Facilities Management Cleaning Caretaker Nottinghamshire

Are you passionate about maintaining safe, secure, and welcoming environments? Vertas is looking for a dedicated Caretaker to join our Facilities Team.

Vertas delivers trusted, integrated facilities management solutions across Great Britain. Our team of 5,000 colleagues provides a comprehensive range of facilities services, including cleaning, catering, property design, recruitment, transport, and environmental management. You'll find us putting the customer at the heart of everything we do, while prioritising our colleagues' health, safety and wellbeing.

Based at Dunham on Trent C of E Primary School, NG22 0UN
, you will be working 10 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 06:00 to 08:00, 43 weeks per year. This role combines 1.5 hours of caretaking duties and 0.5 hours of cleaning duties per day, ensuring the school remains safe, secure, clean and welcoming for pupils, staff and visitors.

• Opening and securing the school premises
• Carrying out routine health and safety checks
• Undertaking basic maintenance and repair tasks
• Monitoring the condition of the building and grounds
• Supporting contractors and site visitors when required
• Completing daily cleaning duties across designated areas
• Ensuring the school site remains clean, safe and welcoming

• Previous caretaking, site management, maintenance or cleaning experience is desirable
• Ability to work independently and use initiative
• Good communication and problem solving skills
• A proactive and reliable approach to work
• An understanding of health and safety requirements
• The ability to adapt and respond to change in a growing organisation

• A passion for delivering excellent service
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• A practical approach to maintenance, cleaning and site care

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to appropriate pre employment checks, which may include:

• Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Children's Barred List check (where applicable)
• Right to Work checks
• Satisfactory references
• Verification of qualifications and professional registrations (where applicable)
• Occupational Health and medical clearance (where applicable)
• Assessment of suitability to work with children

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. As this role is eligible for an Enhanced DBS check, applicants are required to declare any cautions and convictions that are not protected under current filtering rules.