Caretaker (Afternoons)

Vacancy for a Caretaker (afternoons) at Rufford Primary School

Start date to be agreed

PERMANENT, 27 HOURS PER WEEK, 43 WEEKS PER YEAR (Term time + 4)

Grade 5, SCP 7 – 11 FTE £24,349 - £26,540

Actual Annual Salary £17,768 - £19,367

Shift pattern:

Monday 1:00pm-6:30pm

Tuesday 1:00pm-6:30pm

Wednesday 1:30pm-6:30pm

Thursday 1:00pm-6:30pm

Friday 1:00pm-6:30pm

Flexibility in working hours will be required to meet the needs of the school.

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, conscientious and self-motivated caretaker who would like to provide a key role in maintaining our school sites.

Under the instruction/guidance of the Office Manager, you will provide porterage, maintenance, waste management & security services on school sites & premises.

Duties will include:

• Key holding, lock/unlock school buildings and areas, setting/un-setting of security systems, security of the site.
• Monitor fire safety equipment and carry out and assist in carrying out fire drills. Operate and respond to alarm systems where appropriate.
• Carry out and record statutory checks and help maintain Health and Safety records.
• Carry out checks of heating plant and lighting systems.
• Liaise with contractors & undertake client role in connection with premises-related contracts. Monitor performance of contractors and carry out inductions prior to them gaining access to site. Provide emergency access to school site.
• Maintenance of property and grounds to a high standard. Undertake appropriate repairs e.g. minor redecorating, minor/simple repairs e.g. minor plumbing, changing lamps, unblocking drains, replacing finishings, ironmongery. Organise and carry out various maintenance duties to ensure that the general upkeep and maintenance of the premises is satisfactory, as per specific schedule for the site. Remove waste to central collection point (bin storage area).
• Monitor and arrange preventative planned maintenance and routine inspections of the buildings, fixtures, fittings, furniture, premises and grounds to assess for minor work or repairs required to be carried out to maintain safe and satisfactory conditions.
• Assisting in administration of log books/on line record keeping system (basic computer skills would be an advantage).
• To undertake tasks as delegated from the Job Log System. Ensuring that the ‘jobs’ are completed in a timely manner and to a satisfactory standard.
• To communicate with parents/carers and outside agencies where appropriate.
• Monitor site stock and order supplies. Coordinate deliveries to the site and distribution within.
• Undertake emergency cleaning tasks during specified times such as graffiti removal & litter picking of entire site (external).
• Undertake on-call duties when required.
• To assist in safety audits of the premises and contribute to relevant risk assessment activity.

Please contact Pippa Laight on 01384 686717 or email: plaight@ruffordprimary.co.uk

Closing date: 31st March 2025

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews due to take place: w/c 7th April 2025

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, as a part of our recruitment process we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertaken can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2024 – KCSIE 2024

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide

As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.