Weekend External Hires Caretaker & Weekday Caretaker

Abbey Gate College; Saighton; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Saighton seeks a caretaker to support weekend hirers and carry out general caretaking responsibilities. Key tasks include securing facilities, ensuring cleanliness, and providing excellent customer service. Flexible working hours are beneficial. The salary for this part-time role is £16,864 for 23.5 hours per week. Applications close on 22nd September 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in caretaking or facility management is preferred.
• Caring and professional manner required at all times.
• Strong communication skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Open and secure buildings, ensuring safety protocols.
• Support external hirers and ensure a positive experience.
• Maintain cleanliness and orderliness of facilities.
• Assist and monitor external contractors on site.

Skills

Excellent customer service skills

Ability to work weekends

Flexibility with hours/days

Job description

Overview

Abbey Gate College is looking to appoint a suitably experienced and skilled person to join our dedicated Estates Team. This role involves working on a Saturday and Sunday assisting external hirers using the College’s sports and performing arts facilities, as well as carrying out general caretaking responsibilities, as needed. The aim is to ensure that any hirer's overall experience of facility use is positive, such that we may retain their custom and they may recommend us further. We are also looking for a Caretaker to work, alongside other Estates Team colleagues, on a Monday. Applications are welcome from interested parties wishing to work all three days, as well as applications for the weekend role, or the weekday role, only. A caring, warm and professional manner is required at all times. Therefore, excellent customer service skills are essential. Line managed by our Head Caretaker, the role will involve working closely with the Estates Manager and other members of the Estates Team.

Key Duties

• Opening / locking up all buildings, ensuring site is completely secured, and all alarms are correctly set before the site is vacated.
• Meeting and greeting site hirers and their visitors, supporting throughout to ensure that any hirer\'s overall experience of facility use is positive, such that we may retain their custom and they may recommend us further.
• Ensuring on site hirers and their visitors comply with all College guidelines and Hire Agreement rules across the whole of the site.
• Janitorial duties.
• Ensuring that the site is always kept clean and tidy, including litter collection, emptying bins, removing all waste, and ensuring all areas are ready for College activities after hirers have used the site.
• Cleaning tasks, as required including mopping, cleaning surfaces, vacuuming, etc.
• Support and direct external contractors whilst on site, monitoring the performance of their work to ensure it is carried out to a high standard and following College procedures at all times.
• Working across both sites (Saighton and Aldford) to cover periods of absence of other caretakers and / or cleaning staff, as and when required.
• Driving school minibuses, as and when required; training will be provided.
• Any other duties as required.

Safeguarding & Child Protection

Abbey Gate College is committed, as a priority, to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants will, therefore, be subject to stringent vetting and induction processes, including an enhanced DBS disclosure. References for shortlisted candidates will be requested prior to interview; please inform your referees.

Whilst criminal convictions are not necessarily a bar to appointment, this safety consideration will be central to all decisions regarding the employment of staff, approval of volunteers, and standards of external contractors. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal records self-declaration form prior to interview. A social media search will be completed for all shortlisted candidates.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and to treating all staff with dignity and respect. Therefore, applications from individuals are encouraged, regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.

Salary & Working Pattern

The salary for this position is £16,864, based on working 23.5 hours per week on a full year basis (i.e. term time and school holidays).

Working pattern:

• Saturday – 08.30 – 18.30 (inclusive of a one-hour unpaid lunchbreak). On occasion, there may be a requirement to work 08.30 – 20.30 (inclusive of a one-hour unpaid lunch break) for which a timesheet will be submitted for the additional two hours worked.
• Sunday – 09.00 – 16.30 (inclusive of a 30-minute unpaid lunch break). On occasion, there may be a requirement to work 08.30 – 18.00 (inclusive of a one-hour unpaid lunch break) for which a timesheet will be submitted for the additional two hours worked.
• Monday – 07.30 – 16.00 (inclusive of a one-hour unpaid lunch break).

The ability to be flexible with hours / days worked would be advantageous. Hours of work may vary during school holidays, and this will be confirmed, with notice, by the Estates Manager, to ensure that maintenance, project work and cleaning is completed across both sites as required. For questions regarding hours or pattern, please contact our HR & Staff Wellbeing Manager, Mrs Sue Moran, at: [e-mail]

Process for Applications

Closing date for applications: Monday 22nd September 2025 at 9.00am.

To apply, please complete our Abbey Gate College application form (available at: https://www.abbeygatecollege.co.uk/about-us/vacancies/). Please also include a covering letter addressed to our Head, Mr Craig Jenkinson, outlining your interest and suitability for the role and the College.

Completed application form and covering letter should be returned to Mrs Sue Moran, HR and Staff Wellbeing Manager, at: [e-mail] by the above closing date. If you require any additional information or assistance regarding your application, please contact Sue Moran. More information about the College is available at www.abbeygatecollege.co.uk.