Caretaker

**Salary**:NJC07 £20,444.00 - NJC11 £22,129.00 FTE
Actual salary: £13,813.51 - £14,952.02

**Job role**:Part-time, permanent

**Hours**:25 hours per week

**Location**:Central Services based at Henry Hinde Infant and Junior Schools

**Working pattern**: Monday to Friday 1:30pm - 6:30pm

To act as an integral part of the schools site service team. Carrying out minor maintenance duties, liaising with contractors and contributing to the smooth operation of the site teams function within Transforming Lives Educational Trust and their school sites ensuring the school is fit for purpose, safe and compliant for those that access it.

**Security**:

- To be the main key holders for the school site
- Unlock and lock the school site
- Carry out daily walk rounds to ensure the site is safe and secure
- Unsetting and setting of alarms
- Responding to out of hours call outs

**Maintenance and site management**:

- Minor building repairs and maintenance work, including;
- Carpentry - fitting white board and notice boards, replacing door and window furniture where able, repair damaged areas around the school site
- Plumbing - Repair of leaking taps, fitting of toilet fixtures, clearing of blocked drains, channels and toilets
- General - Minor flooring repairs, painting and decorating, graffiti removal, replacement of fixtures and fittings such as locks, assembly/repair of furniture and shelf fitting, temporary glazing repairs
- Minor grounds maintenance - trimming hedges and trees, removing site debris, collecting broken glass and clearing leaves and litter from gullies.
- Carry out project works during school closures as directed by the Senior Site Service Officer and the Business Operations and Estates Manager
- Operate heating plant to maintain certain temperatures and ensure adequate supply of hot water available
- To clean light fittings replacing where necessary minor parts such as tubes, bulbs, fuses, starters and diffusers, in accordance with safe working practices.
- To be responsible for ensuring clear and safe pedestrian access to the school particularly in adverse weather conditions (e.g. snow clearing, gritting)
- Report any site emergencies, equipment faults or maintenance issues to the Senior Site Service Officer
- Flexible to allow for the covering of school events

**Health and Safety**:

- Assist with emergency procedures, such as fire evacuation, lock down and first aid emergencies
- Ensure contractors are properly inducted to site
- Ensure working areas are kept tidy and safe
- Carry out weekly testing procedures in line with compliance
- To be on hand for school lettings

**Cleaning**:

- To arrange to clear blockages, remove foreign matter from sinks, toilets, drains, and clean up spillages as required
- To dispose of waste material in a safe, hygienic manner ensuring that it is available for collection as required
- Assisting the school cleaning team and cleaning supervisors when necessary with carrying out their duties
- Tidying of rooms and emptying of bins following after school activities and lettings
- Emptying of external bins, collection of recycling, removal of graffiti and cleaning the School minibus
- Regular litter picking to maintain a tidy and presentable school site
- Remove spillages and resultant stains from floors and other surfaces
- Any other cleaning as and when required

**General duties**:

- Checking the quality of contractors work and signing contractor visit reports
- To provide assistance and be the first point of contact with any letting’s groups on the school sites
- Provide assistance with general enquiries relating to the site
- To set out rooms to school requirements
- Receipt of and checking of deliveries and distribution of deliveries to relevant locations
- Any other site support duties that are in line with the job purpose and grade

To carry out the above functions across all sites within Transforming Lives Educational Trust as and when required.

**The post holder will have a shared responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people. The post holder has an implicit duty to promote the welfare of all staff, children and young people and to be committed to promoting diversity and inclusion.**

Work remotely
- No

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £13,813.51-£14,952.02 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday