Caretaker
| Posting date: | 10 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,919.00 - £24,133.00 + LGPS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 July 2025 |
| Location: | Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2HS |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | eTeach UK Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1492012 |
Summary
About this Role
Caretaker (36 hrs per week)
Are you someone who takes pride in their environment? Are you a team player who loves to support others? Are you someone who enjoys variety in their work? You could be who we are looking for!
A flexible approach to the role will be required as this role will be expected to cover caretaking services in the event of school events or lettings. Onsite Family accommodation (2 bedroomed flat) is provided for this role to enable ease of attendance in an emergency (service occupancy charge of 12.5% of salary).
Duties and responsibilities
Cleaning
To ensure that the site is kept clean and tidy in order to minimise risks to the health and safety of those using the school site and to ensure the activities of the school can take place in an environment suited to learning.
- Working in collaboration with our current cleaning company
· Keep all outside hard areas clean and tidy, e.g. litter clearance, leaf sweeping.
· Collect and dispose of refuse.
· Carry out emergency cleaning as required.
· Clean allocated areas of the premises as defined on the site plan in accordance with the county’s cleaning specification.
Site Maintenance
· Contribute to maintaining the site, ensuring that it looks loved and in a good state of repair and maintain heating and lighting to all parts of the premises, in order to minimise risks to the health and safety of those using the school site and to ensure that the activities of the school take place in an environment suited to learning.
· Operate heating plant to maintain required temperatures. Carry out frost precaution procedures as necessary.
· Ensure adequate heating and lighting to all parts of the premises and, if either system fails, institute the recommended emergency procedures.
· Carry out regular checks and maintenance of drains and gullies to ensure free flowing and clean. · Carry out regular water safety, fire alarm and lighting checks.
· Undertake emergency and first line repairs within capability, and other repairs/procedures within capability and training e.g. electrical work, plumbing and heating, painting and decorating, carpentry and joinery and glazing.
· Ensure all paths and external areas are clean and safe.
· Liaise with the SBM and Head Teacher in the preparation of long and short-term maintenance programmes and where appropriate decide which repairs require outside contractors.
· Direct contractors to the site, explain nature of the repairs, monitor their performance and inspect completed work. In addition, ensure that contractors are aware of relevant health and safety measures in force at the school. 3. Security Secure all school buildings and set alarm systems when school is not in use to protect the building and its contents.
· Be a keyholder for the school site.
· Ensure the buildings are locked and unlocked at appropriate times, setting and turning off alarm systems.
· Regularly check the automatic security and fire alarm systems and liaise with Admin Lead regarding servicing as recommended.
· Provide safe access to buildings and classrooms in the event of snow, minor floods and similar emergency situations.
Portering
· Provide a portering and furniture moving service to ensure supplies are in place and school activities can proceed.
· Dispatch and take delivery of goods, laundry and materials - including fruit and milk.
· Transfer goods and materials delivered to the school to appropriate locations around the school site.
· Daily setting out and clearing away of tables and chairs in dining areas if required, and movement of furniture in connection with assemblies and parents’ evenings.
Monitoring
· Establish and maintain procedures to ensure that the school site is kept in a good state of repair, clean, safe and stocked with all necessary supplies.
Monitor the performance of outside contractors working on the school site and inspect completed work. · Monitor standards of cleaning provided by the school’s cleaning staff or contract cleaning staff and raising these initially with the staff concerned or with the contractor as appropriate to achieve improved performance.
· Check supplies of cleaning materials, personal hygiene products and sundry items and replace as required.
· Record meter readings for gas, water and electricity.
Cost Effectiveness
· Contribute to the Trust’s objectives of achieving greater value for money in the maintenance of the buildings and site.
· Manage, schedule, and monitor the use of heating, lighting and other mains services to all areas of the site and produce reports as agreed, advising management in order to ensure the most economical use of fuel and water.
· Where appropriate to the nature and organisation of the school, write reports on fault finding, cost of vandalism, suggestions for increased efficiency of the service inspections/fault finding etc.
General
· To comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding, child protection, confidentiality and data protection and report any concerns to the appropriate person.
· Contribute to the overall aims and targets of the school.
· Maintain a professional attitude when liaising with staff, visitors, parents and children.
· Undertake training as required.
· To carry out any other similar duties as required by the Senior Leadership Team
Person specification
· Self-starter with the capability of working independently and as part of a small team
· Attention to detail and ability to self-review work
· Ability to understand and follow processes and sense check information provided
· Proactive and works on own initiative
· Strong communication skills
Safeguarding
The Good Shepherd Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that all our employment practices reflect this commitment. All appointments are made subject to an enhanced DBS clearance (Disclosure and Barring Service), satisfactory references and qualification checks. All staff are required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow Trust policies and the staff code of conduct.
Please note that this list of duties is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the team member will carry out. The postholder may be required to perform other duties appropriate to the level of the role.
Caretaker (36 hrs per week)
Are you someone who takes pride in their environment? Are you a team player who loves to support others? Are you someone who enjoys variety in their work? You could be who we are looking for!
A flexible approach to the role will be required as this role will be expected to cover caretaking services in the event of school events or lettings. Onsite Family accommodation (2 bedroomed flat) is provided for this role to enable ease of attendance in an emergency (service occupancy charge of 12.5% of salary).
Duties and responsibilities
Cleaning
To ensure that the site is kept clean and tidy in order to minimise risks to the health and safety of those using the school site and to ensure the activities of the school can take place in an environment suited to learning.
- Working in collaboration with our current cleaning company
· Keep all outside hard areas clean and tidy, e.g. litter clearance, leaf sweeping.
· Collect and dispose of refuse.
· Carry out emergency cleaning as required.
· Clean allocated areas of the premises as defined on the site plan in accordance with the county’s cleaning specification.
Site Maintenance
· Contribute to maintaining the site, ensuring that it looks loved and in a good state of repair and maintain heating and lighting to all parts of the premises, in order to minimise risks to the health and safety of those using the school site and to ensure that the activities of the school take place in an environment suited to learning.
· Operate heating plant to maintain required temperatures. Carry out frost precaution procedures as necessary.
· Ensure adequate heating and lighting to all parts of the premises and, if either system fails, institute the recommended emergency procedures.
· Carry out regular checks and maintenance of drains and gullies to ensure free flowing and clean. · Carry out regular water safety, fire alarm and lighting checks.
· Undertake emergency and first line repairs within capability, and other repairs/procedures within capability and training e.g. electrical work, plumbing and heating, painting and decorating, carpentry and joinery and glazing.
· Ensure all paths and external areas are clean and safe.
· Liaise with the SBM and Head Teacher in the preparation of long and short-term maintenance programmes and where appropriate decide which repairs require outside contractors.
· Direct contractors to the site, explain nature of the repairs, monitor their performance and inspect completed work. In addition, ensure that contractors are aware of relevant health and safety measures in force at the school. 3. Security Secure all school buildings and set alarm systems when school is not in use to protect the building and its contents.
· Be a keyholder for the school site.
· Ensure the buildings are locked and unlocked at appropriate times, setting and turning off alarm systems.
· Regularly check the automatic security and fire alarm systems and liaise with Admin Lead regarding servicing as recommended.
· Provide safe access to buildings and classrooms in the event of snow, minor floods and similar emergency situations.
Portering
· Provide a portering and furniture moving service to ensure supplies are in place and school activities can proceed.
· Dispatch and take delivery of goods, laundry and materials - including fruit and milk.
· Transfer goods and materials delivered to the school to appropriate locations around the school site.
· Daily setting out and clearing away of tables and chairs in dining areas if required, and movement of furniture in connection with assemblies and parents’ evenings.
Monitoring
· Establish and maintain procedures to ensure that the school site is kept in a good state of repair, clean, safe and stocked with all necessary supplies.
Monitor the performance of outside contractors working on the school site and inspect completed work. · Monitor standards of cleaning provided by the school’s cleaning staff or contract cleaning staff and raising these initially with the staff concerned or with the contractor as appropriate to achieve improved performance.
· Check supplies of cleaning materials, personal hygiene products and sundry items and replace as required.
· Record meter readings for gas, water and electricity.
Cost Effectiveness
· Contribute to the Trust’s objectives of achieving greater value for money in the maintenance of the buildings and site.
· Manage, schedule, and monitor the use of heating, lighting and other mains services to all areas of the site and produce reports as agreed, advising management in order to ensure the most economical use of fuel and water.
· Where appropriate to the nature and organisation of the school, write reports on fault finding, cost of vandalism, suggestions for increased efficiency of the service inspections/fault finding etc.
General
· To comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding, child protection, confidentiality and data protection and report any concerns to the appropriate person.
· Contribute to the overall aims and targets of the school.
· Maintain a professional attitude when liaising with staff, visitors, parents and children.
· Undertake training as required.
· To carry out any other similar duties as required by the Senior Leadership Team
Person specification
· Self-starter with the capability of working independently and as part of a small team
· Attention to detail and ability to self-review work
· Ability to understand and follow processes and sense check information provided
· Proactive and works on own initiative
· Strong communication skills
Safeguarding
The Good Shepherd Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that all our employment practices reflect this commitment. All appointments are made subject to an enhanced DBS clearance (Disclosure and Barring Service), satisfactory references and qualification checks. All staff are required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow Trust policies and the staff code of conduct.
Please note that this list of duties is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the team member will carry out. The postholder may be required to perform other duties appropriate to the level of the role.