Tradewind Recruitment are working with a multi academy trust in Birmingham who currently have a vacancy for a School Caretaker at one of their Primary Schools.
The school is seeking a full-time, all-year round Caretaker to start in January. The ideal candidate will be a proactive and friendly individual with the skills to organise and prioritise their workload, deliver excellent customer service for staff, pupils and external contractors, and be adaptable and flexible. A full, clean driving licence with the ability to drive a minibus would be highly desirable, along with qualifications and experience in lifting, manual handling, working at height, and operating standard grounds and garden machinery.
The role holder will report to the Bursar and work closely with the Grounds Person, and the Housekeeping and Catering Department.
Key tasks:
Caretaking
The role holder will be required to carry out all regular caretaking jobs around the school, including:
* Distributing deliveries in a timely manner
* Moving furniture and other items, with assistance where required
* Looking after the school's tools and equipment, completing checks and training where relevant
* Carrying out statutory testing and checks on a regular basis, such as fire alarms, fire extinguishers, fire safety, meter readings and water checks
* Carrying out safety audits and risk assessments as required
* Communicating with and escorting contractors on site
* Locking and securing the school windows, doors, gates and alarms
* Responding to incidents when school alarms are triggered and attending the school site as necessary
* Emptying playground bins and collecting rubbish from around the site
* Assisting with school events, external lettings and access for contractors outside of normal school hours
Vehicles
The role holder will be a primary minibus driver and will be responsible for safe maintenance and upkeep of the minibuses on site.
* Driving the minibuses on a regular basis for shuttle journeys, sports fixtures, school trips and swimming lessons as required
* Cleaning the minibus exteriors and interiors weekly.
* Carrying out minibus safety checks weekly and prior to taking the minibus out.
Maintenance
The School requires the role holder to be able to carry out basic, routine maintenance jobs, with assistance from external contractors as advised by the Bursar:
* Painting, decorating and wood staining rooms and furniture around the school and grounds as required.
* Maintaining all fencing including the perimeter fencing around all-weather playing surfaces.
* Programming and maintaining the school's heating, radiator and boiler systems
* Carrying out any other general maintenance and repairs.
Grounds
The role holder will be required to assist the Grounds Person on occasion with grounds and gardening jobs, including:
* Cutting and treating of lawns, grassed areas and onsite playing fields, using hand operated and ride on mowers and strimmer's.
* Carrying out low-level seasonal pruning and basic gardening as required
* Raking gravel areas
* Maintaining artificial surface pitches including weekly raking
* Ensuring that all playground areas and paths are free of leaves and debris at all times, kept tidy, and are gritted appropriately when required
* Clearing and maintaining the area to the front of the school buildings
* Assisting with the maintenance of the Forest School area in consultation with the Forest School team
Person Specification
Essential:
* A good command of the English language
* First Aid training, or willingness to undertake training at start of employment
* Full, clean driving licence with own vehicle
* Experience of working in a caretaking/grounds/maintenance role
* Knowledge of health and safety requirements relating to caretaking e.g. COSHH, manual handling, working at height, etc.
* Proven ability to work as a member of a team
* Ability to prioritise and carry out specific requests in a timely manner
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Ability to communicate well with all stakeholders both verbally and in writing
* A flexible and self-motivated attitude
* A willingness to undertake training and development as required
* Willingness to promote and support the school's aims, ethos, safeguarding policies and procedures
Salary: £32, £33,721.75 per annum (£13.48 per hour) according to experience.
Hours of Work:
: 7.30am to 6.15pm with 60 minutes unpaid break per day hours per week)
To be considered for this role or to gain further information please get in touch with Ashleigh on (phone number removed) or email (url removed).
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