Caretaker

Star Academies; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Star Academies is seeking a highly organised individual to join the support team at Starbank school in Birmingham. The role involves creating and maintaining a safe learning environment for students aged 3 to 16 years. You'll be instrumental in ensuring facilities are clean and well maintained, providing necessary building maintenance, and contributing to a committed team dedicated to improving life chances for young people.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Healthcare cash plans

Qualifications

• Experience of carrying out specialist building maintenance work.
• Experience of keeping work records.
• Ability to undertake a range of caretaking and cleaning duties.

Responsibilities

• Help create, maintain, and manage a safe learning environment.
• Ensure facilities are clean, safe, and well maintained.
• Identify work priorities and manage workload.

Skills

Organisational skills

Technical skills

Problem solving

Customer service

Job description

Do you have the drive, passion and commitment to deliver outstanding support to help young people in a disadvantaged community? If so, joining the Star support team might just be the best career move you ever make. This is your opportunity to join a dedicated team of support staff who are committed to providing the best possible education for our pupils.

About Starbank

Starbank school in Birmingham is a large all through school for pupils aged 3 to 16 years old. We have over 2,000 pupils and are based across three sites in close proximity to each other. We joined Star Academies in 2020 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a highly organised individual to help create, maintain and manage a safe learning environment for our young people. You will have a keen eye for detail to ensure our facilities are clean, safe and well maintained.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to effectively problem solve and provide excellent customer service to our community.

You will have:

• Experience of carrying out specialist building maintenance work, within the reasonable capacity of a normal handyperson.
• Experience of keeping work records.
• The ability to undertake a range of caretaking and cleaning duties.
• The ability to identify work priorities and manage own workload, whilst ensuring that lower priority work is kept up to date.

About Star Academies

Star Academies is a high-performing multi-academy trust that runs more than 30 primary and secondary schools. We are a values-based organisation that works to improve the life chances of young people in areas of social and economic deprivation to help them succeed at the highest levels of education, employment and the professions. Every single day you’ll be rewarded with the opportunity to shape a young person’s future - our STAR values embody what we believe is needed to succeed.

Professional development is key to our ongoing success, so we continually invest in our employees through our professional development hub, Star Talent Academy. With a wealth of training, mentoring and progression opportunities across a large, growing group of academies, joining our team of leading education experts could propel your career to the next level.

We can also offer you a range of rewards and benefits, including competitive salaries and pension schemes, generous holiday entitlements and healthcare cash plans.

Find out more

This vacancy is for theStarbank Road Primarysite.

Please download the job description and person specification below for further information about the role. For an informal and confidential discussion about the role please call us on 0121 464 0751.

Key Dates

Closing Date: Friday, 27 June 2025 at midnight.

Interview Date: Wednesday, 02 July 2025.

Proposed Start Date: Friday, 01 August 2025.

Application Process

To apply for this vacancy please use the 'Apply for job' link below. You should ensure your application form and supporting statement address all elements of the person specification. We will only consider candidates who meet the vast majority of the essential criteria outlined in the person specification.

Our Commitment

Star Academies is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks.

We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.