Assistant Caretaker

The role Weare seeking to appoint an Assistant Caretaker to join our highly effective and dedicated site team. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring that our school buildings and grounds remain safe, welcoming and well maintained for staff, students and visitors each day.

Working closely with the Site Manager and Senior Caretaker, you will take pride inkeeping the site running smoothly. This is a varied role that includes responsibility for site security, routine maintenance, cleaning oversight and addressing any defects or repairs that may arise.

The working hours are 37 hours per week Monday to Friday, all year round. During term time, the hours will be 10:00 to18:00 Monday to Thursday and 10:00 to 17:30 on a Friday. During school holiday periods the hours willbe 8:00 to 16:00 Monday to Thursday and 8:00 to 15:30 on a Friday.

Us At King James'sSchool, we are ambitious for the very best outcomes for every one of our students, and we believe that education is more than just examinations and lessons. Our school focuses on providing a holistic experience that inspirescuriosity, builds confidence and character in our young people and preparesthem for their future by giving them strong foundations and happymemories.

We are acommunity-focused school built on respect, inclusion and the belief in valuingand developing people. We had a highly successful Ofsted in 2025 thathighlighted we are a very good school that should now strive to be a greatschool, that is our ambition in all senses. This is an opportunity to be part of our school.

You Previous experience is NOT essential, but you will need general maintenance skills inareas such as painting, plumbing, or general building maintenance, and be keento learn new skills with a professional and positive attitude.

All applicants willbe required to provide two references, which will be obtained prior to interview. As part of our safer recruitment processes, online searches willalso be carried out on shortlisted candidates.

The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This role involves direct contact with children and is thereforeclassified as regulated activity.

In line with this,the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and candidates are required to disclose any relevant criminal convictions.

This roleis exempt for the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, so most criminal convictions must bedisclosed to us.

This post is paid at Grade 6, spinal column points 7-11. The starting salary is £27,273, increasing to £29,070.