Caretaker

Star Academies; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Star Academies is seeking a dedicated caretaker to provide an effective caretaking service across the school site. You will inspect and record standards of cleaning and grounds, and take responsibility for ensuring contractors are signed in and attend to enquiries.

You will act as a key holder, unlocking and securing all access points at the start and end of each day the school is open, while balancing a range of caretaking and cleaning duties with priority-driven workload management.

Qualifications

• Experience in specialist building maintenance.
• Experience in keeping work records.
• Ability to undertake a range of caretaking and cleaning duties.
• Ability to identify work priorities and manage own workload.

Responsibilities

• Provide an effective caretaking service.
• Inspect and record standards of cleaning and grounds.
• Sign in contractors at the school office and handle enquiries they may have.
• Act as a key holder, unlocking and securing all access and egress points at the start and end of every day the school is open.

Skills

Caretaking experience

Record keeping

Cleaning duties

Time management

Job description

Provide an effective caretaking service.

Inspect and record standards of cleaning and grounds.

Take responsibility for ensuring all contractors are properly signed in at the school office, and deal with any enquiries they may have.

Act as a key holder for the school site, unlocking and securing all access and egress points at the start and end of every day the school is open.

You will have:

• Experience of carrying out specialist building maintenance work, within the reasonable capacity of a normal handy person.
• 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.

Our Commitment

Star Academies is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils.

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.