Caretaker, Building Maintenance, Facility Maintenance

About this Role

Portico Academy trust are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Caretaker to support Hamstel Schools on a full time basis.

Location:

Hamstel Schools, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS2 4PQ

Grade:

Level 5, points 7-12 £ 26,403 to £28,598 per annum

Hours of Work:

This role is full time, 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year. The hours of work will be between 7:00am and 6:30pm, on a shift basis. We envisage this person working for us on the late shift predominately, which would be 10:30am to 6:30pm, with a lunch break. Shift patterns may be adjusted in the future in line with the above core hours.

The successful applicant will:

• Be a team player who takes pride in the appearance and maintenance of the MAT’s buildings and grounds.
• Be an enthusiastic, approachable, highly motivated and flexible individual who possesses general building maintenance and caretaking skills.
• Have a good range of DIY skills such as electrical work, decorating, minor plumbing and carpentry.
• Possess good communication skills as you will be liaising with contractors and tradesmen as well as students and staff.
• You should also have an awareness of COSHH, safe manual handling practices and Health and Safety.

Duties may also include general cleaning, dealing with spillages, blockages, locking and unlocking the sites and any ad-hoc duties that may be required.

Reporting to the Director of Estates with a dotted line to the school SLT.

A full driving licence and use of your own car is essential as you may be required to attend site outside of normal working hours or other Portico schools to support other sites.

For more information about the role and a description of the type of candidate we are looking for please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more detail.

For further details, please contact HR by sending us a message through My New Term  or on or recrui

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or are able to fill the position faster than originally anticipated.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and shortlisted candidates should be aware that the school will consider carrying out online searches as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates.