Facilities Assistant (Caretaker)

Teaching Vacancies; Nuneaton and Bedworth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK education provider in Nuneaton and Bedworth is seeking an outstanding Facilities Operative dedicated to ensuring safety and compliance across the building and grounds. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with the Facilities Manager and contribute to a positive environment for students, staff, and visitors. This position includes excellent benefits such as a health cash plan, employee wellness app access, and a teacher pension scheme.

Benefits

24/7 confidential employee counselling

Wellbeing app access

Health cash plan

Discounted shopping platform

Paid personal day

Cycle to work scheme

Car lease scheme

Free will writing service

Teacher Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Outstanding Facilities Operative with experience in maintaining safety.
• Able to build effective working relationships with diverse groups.
• Motivated to achieve standards of excellence in facility management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the building and grounds are maintained and compliant.
• Assist the Facilities Manager with required checks and services.
• Create a safe, innovative environment for students and staff.

Skills

Team player

Effective communication

Ability to ensure safety

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

You will be:

• An outstanding Facilities Operative
• Able to build effective working relationships with pupils, parents and staff
• A Team player
• To work towards our target to be the best site team within United Learning
• To ensure the building and grounds are complaint by completing the relevant checks and tests
• To provide a safe innovative environment for students, staff and visitors
• To assist the Facilities Manager in ensuring that the main aims of the academy can be achieved by providing a service that ensures teaching areas are adequately lit, heated, ventilated, furnished and free of any hazards

What the school offers its staff

Benefits of working for United Learning:

• Access to a 24/7 confidential employee counselling and advice line
• Access to the Wisdom wellbeing app which can help you track your wellness, improve your mental health and includes workouts, podcasts and recipes
• Westfield Health cash plan – claim the cost back on health services such as physio, dental treatments, optical services and consultants (eligible after 6 months’ service)
• Westfield Rewards is a discounted shopping platform which offers access to an extensive range of discounts and cashback opportunities across a wide variety of well-known retailers and service providers (eligible after 6 months’ service)
• 1 day’s paid personal day in each academic year (available to both teaching and support staff)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car lease scheme
• Free will writing service
• Teacher Pension Scheme / LGPS (approx. pension 23% contribution)

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.