Maintenance Operative

International Schools Today; Tandridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 10%

Subsidised Sports Centre Membership

Continuous Professional Development

Health Cash Plan

Electric car leasing scheme

Cycle Scheme

Caterham School Benefit Hub

Free counselling and legal advice

Job summary

Caterham School is seeking an outstanding Maintenance Operative to join our friendly team. Based at Caterham, you will help maintain facilities across our day and boarding schools, ensuring a safe, well-presented environment for pupils and staff.

The role offers a competitive remuneration package and benefits including pension contributions, subsidised sports centre membership, CPD, Health Cash Plan, electric car leasing, cycle scheme, and wellbeing support.

Qualifications

• Experience in building maintenance or facilities preferred.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• Commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing policies.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Health & safety awareness

Job description

Caterham is a UK leading co-educational day and boarding school and awarded Times Educational Supplement Best Independent Senior School in 2023. We are a high-achieving, ambitious and friendly school recognised for our academic achievement, our innovation and our Wellbeing programme, which underpins all that we do here. Our academic results consistently place us as a top-performing UK independent school. Caterham is an EdTech 50 and an Apple Distinguished School, winner of the TES ‘Best Use of Digital’ award and the first UK school to be awarded the National Children’s Bureau’s Wellbeing for Schools Award.

Our progressive approach to learning and teaching, our focus on embracing the best of technology, combined with the strength and warmth of our school community, makes Caterham a unique place in which to work. Caterham is a school which supports its staff to progress and play a full part in our pupils’, and the school’s, achievements.

The community here is vibrant and energetic, both in the classroom and across the broad scope of co-curricular activities on offer. Our community holds a wide range of academic, artistic and sporting interests, all underpinned by a collective drive to support achievement – and each other.

We are looking for an outstanding Maintenance Operative to join our dynamic and friendly Family of Schools.

Caterham provides a competitive remuneration and benefits package which includes:

• A pension scheme with an employer’s contribution of up to 10%
• Subsidised Sports Centre Membership
• Continuous Professional Development
• Health Cash Plan
• Electric car leasing scheme
• Cycle Scheme
• Access to Caterham School Benefit Hub
• Free counselling and legal advice service

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts, as part of their application.

Caterham School is committed to applying its equality, diversion and inclusion policy at all stages of recruitment and selection and to ensuring that our employees are always treated fairly and equally in every part of school life.