Caretaker - Site manager

Catch22; Newport; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

Catch22 is seeking a Caretaker responsible for maintaining the premises of a school in Newport. The role involves ensuring a safe and secure environment, managing maintenance priorities, and working with external contractors. Candidates should have proven experience in site maintenance and the ability to engage with multi-agency staff effectively.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working within premises/site.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Ability to engage in teamwork effectively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain school premises to ensure a safe environment.
• Set priorities for maintenance and repairs.
• Liaise with suppliers for essential services.

Skills

Experience with premises/site maintenance

Dealing with external contractors

Initiative and responsibility

Teamwork with multi-agency staff

Organisational skills

Job description

Catch22 Include schools help vulnerable young people with challenging behaviours to realise their full potential.With extensive experience of delivering services to children and young people who have experienced difficulties in mainstream schools and whose education has irretrievably broken down, we support learners to achieve academic and vocational targets and progress into education, training and employment.

TheCatch22 Include provides a safe and nurturing environment for students who have been unable to sustain a place in mainstream education. We prioritise academic achievement, and we introduce behaviour interventions and therapeutic support where necessary. This enables students to re-integrate at the same key stage as their peers, and supports them to access future opportunities in employment and further education.

Job Description

We are looking for a Caretaker who will be responsible for maintaining the school premises in Newport to ensure that they provide a safe and secure environment for everybody within the school. In addition, the premises should provide an environment, which actively supports the process of learning.

You'll be responsible for setting the priorities for maintenance and repair, ensuring that essential services including IT, gas, electricity & water are maintained, and liaising with suppliers if there are outages or when maintenance is required. You'll undertake general repairs and maintenance around the site, inside and out, to ensure a safe environment is maintained, and maintain adequate supplies of cleaning materials and supplies re-ordering when needed via the School Administration Manager.

We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:

• Has proven experience of working within the area of premises/site.
• Experience of dealing with external contractors.
• Has demonstrated the ability to take the initiative, work independently and be able to accept responsibility.
• Ability and willingness to engage in teamwork with multi-agency staff at all levels
• Ability to organise time and work routines effectively to an agreed action plan in order to meet outputs and targets.

Additional Information

Salary: £26,651 - 36,400 per year, pro rata
Hours of work:Parttime, 30 hours per week, 39 weeks
Contract: Permanent
Location:Newport

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here .

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Please note, we will conduct an online search as part of our due dilligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.