The Opportunity Birmingham is a major cultural and creative powerhouse, globally celebrated for its historic engineering heritage, thriving commercial sectors, and multi-billion-pound infrastructure transformations. We are seeking a proactive, highly practical, and security-minded School Caretaker to join a dynamic academy. In this critical operational role, you will manage the physical security, maintenance, and safe operation of our school site—ensuring our facilities provide an exceptionally clean, safe, and high-quality environment for our students, staff, and visitors. The School Operating as an independent academy within a forward-thinking multi-academy trust, our school combines innovative educational practice with robust operational support. We benefit from centralized administrative and estates networks, freeing our frontline staff to focus entirely on maintaining an exceptional site environment. We implement explicit, highly consistent, school-wide behaviour routines that keep our campus quiet, respectful, and orderly. This structured environment ensures that our facilities and grounds are respected by the student body, creating a positive and professional workplace for our estates team. The Estates Team & Operational Culture You will join a highly focused, collaborative, and hard-working Estates and Facilities team where practical problem-solving, physical safety, and meticulous standards are celebrated. The department operates with dedicated maintenance facilities, industry-standard tools, and advanced digital compliance tracking software to manage daily workflows efficiently. Our estate framework explicitly prioritizes preventative maintenance, ensuring that potential facility issues, heating variances, or structural repairs are identified and resolved early. Staff benefit from clear, structured shift patterns and shared operating protocols, allowing you to manage the daily operation of the physical plant while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Core Responsibilities Site Security & Access Control: Managing the daily unlocking and locking of the school premises, ensuring all buildings, gates, and windows are perfectly secure, and acting as a primary emergency keyholder for the site. Facilities & Maintenance Operations: Executing minor reactive repairs, including basic carpentry, plumbing, painting, and mechanical adjustments across the campus to keep classrooms and communal spaces fully operational. Health & Safety Compliance: Undertaking statutory testing routines, including weekly fire alarm checks, monthly water hygiene (Legionella) flushing, emergency lighting tests, and keeping precise compliance logs. Grounds & Environmental Care: Ensuring the school grounds, walkways, and car parks remain clean, free of litter, and completely safe—including proactive gritting and clearing during winter weather conditions. Contractor & Porterage Support: Escorting external maintenance contractors safely around the site, assisting with heavy item deliveries, and setting up halls or flexible spaces for school events and examinations. The Successful Candidate We are looking for a reliable, highly capable, and solution-oriented professional who takes pride in creating a safe, functional environment for young people. Your profile should include: Proven Handyperson Skills: Strong previous experience in school caretaking, building maintenance, estates work, or a relevant trade (e.g., carpentry, plumbing, building maintenance) with a highly practical mindset. Health & Safety Awareness: A clear understanding of standard health and safety principles, COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) regulations, and safe working practices at height or with machinery. Excellent Reliability: A trustworthy, self-motivated individual who can prioritize a busy daily task list independently and adapt quickly when urgent maintenance requests arise. Professional Communication: A polite, professional, and calm manner when interacting with school staff, visitors, and students alike. Why Join Our Operations Team? The distinct satisfaction of working within a progressive academy setting where your dedication directly impacts the safety, smooth running, and atmosphere of the whole school community. Comprehensive internal induction and continuous training covering advanced school facilities management, health and safety compliance, and safeguarding protocols. The exceptional lifestyle benefits of living and working in Birmingham—offering a vibrant, youthful population, highly accessible residential areas, a legendary food and canalside district, and rapid rail links across the entire UK network. A supportive School Business Manager and senior leadership team that respects site staff workloads, provides clear shift patterns, and fully values your vital role in the school's daily operations. How to Apply Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.