Assistant Caretaker

Voyage Education Partnership; Bodmin; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading educational partnership is seeking an Assistant Caretaker for a primary school in Bodmin. This part-time, permanent role involves general maintenance duties, ensuring a safe environment for children. The ideal candidate will possess building maintenance knowledge and a proactive approach to their work, contributing to a supportive educational community.

Benefits

Competitive salary and pension scheme

24/7 wellbeing services and employee assistance programme

Discounts with national and local retailers

CPD and training opportunities

Support from colleagues and shared services teams

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of general building maintenance required.
• Awareness of Health and Safety regulations essential.
• Enthusiasm and a pro-active attitude towards work.

Responsibilities

• Perform general caretaker duties including locking and unlocking.
• Conduct light maintenance and gardening tasks.
• Cover for the caretaker as required.

Skills

General building maintenance

Health and Safety awareness

Pro-active attitude

Job description

Education Phase: Primary

Working Pattern: Part-Time

Contract Type: Permanent

About us

Beacon is a primary school and nursery for children aged 3 to 11 years old with an Area Resource Base for pupils from 4 years old. We hope that children will join us from the age of 3, when they can enjoy our fantastic outdoor Nursery, and then thrive on the provision in each year group up to Year 6. It is at the end of Year 6 that we say goodbye to our confident, well-rounded young people, as they move on to secondary school equipped with skills which will take them successfully forward into the next stage of their education and indeed, will take them on into their longer-term futures.We have three key values at Beacon Academy: Be Brilliant, Be Brave, Believe. These values work in partnership with our Trust Core Shared Values and our Trust Philosophy of ‘work hard, be honest & help others’. Our three school key values underpin everything we do. We want every child and every member of our community to hold these values close at all times. These values will, we are sure, enable every child and member of our school community to "Shine Brightly".

Job Description

We are seeking an Assistant Caretaker to start as soon as possible. The role will be mainly based at Beacon Academy in Bodmin but may be required to assist in other schools from time to time. This is a 22.5 hour per week, permanent contract, term time plus 5 inset days.

Duties will include general caretaker duties, locking and unlocking duties, general light maintenance, gardening and cover for the caretaker as required.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience of general building maintenance and awareness of Health and Safety regulations, as well as enthusiasm and pro-active attitude to their work.

Please see attached job description for more information.

As well as offering great schools to work in, wonderful children to work with, and fantastic colleagues to work alongside, our Trust is committed to providing colleagues with other benefits that make your employment with Kernow Learning the best that it can be. We offer:

• A competitive salary and membership of Local Government Pension Scheme
• A real commitment to wellbeing, including access to 24/7 wellbeing services and employee assistance programme
• Access to discounts with national and local retailers and service providers
• A range of CPD and training opportunities, both internally and externally, learning from local and national speakers and specialists to support your professional growth
• The support and skills of our networks of colleagues both within our schools and our Shared Services teams

Kernow Learning is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and follows the Safer Recruitment process. The successful candidate will be expected to share this commitment and will be required to undertake checks including an enhanced disclosure through the DBS process, as well as prohibition, S128, and Social Media/online presence checks.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.

Unfortunately, Kernow Learning is not a sponsoring organisation for overseas candidates. This means that the successful candidate will need to possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.

Desired Criteria

Please see attached job description for more information.

Please see attached job description for more information.

Assistant Caretaker Job Description Oct 24.pdf