Maintenance Operative and Caretaker

Please note this role no longer includes locking up the site at the end of the day

Dates:                       September 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter

Location:                  Somerset

Contract type:           Part time, 15 hours per week term time, plus additional hours as required

Contract term:           Permanent

Salary:                       Grade 14 Point range 4 – 6, depending on experience

Pro-rata based on Full Time Equivalent salary of £23,114 – £23,893

The Directors are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and committed maintenance operative and caretaker with practical experience who can support and enhance our learning environment and oversee the day-to-day management of the school site, ensuring a high level of safety is maintained.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Unlock the school in the morning before school starts, ensure the site is safe and remains secure
• Carry out and record daily, weekly, monthly and termly health and safety checks in line with school procedures.
• Carry out routine maintenance of fixtures and fittings
• Advise and collaborate with the Headteacher/Business Manager to develop and improve internal and external areas of the school site

The successful candidate will:

• Have excellent organisational skills
• Be punctual fulfil
• Communicate well
• Show initiative and work well independently as well have good teamwork skills
• Respect confidentiality and the potential sensitivities of working in a school, e.g. safeguarding laws
• Be able to demonstrate in their application that they can fulfil the main duties of the job description and person specification as a minimum

In return, we can offer you a welcoming Academy with dedicated and supportive staff and governors and opportunities for continued professional development.

King Ina Church of England Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Further information about the disclosure can be found at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches as part of due diligence checks.

We are an equal opportunities employer and committed to ensuring all applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation.

To obtain a recruitment pack, including an application form and job description, please visit the school website: https://www.kingina.somerset.sch.uk, job vacancies are listed under the Key Information tab. All applications should be returned electronically to Lisa Watts via email to: Lisa.watts@kingina.co.uk

Start Date:     September 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter

Closing date: 9am on Wednesday, 4th September 2024

Interviews:     Week commencing 9th September 2024