This caretaking post at Saint Pius X Catholic High School supports the sports hall and premises, mainly during lettings and community use. Duties centre on opening and locking up, welcoming hirers, setting up equipment, cleaning, and keeping exits and escape routes clear. It is a casual role with unsociable hours across mornings, evenings, weekends and holidays, and shifts can be unsupervised. First aid certification, or willingness to train for it, is essential, and visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Open, unlock and lock up the sports hall and facilities for lettings and out-of-hours hire
- Act as main contact during evening and weekend lettings, greeting hirers, checking bookings and giving reception support
- Control key holding and site access under trust and school security protocols
- Carry out site walks during lettings to monitor access, security and hirers' compliance with facility rules
- Set up and dismantle sports equipment, tables and facilities to letting agreements
- Clean the sports hall, changing rooms, toilets, corridors and reception to high hygiene standards, including emergency cleaning of body fluids
- Store tools, equipment and cleaning chemicals safely under COSHH
- Check fire exits, walkways and escape routes are clear, and report defects and hazards to the line manager
- Carry out manual handling and work to risk assessments and safe method statements, including in inclement weather
- Keep records of lettings, incidents, shift handovers and repairs
- Follow school and trust child protection, safeguarding and confidentiality policies, reporting concerns to the DSL or line manager
- Wear prescribed uniform and PPE at all times on duty
What’s required
Qualifications
- First aid certification, or willingness to undertake training
Experience
- Experience in a customer-facing, sports facility, community centre or school environment
Skills & knowledge
- Basic awareness of health and safety principles, including manual handling and basic COSHH
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills for reception duties
- Ability to communicate effectively with hirers, sports groups, visitors and school staff
- Ability to work independently, show initiative and manage time during unsupervised shifts
- Understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures in an educational environment
Other
- Physical capability for manual handling and moving heavy sports equipment
- High degree of flexibility to work casual, unsociable hours, including mornings, evenings, weekends and holidays
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality regarding school matters
- Willingness to undertake mandatory training, such as safeguarding, manual handling and COSHH
Nice to have
- Knowledge of basic site maintenance, sports equipment set-up or cleaning practices
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
