Better places, thriving communities.
At Mitie we bring out the best in places. Unlocking their potential so that everyone looks forward to using them and can do their best work in them. From offices and shopping centres to hospitals and airports, we create better places for the communities we serve to thrive.
We're looking for a School Caretaker who will deliver excellent service standards, while meeting SLA agreements and adhering to cleaning schedules.
Contract: Permanent
Type: Part-time
Hours: 20 p/w. Mon - Fri: 4:30pm -8:30pm
Pay: £12.81
Location: Sheffield - Tapton Secondary School
Role Responsibilities:
1. Undertake all required training and follow Mitie's Quality, Safety, Health and Environmental policies.
2. Maintain equipment in clean, safe working order and understand all cleaning materials and chemicals used.
3. Ensure proper maintenance, cleaning, security, and safety of school premises and grounds.
4. Respond to helpdesk jobs, unlock/lock buildings, and carry out porterage and room setups.
5. Perform PPM tasks including fire alarm tests, emergency light checks, and support out-of-hours building use.
What we're looking for:
6. Previous caretaking experience (preferred but not essential).
7. Reliable, hardworking, and professional attitude.
8. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
9. Open, honest, self-driven, and determined.
10. Commitment to safeguarding and confidentiality, with willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
What we offer you:
11. Lifestyle benefits via Choices platform including dental insurance, tech discounts, and dining cards.
12. Virtual GP, Salary Finance options, life cover, and cycle-to-work scheme.
13. Recognition through Mitie Stars, training, and career development opportunities.
Mitie is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
If you are working in regulated activity please note that you are subject to the following:
14. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. vulnerable adults, children or both).
15. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and Mitie is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children or vulnerable adults.
Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10, - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .