Caretaker - Marwood Primary School

Norse Group; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading facilities management provider is seeking a Caretaker for Marwood Primary School in Barnstaple. This part-time role involves site management, maintenance, and cleaning duties, with training provided for suitable candidates. Employees benefit from a company pension, annual leave, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Annual leave allowance

Award-winning training

Local benefits

Opportunities for progression

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role preferred but not essential.
• Must demonstrate confidence in independent and team tasks.

Responsibilities

• Ensure site and grounds are secure, cleaned, and maintained.
• Support with general maintenance issues and minor handyman duties.

Skills

Customer Service

Interpersonal Skills

Teamwork

Health & Safety Knowledge

Job description

Caretaker -Marwood Primary School

• Location: Barnstaple, EX31 4HF
• Salary: £13.46/hour, equates to £27,996.80 pro-rata
• Hours Per Week:17 hpw
• Shift pattern:Monday to Thursday 3:30pm - 7pm, Friday 3:30pm - 6.30pm

South West Norse is a FM provider delivering support services to businesses across cleaning and facilities management disciplines across the region. We currently have a great opportunity for a Caretaker to join our established team at Marwood Primary School on a permanent, part-time basis.

Role

As Caretaker, you will be working on-site under the direction of an area supervisor, ensuring the site and grounds are secure, cleaned and maintained to contractual standards. You will be responsible for equipment and products used in carrying out your role, including inventory and safe storage.

This position will also hold further site management duties, and you will be expected to support with general maintenance issues and some minor handyman duties.

Your Experience:

If you have previously worked within a similar role then this would be advantageous however, at Norse we can offer full training and support for enthusiastic individuals if you can demonstrate:

• Capable of delivering a high level of customer service
• Confident working both on your own and as part of a team
• Good interpersonal skills, capable of building rapport with the client
• Comfortable engaging with members of the public
• Any knowledge of health & safety guidelines relevant to the role would be an advantage

Why work for South West Norse?

It’s important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training so you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!

If you have a great eye for detail and enjoy cleaning this is the perfect opportunity for you. From day one all of our employees benefit from our company pension scheme and annual leave allowance, and this will be combined with a number of local benefits and the opportunity for progression and development within a national organisation.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.