Aylesbury
Vacancy listed04/11/2026
Details
Caretaker
52 weeks p/a, 25 hours per week Mon-Fri working across 2 locations in Aylesbury. Potential for overtime/increase in hours in the future.
We are looking for a proactive and practical Caretaker to maintain a safe, secure and well-presented school environment. Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will be responsible for the secuirity, maintenance and day to day upkeep of the school buildings and grounds, carrying out minor repairs, overseeing health and safety checks and liasing with cleaning contractors to ensure high standards are maintained across the site. This is a varied, hands-on role that is key to supporting a positive learning environment for our pupils and staff.
About You
You will have:
- An undertsanding of the main Health & Safety Regulations, including COSHH and risk assesment, and how they apply in a school environment.
- Ability to carry out repair and maintenance work and expertise in DIY - e.g. woodowrk, plumbing, painting and decorating skills.
- Experience of keeping work records.
- Ability to undertake a range of caretaking and cleaning duties and maintenance and repair tasks.
- Ability to identify work priorities and manage own workload, whilst ensuring that lower priority work is kept up to date.
- Ability to act on own initiatuve, dealing with any unexpected problems that arise.
- Ability to demonstrate good interpersonal skills to communicate with a range of people and students.
- Ability to work effectively and supportively as a member of the Pace team.
- Ability to work well within a team.
- A person who is quick to learn with an enthusiastic and positive attitide.
- The ability to work effectively under pressure.
- Highly motivated and proactive.
- A person who presents a friendly and professional imagine whilst maintaining a sense of calm.
- Willing to work flexibly with colleagues.
- Willingness to participate in further training and developmental opportunities offered by the school to further your knowledge.
A full, clean driving license of 2+ years is desirable with willingness to drive the company minibus if needed.
Pace is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
We are a safer recruitment organisation, and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
Excellent benefits including Pension Scheme, discounts and Cycle to Work/Tech Scheme
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