Caretaker

Monarch Education Furniture; England; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education provider seeks a proactive School Caretaker for a primary school in Birmingham starting July 2025. The role involves ensuring school safety, cleanliness, and performing various maintenance tasks. Candidates should have caretaking experience, communication skills, and a commitment to student welfare.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Continuous learning and development

Refer a Friend Scheme

Exclusive vacancies within local Schools

Competitive daily rates

Qualifications

• Previous experience in caretaking is required.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage cleanliness of all school areas.
• Carry out general maintenance and repairs.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety.

Skills

Communication

Practical Skills

Job description

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Job Description

School Caretaker: Primary School

Location: Birmingham

Start Date: July 2025

Contract type: Full-Time, split shift 7:00am - 10:30am and 2:30pm-6:00pm

Salary: Competitive, Based on Experience

Monarch Education are working with a Primary School in Birmingham who are looking for a proactive and resilient Caretaker to join their school in July 2025. If you already have experience in Caretaking, especially in a Primary School environment, who excels in making sure the school environment is safe, secure and clean ready to welcome staff, students and visitors, then this is the job for you.

Job Description

Being a school caretaker, you will have some key responsibilities which will ensure the school is well operated and making sure everywhere is as safe as possible.

• Managing the cleanliness of all school areas.
• Carrying out general maintenance and repairs on the premises.
• Opening and locking the premises for security.
• Monitor and report any safety issues.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety on the school grounds.
• Conduct regular health and safety checks.
• Manage heating, ventilation and lighting systems.
• Respond promptly to emergency situations within the school premises.
• Liaise with external contractors and service providers.
• Assist with setting up and dismantling equipment for school events and activities.
  
  

Requirements

• Must have previous experience in Caretaking.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work independently and as a team.
• Have a broad range of practical skills.
• Would suitably have a reliable, proactive and flexible
• Committed to the safeguarding and the wellbeing of staff and students.
  
  

About

Monarch Education are proud to be a leading recruitment specialist in the Education industry. We are passionate about our people and the services we provide to our candidates. Working with Monarch Education will give you access too:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Affinity Academy - continuous learning and development!
• A Refer a Friend Scheme giving you a bonus of up to £200
• Exclusive vacancies within local Schools and Multi Academy Trusts
• Competitive daily rates
  
  

To learn more about us and what makes Monarch one of the leading education recruitment providers nationwide - please visit our website - About Us - Monarch (monarcheducation.co.uk)

Monarch Education are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcomes applications regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief pregnancy and maternity or disability as well as adhering to strict Safeguarding procedures.

Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant's applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.

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