School Caretaker

Medway Council; Chatham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenvale Primary School is seeking a Caretaker to join its team starting in September. The role involves maintenance tasks, ensuring safety, and supporting school activities. Ideal candidates will possess experience in caretaking, demonstrate flexibility, and have a proactive work ethic.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a caretaker or related experience.
• Knowledge of building maintenance.
• Flexible and proactive approach to workload.
• Ability to manage time effectively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the school's facilities and grounds.
• Ensure a safe environment for children.
• Support school events and activities.

Skills

Building maintenance

Time management

Flexibility

Proactive approach

Job description

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At Greenvale our ethos is ‘Nurture – Inspire – Succeed’ and our school visions are based around our 6 Core Values which underpin all that we do and add to the success and inclusive nature of our school:

Respect, Readiness, Resourcefulness, Responsibility, Resilience and Reflectiveness

We believe that children need to play, explore, observe, investigate, repeat, copy, problem solve and represent in order to come to terms with themselves, other people and the world around. We are lucky to have a staff of wonderfully inspiring and dedicated teachers and teaching assistants, who not only have high expectations in all areas of the curriculum, but are also supportive of every child's needs.

We are looking to appoint a Caretaker to join our team in September. The successful candidate will have:

• Previous work as a caretaker or related experience
• Knowledge and experience of building maintenance
• A flexible and proactive approach to their workload
• A sense of humour
• Ability to manage time effectively

Greenvale Primary School is committed to recruiting with care and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhance DBS check, satisfactory references and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with KCSIE 2024 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, the School reserves the right to research shortlisted candidates on social media and the internet as part of our due diligence. The recruitment panel may take this information into consideration during the recruitment process. Any information will be treated as confidential and will only be used in relation for the post for which you have applied for.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.