Caretaker

The Shaw Education Trust; Greater Manchester; A distancia; GBP 27.000 - 28.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Pension scheme

Health plan

Discount for Teachers

Free eye tests

Cycle to work

Professional development

Descripción de la vacante

The Shaw Education Trust is seeking a hands-on Caretaker to join our busy secondary school in Bury, Lancashire. You will maintain premises, carry out repairs, ensure security and support events.

This permanent, full-time role requires reliable, practical individuals who can open/close sites, monitor health and safety, and work with contractors. Benefits include a generous pension, health plan, and professional development opportunities.

Formación

• Experience in general maintenance or basic DIY tasks.
• Reliable, practical and hands-on approach.
• Willingness to work flexible hours for opening/closing the site.

Responsabilidades

• Carry out general maintenance, minor repairs and basic DIY tasks.
• Ensure the school site is clean, tidy, safe and well presented.
• Open and secure the school buildings and premises as required.
• Undertake regular site checks and report maintenance or health and safety concerns.
• Assist with setting up rooms and facilities for activities and events.
• Monitor site security and ensure visitors follow procedures.
• Support contractors and deliveries when required.

Descripción del empleo

* CaretakerNEWFast Apply# CaretakerEmployerLocation: Bury, LancashireContract Type: PermanentHours: Full TimeSalary: Grade 5, SCP 16-20 - £26,847- £28,153 FTEPosted: 14th October 2026Start Date: As Soon As PossibleExpires: 19th October 2026 09:00 AMContract Type: PermanentStart Date: As Soon As PossibleJob ID: 1579565Start Date: As Soon As Possible* Contract Type:Permanent* Job ID: 1579565* Share :This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys a varied, hands-on role and wants to make a positive difference to the day-to-day running of a busy secondary school.As our Caretaker, you will play an important role in maintaining the school premises, ensuring that our buildings, grounds and facilities are safe, secure and fit for purpose.**Your responsibilities will include:*** Carrying out general maintenance, minor repairs and basic DIY tasks.* Ensuring the school site is clean, tidy, safe and well presented.* Opening and securing the school buildings and premises as required.* Undertaking regular site checks and reporting any maintenance or health and safety concerns.* Assisting with the setting up of rooms and facilities for school activities and events.* Monitoring site security and ensuring visitors follow the appropriate procedures.* Supporting contractors and deliveries when required.* Helping to maintain a welcoming, safe and positive environment for pupils, staff and visitors.All candidates are required to provide a supporting statement on the formal application forms which states clearly your reasons for applying, skills and experience for this position.AtShaw Education Trust, we believe every role has the power to transform a life.Whether you're supporting behind the scenes, inspiring in the classroom, orleading with vision, you will be part of something truly meaningful.Ourvalues - **opportunity, integrity, community, and equity** - guide everything wedo. Our vision is ***\"Opening doors to the world through the power oflearning.\"*** We bring this to life through our mission: **workingtogether to inspire communities where every school is valued, every voicematters, and every learner thrives.**Weare a dynamic and growing family of primary, secondary, and special schools,proudly serving communities from Birmingham to Bury.Ourpeople are our greatest asset, and we are deeply committed to their developmentthrough high-quality training, apprenticeships, talent development programmes,and research opportunities, we empower our staff to thrive as skilled,confident professionals. We champion wellbeing, value every voice, and foster aculture where you feel supported, motivated, and inspired to make a realdifference.Youwill join a collaborative network of schools where shared expertise and astrong professional community drive success. Every academy within our Trust hasan equal voice, and every colleague plays a vital role in shaping tailoredlearning experiences that raise aspirations and build brighter futures.Ifyou have the passion, dedication, and drive to help shape lives and createfutures filled with promise, we would love you to join our team.***Together,let's make the remarkable happen.******Webelieve every child has the potential to be extraordinary.***Inour secondary schools, we pride ourselves on our innovative approach tocurriculum design, to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for allstudents, regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculummodels don't always engage all students, so we constantly seek to innovate andprovide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. Wewant our students to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful,and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of ourinnovation include moving towards a trust wide approach to enrichment andcompetitions, to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunitiesfor essential skills like reading and cultural capital. We are also introducingvocational and technical pathways, which run through the normal schoolcurriculum but attract support from leading employers and universities todevelops work-readiness in our students, so that they can progress onto TLevels and apprenticeships.Weare currently at an exciting point in their evolution, with collaboration atthe heart of our collective endeavour. We don't operate in silos: we value thepower of the pack and strive to collaborate as a collective, ensuring no schoolor colleague is left behind. We are currently co-constructing an alignedcurriculum across all EBacc curriculum subjects, to create a world classcurriculum, rich in powerful knowledge and skills. This is driving up standardsthrough the sharing of the very best practice, whilst allowing each schoolsufficient flexibility for autonomy to do what is right for their localcontext. A by-product of this approach has been the reduction in planningworkload for colleagues, meaning they can spend more time on the things thatmatter and fostering strong relationships with pupils and delivery of thecurriculum.Asa group of schools, we take an evidence-informed approach to developing thequality of our teaching and learning, learning from research and best practicein the sector. We value a non-hierarchical, supportive approach to developinggreat teachers. As a people-focused trust, we consider the professionaldevelopment of our staff as a fundamental responsibility. Where any schoolsface any barrier, it has the mutual support of the others in sector to callupon for subject specific or general support, all facilitated by a group ofservant leaders at trust level. Our Heads meet regularly and genuinely supporteach other in a non-competitive environment. We have team of directors withvast experience at headship, senior and middle leadership levels and our teamof subject directors are supporting subject staff across the trust to designand deliver the very best curricula, providing subject specific pedagogicalsupport.**ShawEducation Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching orSupport Staff employment:*** An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (SupportStaff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)* **Support Staff only** based on working **full time,all year** - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day ofemployment (**37 days holiday** **rising to 39 days** after 5 years'service including Bank Holidays)* Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoyhealth services designed to support your well-being.* Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Supportand Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection ofdiscounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.* Free Eye Tests* Cycle to work scheme* Access to our Institute ofEducation and fantastic opportunities to help you **grow, contribute** and**flourish** in your role and in the Trust.Weknow **our people** are the key to our success and so we're committed toensuring the **employment experience** at **Shaw Education Trust** is a **rewarding**one.**Colleagueswithin the Trust benefit from:** Access to a full range of courses both in-house andprofessionally accredited. These courses include a variety of the NationalProfessional Qualifications and the Early Carer Teacher Programme delivered byShaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute.* Experiencedleadership and subject-specific support.* Guidancefrom former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.* Accessto the Trust's Institute of Education and SCITT.* Opportunitiesto work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.* Participatingin peer reviews.* Accessto a suite of online courses.* Placementprojects within our family of schools.**Working hours: Monday to Friday, Full Time - All