Multi-Site Maintenance Staff/Caretaker

Teaching Vacancies; St. Austell; Sur place; GBP 22 000 - 26 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Pension

Training & Development

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free Parking

Résumé du poste

Wave are seeking a skilled and dependable Multi‑Site Maintenance Staff/Caretaker to maintain our academies across Redruth, Penzance, and surrounding sites. In this hands‑on role, they will organise and carry out both planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring our buildings remain safe, compliant, and in optimum working condition.

You will have strong practical skills in carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, drainage, lock fixing and painting, with a good understanding of health and safety in an

Qualifications

• Strong practical skills across building maintenance tasks.
• Experience in basic carpentry, plumbing and electrical work.
• Understanding of safety regulations in educational settings.

Responsabilités

• Organise and carry out planned and reactive maintenance across academies.
• Ensure buildings remain safe, compliant and in good working order.
• Carry out routine checks and essential repairs as part of the Estates Team.
• Supervise contractors and maintain records for safety and compliance.

Connaissances

Carpentry

Plumbing

Electrical work

Drainage

Lock fixing

Painting

Description du poste

What skills and experience we're looking for

Covering Academies in Redruth and Penzance

Occasional travel to other Trust academies may also be required.

We are seeking a skilled and dependable Multi‑Site Maintenance Staff/Caretaker to help maintain our academies to an exceptional standard. In this hands‑on role, they will organise and carry out both planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring our buildings remain safe, compliant, and in optimum working condition. From routine checks to essential repairs, their work will directly support the smooth running of our educational environments.

Candidates will bring strong practical skills and experience across a range of building maintenance tasks, including basic carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, drainage, lock fixing, and painting and decorating. A good understanding of the challenges involved in maintaining an educational setting would be beneficial.

Alongside technical ability, you will demonstrate strong awareness of Health & Safety, COSHH regulations, risk management, record‑keeping, contractor supervision, site security, and the ongoing upkeep of grounds and external areas. You will communicate effectively, interact professionally with staff and visitors, and play an essential role within our wider Estates Team.

The successful applicant will be someone who embodies our Trust values, has diverse experience, as well as a passion for working with young people with additional needs.

For a full list of duties, please see the job description below.

Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and we may carry out an online check.

We may close this vacancy early as we review applications as they are received, to ensure you are considered for this role, please do not wait for the deadline to submit your application.

What the school offers its staff

Pension

Training & Development

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free Parking

Further details about the role

Wave are an established and successful Multi Academy Trust, comprising of Alternative Provision Academies (APAs), Medical Academies (including Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s child and adolescent mental health unit ‘Sowenna’) and a Special Academy.

We provide education for vulnerable pupils aged 4 – 19 across Devon and Cornwall. The Trust has a national reputation for the delivery of outstanding pupil outcomes including enabling pupils to access the most appropriate education setting and transition to employment, training and higher or further education. The Trust educates over 1000 pupils and employs over 350 members of staff.

• Provide a balanced and broad curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
• Give access to the National Curriculum; provide opportunities for external accreditation, and, for those pupils with specific learning difficulties, effective and personalised programmes.
• Ensure all pupils are supported to develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others. Promoting emotional well-being and self-esteem; helping our pupils to recognise their potential and work positively within their community.
• We will respect all pupils and encourage them to become active participants in their own learning, develop confidence, independence, self-esteem and express their needs and desires.
• Seek effective and positive working relationships with pupils’ families, schools and other agencies.

Commitment to safeguarding

Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and online checks may be carried out.

Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust