School Caretaker

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom Maypole Recruitment Group Full time

**Weeks / Year**:46 weeks / year

**Hours**: 38 hours / week

**Contract type**: Full time, permanent.

**Location**: Streatham (SW16) or Sunbury (TW16)

**Reporting to**: Senior Leadership Team.

**Salary**: £25,000

**Main purpose**

The Caretaker will:

- Provide a safe, clean environment for users of the school building and grounds.
- Carry out repairs and maintenance tasks and DIY duties in order to ensure the buildings/grounds provide a safe working environment for pupils and staff.

**Duties and responsibilities**

**Main Tasks**
- Ongoing repair and odd job work as necessary.
- Hanging shelving.
- Hanging display boards.
- Security of the school’s buildings and grounds.
- Liaise with outside premise contractors when working on-site and when they are carrying out repairs/maintenance work.
- Receipt and distribution of any ordered goods, materials, and equipment for the school, checking delivery notes and ensuring staff receive goods ordered.
- Checking stock levels of necessary consumable items such as tissues, soaps, lightbulbs, batteries etc and ordering when necessary.
- Responsible for the School’s timely waste management collections including all recyclables.
- Organising and logging information regarding:

- Water management records
- Pest control records
- Waste management.
- The Caretaker will become a trusted ‘Key Holder’ for the school and expected to carry out any necessary duties that this may involve call out in the event alarms are triggered etc.
- Be responsible for ensuring that the highest standards of health and safety are always maintained.

**Grounds Maintenance**
- Clear leaves and litter from all paths.
- Sweep/hose down muddy paths.
- Cut back any shrubs which overhang the paths that have not been dealt with by contractors.
- Clear weeds growing on paths, playground, entrance.
- Walk the perimeter fence and check and clear litter.
- Clear paths and playground of snow and ice, leaves, animal droppings and mud.

**Whole-school organisation, strategy and development**
- Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the school’s policies, practices and procedures, so as to support the school’s values and vision.
- Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school.

**Health, safety, and discipline**
- Taking reasonable care of own health and safety and that of others.
- Co-operating on all issues involving health and safety.
- Using the appropriate work equipment provided, in accordance with training and instructions.
- Carry out risk assessments.
- Maintain appropriate record keeping.
- Ensure all equipment is maintained effectively, in line with statutory requirements.
- Not interfering or misusing anything provided for health, safety and welfare.
- Reporting any health and safety concerns to the Senior Leadership team/Line manager, as soon as possible.
- Ensuring all tasks are completed in a safe manner.

**Working with colleagues and other relevant professionals**
- Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and beyond the school.
- Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues.

**Personal and professional conduct**
- Maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school.
- Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality.

**Other areas of responsibility**

The Caretaker will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.

Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the caretaker will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the line manager.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR THE ROLE OF CARETAKER**
- **What Qualifications, Experience, Skills & Knowledge do we want Applicants to have?**_

**Qualifications**
- Good Numeracy and Literacy skills
- Any additional qualifications pertinent to the job role
- A full driver’s license.

**Experience**
- Experience that supports maintenance of an aspect of buildings or premises
- Experience that is transferrable to the role
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice - health and safety.
- Ability to use a range of tools and equipment, ensuring safe handling and storage.
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Experience of co-ordinating building projects and premises improvements

**Skills & Knowledge**
- Ability and willingness to work as part of a team.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels with internal and external personnel, contractors and suppliers.
- Understanding of school roles and responsibilities

**Personal Qualities**
- Highly motivated with high expectations, a positive at

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