Caretaker in Walsall

Walsall Shire Oak Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. We aim to provide an outstanding, positive learning environment and value the high quality of relationships that enable this to be true of all aspects of school life. Our Academy motto, ‘Turning Potential into Excellence’ is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.

We support and encourage our students to try their best to achieve success in all areas and help prepare them for their future choices, not only in their academic learning, but also within other areas such as music, sport, art and drama.

We are:

• Aspirational - Inspire all of our students to dream big dreams which extend their horizons beyond their expectations.
• Success - Learning from failure, challenging expectations and driving for success.
• Participation - To be fully involved in school life. Take an active part in lessons and take full advantage of the extracurricular opportunities provided.
• Integrity - Promoting the qualities of selflessness, courage, honesty, respect, commitment and doing the right thing.
• Responsibility - To enable each student to develop confidence, self-esteem and responsibility in all areas of school life.
• Excellence - Striving for excellence and high achievement in everything we do.

To provide a safe, secure, caring and supportive environment in which all students may take advantage of the opportunities we provide to develop knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to prepare them for taking up an adult place in 21st Century society as responsible, responsive and enterprising citizens who become effective lifelong learners and make a positive contribution to society.

We are looking for a Caretaker to join our team. Reporting to Operations Manager, you will undertake:

Key responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the security, safety, maintenance, and cleanliness of the site and buildings.
• Provide porterage of Academy deliveries.
• To undertake tasks to ensure the maintenance, security and health and safety of the school site (including grounds, buildings, facilities and equipment, ensuring efficient and effective operation).
• Responsible for health and safety compliance requirements.

Pay range: Scale Grade 5 (9-17) | Actual £28,153 to £32,046 | FTE £28,153 to £32,046

Qualifications and Skills:

• Good standard of education, including literacy and numeracy.
• First aid, fire safety, asbestos awareness, legionella awareness and manual handling training, or willingness to complete these.
• Working knowledge of health and safety legislation and good practice relevant to school premises.
• Knowledge of fire safety, COSHH, asbestos management, legionella control, security and safeguarding procedures.
• Ability to organise workload and maintain consistently high standards.
• Ability to inspect premises, identify defects and risks, prioritise work and arrange effective solutions.
• Ability to implement maintenance programmes and respond calmly to emergencies.
• Good written, verbal and digital communication skills, including maintaining logs, schedules and compliance records.
• Practical maintenance and problem-solving skills, with the judgement to recognise when specialist support is required.

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references. The Mercian Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.