Caretaker - Portsmouth

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for someone who will take pride in maintaining the whole site to ensure it is a welcoming environment for the students, staff and visitors. Previous relevant experience or training would be an advantage, but full induction and ongoing training will be provided.

What the school offers its staff

Please visit our school website for further details: https://www.saintedmunds.org.uk/home/vacancies/vacancies-support

You will be well supported by a friendly, hard-working team, fantastic staff and lovely pupils.

• To assist with the cleaning of the caretaker’s allocated areas.
• Carry out required duties in connection with approved lettings of premises and after school activities.
• Check building for routines maintenance matters and vandalism, reporting and taking appropriate action when necessary.
• Undertake day-to-day maintenance duties, reporting to Site Manager any faults requiring specialist attention. Ensure replacement of light bulbs, tubes, diffusers as required.
• Ensure gullies, gutters, fall pipes and drainage systems, including foul drains, are free from blockages and arrange to clean when necessary, within the capabilities of the postholder and being mindful of Health and Safety regulations.
• Ensure footpaths, car parks, shrubberies and paved areas are kept in clean and tidy conditions.
• To act as a secondary key holder.
• Take delivery of, if appropriate store, laundry, stationery, materials and other goods. Carry out porterage duties within the School.
• Operate and monitor the heating plant and temporary heating equipment to, whenever possible, maintain appropriate temperatures, in line with the Council’s Policy on energy conservation. Carry out frost protection procedures.
• Perform such other duties as reasonably corresponding t the general character of the post.
• Direct contractors to sites of repairs and maintenance work, confirm that work has been completed and report deficiencies.
• Minibus driver.
• Swimming Pool Plant operator.
• PAT Tester.
• Deal with enquiries from members of staff, contractors and members of the public.
• To attend Open Mornings which are usually held on a Saturday morning at the end of September/early October.

Commitment to safeguarding

As we are unable to offer a sponsorship, we can only accept applications from candidates that already have the right to work in the UK.