Caretaker

**Caretaker** - 37.5 Hours per week Monday - Friday (10am - 6pm. 8am-4pm during School holidays.)

Additional Lettings Cover from 6pm on Tuesdays & Fridays

Additional hours required for ad hoc requests and absences.

**Overview**:
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. (Delivering the exceptional every day)

**Responsibilities**:

- To undertake the cleaning of slippery floors, spillages, bodily fluids and other emergency cleaning.
- To ensure access is provided for contractors and escorting as per the Contractor Management plan.
- To cover for the other caretaker's shift, when necessary, at short notice.
- To maintain building systems, such as: Fire alarm, Intruder alarm, CCTV, and the Door Access systems.
- Security of the premises, ensure building is opened/closed and secured daily as per our contractual opening hours.
- General building repairs, general knowledge and skills to complete basic repairs as required. Inclusive, but not limited to, decoration, door repairs, fence repairs, along with repairs following vandalism.
- Responsible for upkeep of external areas, ensuring litter is removed, bins are emptied, areas are swept and kept clear daily.
- 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 a PDA to ensure all helpdesk events are updated and closed within time.
- Provision of ad hoc access for the school (Bookings out of hours) - These occur on a regular basis and can be at short notice.
- Any other duties requested by the management team.

**Person Specification**:

- 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