Caretaker

**Job title**:Caretaker / Education Maintenance Assistant
**Location**:Great Hockham, Norfolk
**Hours**:Part-time 25hr pw split shifts 6am-8am & 3pm-6pm

**Start date**:ASAP / Jan 2023

**Pay**:£10.80ph

You will be responsible for pro-actively managing the security, care and availability of the school site, the building, furniture, fittings and equipment to ensure a clean, satisfactory and safe environment for students and staff.

**Main responsibilities**:

- Undertake the open up and lock up and maintain security procedures.
- Act as a key holder and deal with minor security/safety issues
- Daily cleaning to ensure the school is to a high level of cleanliness
- Prepare the school site, premises, rooms and work areas; this includes operation of the school heating and lighting
- Porterage duties as required and particularly the laying out of furniture and other equipment for timetabled activities without direct instruction.
- Undertake basic DIY to the level of a competent handyman
- Report major items for repair to the Headteacher
- Interact with staff, parents, pupils and visitors in a helpful and sensitive manner
- Meet, brief and oversee contractors and deliveries
- Monitor stock levels and inform line manager of requirements
- Have knowledge and awareness of health and safety practices and policies, have an understanding of COSHH regulations, maintain records where required
- Be willing to undertake training relevant to the role
- In conjunction with the Headteacher, to attend meetings with the School's Property Maintenance Adviser and prepare schedules of planned and reactive maintenance works

Previous experience as a handyman/woman, DIY, maintenance role, key holder, security, caretaker or site management would be ideal but not essential.

**Full Enhanced DBS will be required before start date