This Caretaker post sits in the Facilities Team at Vertas Group, based at Albany Junior School in Stapleford. The work covers day-to-day maintenance and minor repairs, cleaning, painting and decorating, checking heating, lighting and alarm systems, and keeping health and safety records. The hours are split into early morning and late afternoon blocks, Monday to Friday, 35 hours a week, all year round. Enhanced DBS and children's barred list checks apply, as the school setting requires safeguarding clearance.
What the job involves
- Provide caretaking services to oversee maintenance and cleanliness
- Carry out day-to-day maintenance and minor repairs
- Undertake cleaning duties
- Make sure heating, lighting and alarm systems work properly
- Carry out and record basic checks and maintain health and safety records
- Paint and decorate as required
- Monitor site stocks
- Open and secure the premises as required
- Demonstrate health and safety awareness
- Attend training courses, including health and safety, which are provided
What’s required
Experience
- Experience in a similar setting
Skills & knowledge
- Strong customer service and communication skills
- Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise tasks
- Good attention to detail to meet maintenance standards
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, following health and safety procedures
- Ability to adapt and respond to change
- Listening and responding to colleagues, customers and suppliers
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check, declaring cautions and convictions not protected under filtering rules
- Children's Barred List check and assessment of suitability to work with children, where applicable
- Right to work
- Satisfactory references
- Occupational health and medical clearance, where applicable
- Verification of qualifications and professional registrations, where applicable
Other
- Team player
- Proactive and reliable approach to work
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
