maintenance, repairs, and DIY around the school site
2. Ensuring the school grounds and buildings are safe, clean, and secure
3. Opening and locking up the school each day, setting alarms, and monitoring site security
4. Managing cleaning staff and contractors where required
5. Supporting with health & safety checks, fire drills, and compliance records
6. Helping with setting up classrooms, halls, and facilities for events
What we’re looking for:
7. Previous experience in caretaking, site management, or a maintenance role
8. Practical DIY and repair skills (plumbing, electrics, carpentry – desirable but not essential)
9. A reliable, organised, and proactive attitude
10. Awareness of health & safety and safeguarding in schools
11. A team player who takes pride in their work and the school environment
12. YOU MUST HAVE AN ENHANCED DBS ON THE UPDATE SERVICE
Why this school?
13. Supportive leadership team and a strong sense of community
14. A varied role where no two days are the same
15. Training and development opportunities for the right candidate
Why join Protocol Education?
16. Weekly pay through PAYE – no umbrella deductions
17. FREE access to our CPD Academy (including safeguarding and H&S training)
18. Local opportunities matched to your availability
19. Referral rewards when you recommend a friend
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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