Caretaker

**CARETAKER : VACANCY: Caretaker - 37.5 Hours per week. Monday - Friday (06:30 am to 14:30pm)**

DBS with child barring is a must

**LOCATION**: Ryburn Valley High School, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax HX6 1DF

**REPORTING TO**: Premises Manager/Management Team.

**OVERALL JOB**

PURPOSE To be responsible for property maintenance, cleaning, security and safety within the school premises and grounds. Maintain a good working relationship with our clients, going the extra mile and delivering the exceptional every day.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- To undertake the cleaning of slippery floors, spillages, bodily fluids and other emergency cleaning.
- To ensure access is provided for contractors and that they are escorted at all times as per the Contractor Management plan.
- To cover for the other caretaker's shift when necessary, sometimes at short notice.
- To maintain building systems, such as: Fire alarm, Intruder alarm, CCTV and the Door Access systems.
- To ensure that the building and gates are opened/closed and secured on a daily basis - as per our contractual opening hours.
- To act as one of the key holders, registered as such with the police and ensuring access to keys is given only to authorised people.
- General building repairs, general knowledge and skills to complete basic repairs as required. Inclusive, but not limited to, decoration, door repairs, fence repairs, sanitary wear repairs, repairs following vandalism.
- Responsible for upkeep of external areas, ensuring litter is removed, areas are swept and kept clear.
- Reporting of damages out of hours to police and reviewing of CCTV system. Downloading footage for the police and school where requested.
- Winter months: Responsible for gritting of external areas to agreed plan. Snow clearance. (Flexible working hours and longer days required at short notice).
- Event management utilising PDA to ensure all work orders are updated and closed within time. Use of IT equipment, including but not limited to PDA, mobile phone, laptop where required.
- Provision of adhoc access for the school (Bookings out of hours)
- Any other duties requested by the management team.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**:

- Well motivated, able to work on your own and also as part of a team
- Reliable
- Proactive
- Responsible
- Flexible to carry out tasks and work a variety of hours, sometimes at short notice
- Previous experience of cleaning
- Previous experience of building maintenance including repairs/small installs
- Understanding of security alarm, CCTV & fire alarm systems