Caretaker/Handyperson - Symondsbury Primary School

Dorset Council; Bridport; On-site; GBP 9,000 - 11,000; Part time

Job summary

Dorset Council is recruiting a Caretaker/Handyperson for Symondsbury Primary School. The role is permanent and part-time, 8 hours per week across the year, covering site security, maintenance and repairs to maintain a safe learning environment.

The successful applicant will be flexible, with practical maintenance skills (decorating, basic plumbing, site upkeep) and a positive, can-do approach to support pupils and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in general maintenance including decorating, site upkeep and basic plumbing is desirable.
• Candidate should have a positive, can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Site security.
• Dealing with out of hours emergencies (paid as overtime).
• Undertaking routine maintenance and repairs.

Skills

General maintenance

Decorating

Basic plumbing

Job description

About the role

We are looking for a Caretaker/Handyperson to join our friendly hardworking team. Main duties will include site security, dealing with out of hours emergencies (which would be paid as overtime), undertaking routine maintenance and repairs.

This is a permanent position, working 8 hours a week for 52 weeks a year.

We are looking for someone who is positive, has a “can do” attitude, has relevant skills to undertake general maintenance (decorating, site maintenance, basic plumbing etc) and wants to ensure our pupils have the best environment to learn.

Further Information

Symondsbury Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who is not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.