Caretaker

Shire Oak Academy; Walsall; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on everyday purchases

Health plan (UK Health Care)

Cycle to work scheme

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Shire Oak Academy in Walsall is seeking a reliable Caretaker to join our school site team. You will manage security, maintenance and cleaning, support deliveries, and help maintain a safe, well‑kept environment for students and staff.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will implement health and safety measures, monitor facilities, and respond to emergencies with calm, practical problem solving while upholding our high standards of care and service.

Qualifications

• Good standard of education, including literacy and numeracy.
• First aid, fire safety, asbestos awareness, legionella awareness and manual handling training, or willingness to complete these.
• Working knowledge of health and safety legislation and good practice relevant to school premises.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the security, safety, maintenance, and cleanliness of the site and buildings.
• Provide porterage of Academy deliveries.
• To undertake tasks to ensure the maintenance, security and health and safety of the school site (including grounds, buildings, facilities and equipment, ensuring efficient and effective operation).
• Responsible for health and safety compliance requirements.

Skills

Health & safety

Premises maintenance

Emergency response

Job description

Job Title: Caretaker

Location:Walsall

Shire Oak Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy greatsuccess in and outside of the classroom. We aim to provide an outstanding, positive learning environment and value the high quality of relationships that enable this to be true of all aspects of school life. Our Academy motto, 'Turning Potential into Excellence' is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world. We support and encourage our students to try their best to achieve success in all areas and help prepare them for their future choices, not only in their academic learning, but also within other areas such as music, sport, art and drama.

We are:

Aspirational - Inspire all of our students to dream big dreams which extend their horizons beyond their expectations.

Success - Learning from failure, challenging expectations and driving for success.

Participation - To be fully involved in school life. Take an active part in lessons and take full advantage of the extracurricular opportunities provided.

Integrity - Promoting the qualities of selflessness, courage, honesty, respect, commitment and doing the right thing.

Responsibility - To enable each student to develop confidence, self-esteem and responsibility in all areas of school life.

Excellence - Striving for excellence and high achievement in everything we do.

To provide a safe, secure, caring and supportive environment in which all students may take advantage of the opportunities we provide to develop knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to prepare them for taking up an adult place in 21st Century society as responsible, responsive and enterprising citizens who become effective lifelong learners and make a positive contribution to society.

Want to make a difference to young people?

Are you ready to embark on a rewarding journey within an educational community that values increasing opportunities, improving outcomes for our students.We are looking for aCaretakerto join our team. Reporting toOperations Manager, you will undertake:

Key responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the security, safety, maintenance, and cleanliness of the site and buildings.

  Provide porterage of Academy deliveries.

  To undertake tasks to ensure the maintenance, security and health and safety of the school site (including grounds, buildings, facilities and equipment, ensuring efficient and effective operation.)

  Responsible for health and safety compliance requirements.

Pay range:Scale Grade 5 (9-17)| Actual £28,153 to £32,046 | FTE £28,153 to £32,046

Qualifications and Skills:

• Good standard of education, including literacy and numeracy

  First aid, fire safety, asbestos awareness, legionella awareness and manual handling training, or willingness to complete these

• Working knowledge of health and safety legislation and good practice relevant to school premises .

  Knowledge of fire safety, COSHH, asbestos management, legionella control, security and safeguarding procedures

  Ability to organise workload and maintain consistently high standards Ability to inspect premises, identify defects and risks, prioritise work and arrange effective solutions

  Ability to implement maintenance programmes and respond calmly to emergencies

  Good written, verbal and digital communication skills, including maintaining logs, schedules and compliance records

  Practical maintenance and problem-solving skills, with the judgement to recognise when specialist support is required

For full details of the post please see attached Job Description and Person Specification

Why The Mercian Trust?

As one Trust weshare a common purpose. We call it our social mobility and social justice mission to change our communities through the very best equitable education. When we get this right, itenables our children and young people to fulfil their potential, thrive in the world of work, and make a positive contribution to the local, national and international community.

Put simply, our common purpose is to increase opportunities and improve outcomes for our students. We are particularly committed to students who are under-served and under-resourced. We prioritise those who have special educational needs and disabilities, or who are more likely to face discrimination for whatever reason.

It is this common purpose that fuels everything we do.We deliver impactful,sustainable and ethical continuous school improvement in our schools to ensure the children and young people in the communities we serve learn in the very best and most inclusive schools.

We are deeply rooted in the communities we serve (which are the education investment areas of the West Midlands). Weadopta pioneering spirit and look to lead thesector with innovative solutions to the problems our students and families face.

Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more: The Mercian Trust - Home

Benefits:

Financial, Health and Lifestyle

• discounts on everyday purchases (Eden Red)

• a comprehensive free of charge health plan (UK Health Care)

• a cycle to work scheme via Halfords

• access to the Blue Light Card

For further benefits including education sector leading CPD: The Mercian Trust - What we can offer you

The Mercian Trustis committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

The Mercian Trustis also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Please take time to read our polices attached to this advert.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.