Caretaker
4 months ago
Eden Park Primary & Nursery School, Brixham.
Caretaker Vacancy - Permanent full time Position
**Salary**: £21,575 to £22,369 per annum (£11.18 to £11.60 per hour)
**Hours**: Full time 37 hours per week/all-year-round contract
Split shift working pattern: Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. and
2.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. each day.
(less 30 mins reduction per week by mutual arrangement with your Line Manager).
**Start date**: As soon as possible
Eden Park Primary & Nursery School in Brixham, has an exciting opportunity for a permanent
full time Caretaker to join our school team.
The main responsibilities of the post include the opening and closing of the site each day,
(hence requiring a split shift working pattern); site security and general maintenance and
repair tasks. The main work base will be at Eden Park but the postholder will may also be
required to work across the other schools in the Trust to cover absence of other members
of the premises team and during the school holidays to undertake general improvement
tasks.
The successful postholder will:
- Have excellent communication skills;
- Enjoy working as part of a team;
- Be highly organised and works well under pressure;
- Have proficient maintenance skills;
- Be hardworking, efficient and energetic.
We can offer you a school that is:
- A happy place for staff and children, popular with parents.
- Busy, with a great ethos
- Innovative and forward thinking
- Committed to providing children with rich and varied learning experiences as
part of an exciting and meaningful curriculum.
We are a large nursery and primary school located in the picturesque fishing port of Brixham
within the beautiful coastal area of Torbay in South Devon. Our school serves a diverse
catchment area and works hard to ensure that all our children thrive and grow to their full
potential.
**Connect Academy Trust**
Eden Park is part of Connect multi academy trust, a family of 8 large, successful and happy
primary schools. The Trust now educates over 3500 children with 550 staff, in both Plymouth
and Torbay. Connect was formed in 2016 and aims to provide a firm foundation for
developing teachers and leaders to secure the best learning opportunities for all children.
It operates a dynamic, values-based system where each school is a giver and receiver of
support. Connect is an inclusive Trust and 3 of our schools have specialist support centres,
for deaf children, those with an ASC diagnosis and for those with a developmental language
disorder.
**We can offer you**:
- A highly supportive school invested in your growth and professional development.
- A Trust culture that promotes diversity, equality and social justice.
- A supportive approach for all staff and an innovative approach to appraisal.
- Comprehensive induction and wide-ranging opportunities for professional
development.
- An opportunity to be part of a forward focussed and growing Trust, author of the
UK’s first ocean conservation curriculum with 8 European Blue Schools and national
winner of the Community Impact of the year, Trust award 2023
Visits to the school and to meet our Facilities Manager are warmly welcomed. Please contact
the Eden Park School office on 01803 854011 to arrange a convenient appointment.
the closing time of **09:00am on Friday, 1stSeptember 2023.**
Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare
of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
An on-line check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the successful
**Salary**: £11.18-£11.60 per hour
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Brixham, TQ5 9NH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
**Experience**:
- cleaning: 1 year (preferred)
- Commercial cleaning: 1 year (preferred)
- janitorial: 1 year (preferred)
**Language**:
- English (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 01/09/2023