Caretaker
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 22 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 07 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Bristol, BS7 9BY |
| Cwmni: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 96b7ebeb-2473-4c7d-8d54-b3b738f1a1ba |
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What skills and experience we're looking for
Person Specification
We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the areas below, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.
The listed criteria will be reviewed across the stages of our recruitment process, including application form, personal statement (within the application form), interview, references and certificates.
Skills and personal attributes:
(Personal competencies, qualities, attitude and behaviours that will allow you to perform effectively in the role, ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people)
Essential for this role:
• Good written and oral communication skills
• DIY and maintenance skills
• Ability to fault find and prioritise
• Ability to work on one’s own as well as within a team
• Flexible worker, able to work late & some weekends
• Good team player
• Good ICT skills
• Good attendance and punctuality
• The ability to safely move around and access the whole school site.
• The ability to lift and move equipment and deliveries.
You are likely to have:
• Knowledge of health and Safety procedures
• Legionella awareness
• Knowledge of heating systems
• Competence in use of power tools
• Skilled in a trade
• Commitment to keeping the school in an excellent state of repair
• Commitment to providing a safe environment for the staff and students
• Ability to fault find and prioritise
• To embrace training necessary for the role
• Good sense of humour
You may have:
• Working @ heights training & experience
• Manual Handling training & experience
• PASMA trained
• COSHH awareness
• Asbestos awareness
• COSHH awareness
• Asbestos awareness
• Able to drive minibuses.
Knowledge and qualifications:
(Professional, technical or academic qualifications that you have achieved relevant to this role)
Essential for this role:
• A sound knowledge of health and safety legislation
• Extensive technical knowledge of building services
You are likely to have:
• NVQ 4 Building Maintenance & Estate Service, Facilities Management or equivalent qualification, or experience in a relevant discipline
• IOSH H&S management
You may have:
• NEBOSH in property management or equivalent
Experience:
(Please draw upon experience and achievements gained through paid employment, voluntary work or personal life experience relevant to this role)
Essential for this role:
• Experience of working in a Building/Property repair environment
You are likely to have:
You may have:
• Experience of working within a school environment
What the school offers its staff
If you join us, you benefit from being part of a school that:
• places a strong emphasis on reading
• has outstanding facilities, including a new, well-stocked library and budget for more purchases
• has an exceptionally visible and supportive senior leadership team
• has hardworking staff and students who want to do well
• is supporting students to make progress that is significantly above the national average (P8 +0.53)
• is a ‘Good’ school with ‘Outstanding’ leadership and management and ‘Outstanding‘ Personal Development’, according to Ofsted in Jan 2024, who also said:
• “This is an ambitious school that wants the very best for its pupils, both academically and pastorally”.
• “Its curriculum is highly ambitious for all pupils”
• “Lessons are not disrupted by poor behaviour. The school is calm and orderly because pupils understand the rules and routines in place.”
• is a music specialist school with an emphasis on the performing arts
• is a school that develops its people
We can offer you
• Continuing Professional and Leadership development
• An employee assistance programme, offering counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas
• Access to discounted gym membership, the cycle-to-work scheme, and eyesight test vouchers
• Onsite parking or easy access via public transport or onsite parking
• Flexible working, fully supported, and enhanced family-friendly policies
• Automatic enrolment for the Teacher’s Pension or LGPS Avon Pension Fund
Further details about the role
About You
You are likely to have gained experience in building or property caretaking and have have experience of maintenance, carpentry, plumbing, wiring. You will be passionate about maintaining the current state of the building and comfortable with carrying out a range of compliance checks.
More information about the Trust, School and Role
• To find out more about this role, please read the job description and person specification.
• To find out more about Cathedral Schools Trust and Trinity Academy please read the attached Recruitment packs or visit our website: www.trinityacademybristol.org or www.cathedralschoolstrust.org/
• Informal enquiries can be made via email to enquiries@trinityacadembristol.org
• School visits are welcomed and can be arranged via email to Alice Thornton-Parr, HR and recruitment officer, athornton-parr@trinityacademybristol.org
How to apply
We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the requirements on the job description and/or person specification, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.
• Please complete our application form by Midnight on Sunday 7th September 2025
• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview on Wednesday 17th September at Trinity Academy
• All candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application following the closing date
• We reserve the right to appoint before the deadline for an exceptional candidate.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.
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 account names/handles, as part of the interview process.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. The post is subject to satisfactory completion of all vetting checks including the provision of two strong references and an enhanced DBS check.
Person Specification
We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the areas below, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.
The listed criteria will be reviewed across the stages of our recruitment process, including application form, personal statement (within the application form), interview, references and certificates.
Skills and personal attributes:
(Personal competencies, qualities, attitude and behaviours that will allow you to perform effectively in the role, ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people)
Essential for this role:
• Good written and oral communication skills
• DIY and maintenance skills
• Ability to fault find and prioritise
• Ability to work on one’s own as well as within a team
• Flexible worker, able to work late & some weekends
• Good team player
• Good ICT skills
• Good attendance and punctuality
• The ability to safely move around and access the whole school site.
• The ability to lift and move equipment and deliveries.
You are likely to have:
• Knowledge of health and Safety procedures
• Legionella awareness
• Knowledge of heating systems
• Competence in use of power tools
• Skilled in a trade
• Commitment to keeping the school in an excellent state of repair
• Commitment to providing a safe environment for the staff and students
• Ability to fault find and prioritise
• To embrace training necessary for the role
• Good sense of humour
You may have:
• Working @ heights training & experience
• Manual Handling training & experience
• PASMA trained
• COSHH awareness
• Asbestos awareness
• COSHH awareness
• Asbestos awareness
• Able to drive minibuses.
Knowledge and qualifications:
(Professional, technical or academic qualifications that you have achieved relevant to this role)
Essential for this role:
• A sound knowledge of health and safety legislation
• Extensive technical knowledge of building services
You are likely to have:
• NVQ 4 Building Maintenance & Estate Service, Facilities Management or equivalent qualification, or experience in a relevant discipline
• IOSH H&S management
You may have:
• NEBOSH in property management or equivalent
Experience:
(Please draw upon experience and achievements gained through paid employment, voluntary work or personal life experience relevant to this role)
Essential for this role:
• Experience of working in a Building/Property repair environment
You are likely to have:
You may have:
• Experience of working within a school environment
What the school offers its staff
If you join us, you benefit from being part of a school that:
• places a strong emphasis on reading
• has outstanding facilities, including a new, well-stocked library and budget for more purchases
• has an exceptionally visible and supportive senior leadership team
• has hardworking staff and students who want to do well
• is supporting students to make progress that is significantly above the national average (P8 +0.53)
• is a ‘Good’ school with ‘Outstanding’ leadership and management and ‘Outstanding‘ Personal Development’, according to Ofsted in Jan 2024, who also said:
• “This is an ambitious school that wants the very best for its pupils, both academically and pastorally”.
• “Its curriculum is highly ambitious for all pupils”
• “Lessons are not disrupted by poor behaviour. The school is calm and orderly because pupils understand the rules and routines in place.”
• is a music specialist school with an emphasis on the performing arts
• is a school that develops its people
We can offer you
• Continuing Professional and Leadership development
• An employee assistance programme, offering counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas
• Access to discounted gym membership, the cycle-to-work scheme, and eyesight test vouchers
• Onsite parking or easy access via public transport or onsite parking
• Flexible working, fully supported, and enhanced family-friendly policies
• Automatic enrolment for the Teacher’s Pension or LGPS Avon Pension Fund
Further details about the role
About You
You are likely to have gained experience in building or property caretaking and have have experience of maintenance, carpentry, plumbing, wiring. You will be passionate about maintaining the current state of the building and comfortable with carrying out a range of compliance checks.
More information about the Trust, School and Role
• To find out more about this role, please read the job description and person specification.
• To find out more about Cathedral Schools Trust and Trinity Academy please read the attached Recruitment packs or visit our website: www.trinityacademybristol.org or www.cathedralschoolstrust.org/
• Informal enquiries can be made via email to enquiries@trinityacadembristol.org
• School visits are welcomed and can be arranged via email to Alice Thornton-Parr, HR and recruitment officer, athornton-parr@trinityacademybristol.org
How to apply
We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the requirements on the job description and/or person specification, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.
• Please complete our application form by Midnight on Sunday 7th September 2025
• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview on Wednesday 17th September at Trinity Academy
• All candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application following the closing date
• We reserve the right to appoint before the deadline for an exceptional candidate.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.
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 account names/handles, as part of the interview process.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. The post is subject to satisfactory completion of all vetting checks including the provision of two strong references and an enhanced DBS check.