Caretaker: Northstead Cp Primary School

**Salary:£22,737-£23,893 pro rata per annum**

**Hours:12.5 hours per week**

**Contract: Fixed Term Until 31st December 2024**

**Closing Date: Sunday 17th March**
**Shortlisting: Monday 18th March**

**Interview date: Friday 22nd March**
**2024**

Are you a
caring, patient, team player, looking to make a positive difference to the
lives of children in the Northstead community
and to the Northstead staff team?

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**Our Opportunity**

We are looking for a caretaker to join our school and work alongside our cleaning
team and our site manager.

Here
at Northstead Community Primary school, we provide a welcoming, friendly and
vibrant education setting for our
staff and children. We are a three-form primary school located on the north side
of Scarborough, within walking
distance of Peasholm Park and the magnificent North Bay.

We welcomed our
new Headteacher in September 2023 and since then, have revitalised our
curriculum, improved our leadership
structure, EYFS provision, and our learning environments. We have a committed, talented and dedicated staff team,
delightful children and a strong and supportive Governing body - every one of us responsible for a school
we as a community can be proud of.
However, we need an amazing person to become our caretaker so our environment
continues to reflect the standards in our school.

We are looking to
appoint an individual who is highly motivated to join our school, work with our
community, and provide the skills and
knowledge so our environment demonstrates our mission for every person and
every part of our school to be the best that we can be. The successful
school to complete a daily task list, as well as completing other DIY jobs
around school under the direction of the site manager and the leadership team
of the school.

The
role will involve some interaction with children and so the caretaker must have
excellent communication skills and an ability to work with children and adults
alike.

in all they do and who has an excellent work ethic.

**You will**:

- Have previous experience of working within
an environment which expects high standards and you meet those standards
- Be able to support in the care and upkeep of a high-quality internal
and external environment for our pupils to learn in and our staff to work in
- Be a reliable and conscientious person
aiming to provide the very best to our community
- Seek to make our
environment the best that it can be and be proud of what you accomplish
- Understand that working
well as a team is not just about being at work together. At Northstead, we work
as a team and we enjoy playing as a team.
- Demonstrate good communication skills
both orally and in writing

**Queries/visits and Further Information**

For queries,

Visits to school are welcomed. Please call school to book a visit with the Headteacher (or Deputy
Headteacher)

Application Form

Recruitment Pack

Application
forms must be completed in full - CV’s
are not accepted

We are committed to meeting the
needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers
to share this commitment.

This
Service criminal records check for
work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the
recruitment process on information available in the public
domain.

that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment
practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy
and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the
vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is
to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of
North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a
diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences
and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise
of all backgrounds.