Caretaker

St Paul's Catholic Primary School; Yate; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Yate is seeking a reliable Caretaker to join the site team. Responsibilities include general maintenance, cleaning, and ensuring a safe and effective environment for learning. Candidates should have experience in maintenance tasks and be willing to adapt to varied working hours, including school holidays.

Qualifications

• Good level of literacy and numeracy required.
• Experience in maintenance and DIY tasks essential.
• Ability to use technology for reporting and recording.

Responsibilities

• General site maintenance and visual inspections.
• Cleaning and refilling consumables as needed.
• Painting and decorating tasks as required.

Skills

Good level of literacy and numeracy

Ability to use technology

Maintenance and DIY experience

Health and safety understanding

Ability to prioritize and plan workload

Flexibility in working pattern

Job description

An opportunity has arisen at St Paul's Catholic Primary School for a reliable and flexible Caretaker to join our team, who is keen to make a difference and assist with maintaining the premises and grounds to a high standard.

Job Overview

As a key part of our site team, you’ll have responsibility for general site maintenance, using a varied skillset to carry out tasks. These tasks might include but are not limited to painting and decorating, manual handling, ensuring the site is in a good condition for all to work and learn effectively and also day to day tasks such as cleaning, refilling consumables and visual inspections.

Job Requirements

• Good level of literacy and numeracy
• Ability to use technology as we move to a computer based reporting and recording system
• Good standard of maintenance and DIY experience with an understanding of health and safety parameters
• Experience of working within an operational environment to provide day-to-day maintenance support
• Ability to prioritise and plan own workload and use initiative
• Ability to complete courses as required (e.g., Working at Heights, Health and Safety, COSHH)
• A degree of flexibility in the working pattern to allow time for lettings outside of school hours and also bigger maintenance tasks that will need to be completed in school holiday times (at least 2hrs per day are required to be worked from 7-9am to allow for opening the site and security checks)