Assistant Caretaker
Southfield School for Girls
Northamptonshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £8.11 - £8.50 per hour
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 22 July 2019
Job overview
Role: Assistant Caretaker
Salary: Southfield Scale Points 11-13 £8.11 - £8.50 per hour, dependent on experience
Location: Kettering, Northamptonshire
Job type: Part Time – Permanent Contract
20 hours per week to be worked between 15:00 and 19:00 Monday to Friday 52 weeks per year
Holiday allowance: 28 days + Bank Holidays pro rata
Southfield School has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Caretaker to join the Academy team based in Kettering, Northamptonshire. The successful candidate will join us on a part time permanent contract basis.
Southfield School enjoys an enviable reputation as one of the highest performing schools in the area in terms of our academic results, however, we are striving to build upon this with the aim of becoming a ‘World Class School’. Our ethos of ‘A world of Possibilities’ underpins everything that we do.
The ideal Assistant Caretaker will, assist in ensuring that our building, painting and decorating, general repairs and evening lettings are maintained to the required standard and within budget.
Key Responsibilities of the Assistant Caretaker
• Carry out security procedures for the school buildings and grounds
• Routine and non-routine opening and security of premises and grounds
• Ensure that the fire alarms are in working order at all times and report deficiencies to the Estates Manager in order to affect repair.
• Ensure the premises and furnishings are cleaned in accordance with the school’s standards, including carrying out cleaning of own designated area
• Maintain the cleanliness and upkeep of the premises during school holiday periods in conjunction with the other site team members
• Ensure that all contractors that enter the site have read and signed the asbestos register before any work is undertaken.
• Ensure, in conjunction with the Estates Manager, the asbestos register is kept up to date at all times.
• To report back to the Estates Manager all maintenance items on a monthly basis so that any necessary action can be taken to remedy all defects or faults discovered.
• Carry out minor or temporary maintenance and repairs and document accordingly
• Ensure that all facilities are in a clean and acceptable state prior to the letting and following a letting ensure accommodation is prepared for normal school use
• Undertake school lettings and evening events for school (e.g. Parents Evenings) on a rota basis in accordance with the lettings procedures as and when required.
• Conduct regular Health & Safety inspections working in close conjunction with the Estates Manager and maintain records.
• Waste Management – ensure safe disposal of all waste materials, equipment and furniture beyond repair
• Subject to reasonable access, ensure all gullies, gutters, rainwater pipes and drainage are clear and free running
• Ensure that all emergency exits are in good working order and free from obstructions
Skills, Knowledge and Experience required by the Assistant Caretaker
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
• Evidence of cleaning and maintenance experience
Desirable
• Evidenced experience of security duties and security systems
Skills and Abilities
Essential
• Numerical and literacy skills
• Good planning and organising skills
• Attention to detail
• Good communication (verbal and written) skills
• Ability to work as a team but also independently
Desirable
• Proven skills within a recognised maintenance trade i.e. Electrician or Carpenter.
Further details and an application pack are available on our website www.southfieldsch.co.uk
If you have an enthusiastic can do attitude and a willingness to challenge yourself in order to push and progress your career as our Assistant Caretaker please apply with a covering letter, not more than one side of A4, with your completed application form and send this to:
Caroline Collings, PA to the Headteacher – ccollings@southfieldsch.co.uk
Closing date for the post is Tuesday 23 July 2019 at 9.00am
Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undergo enhanced DBS clearance. The school is committed to Equal Opportunities in Employment.
Attached documents
About Southfield School for Girls
- Southfield School for Girls
- Lewis Road, Kettering
- Northamptonshire
- NN15 6HE
- United Kingdom
Southfield School is a girls-only, comprehensive, non-denominational secondary school with co-educational sixth form situated in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
The school first opened in 1976 as an amalgamation of Kettering High School for Girls and Rockingham Road Senior Girls School. It fought off closure declarations from the local authority and went on to thrive, gaining specialist sports status in 2004 and science college status in 2009. In 2021 Southfield School became part of Orbis Education Trust which comprises of:
- Southfield School, 11-18 years of age, single sex (mixed sixth form), 1,200 place secondary school (Ofsted rating – Good, with outstanding features (April 23).
- Kingsthorpe College, 11-18 years of age, mixed sex, 1,500 place secondary school (Ofsted rating – Good, December 2019).
- A third school will soon join the Orbis family: Hanwood Park School, 900 place secondary school.
Headteacher
Scott Nevett
Values and vision
Southfield aims to provide for the future needs of our students. Careers and types of employment opportunities are evolving and changing continually. Some are yet to be created and so we see it as our obligation to prepare our students to be competitive in anticipation of the unknown. Therefore, our strong focus on academic attainment is equalled by our commitment to develop transferable skills and personal characteristics through the many opportunities we provide.
We provide an education that prepares our young people for a future in which they will need to be adaptable, resourceful and ethical in facing complex challenges. Being a Southfield student will mean the chance to be successful and have a positive influence on the global community. We aim for all of our students to be able to make an impact and leave a positive imprint on the world.
We nurture our students with the future in mind today.
Our shared values of Optimism, Resilience, Balance, Individuality and Synergy.
Ofsted report
As you will read, we continue to be a good school with two aspects of the inspection judgements deemed to be ‘Outstanding’. The first is the superb Personal Development our students receive, which includes opportunities such as; our bespoke Healthy Living and form time curriculums, careers guidance, our enrichment and electives programme, clubs, trips, DofE, and the CCF. The second area is the exemplary Sixth Form provision we provide for all of our Post-16 students.
We are immensely proud of the wealth of positive aspects of our school highlighted in the report and would like to thank the whole school community for their continued support and positive engagement with our journey.
Even though we are proud of how this report shows the best of Southfield, we are not complacent. It goes without saying that everyone involved with the school wants to continue moving the school forward, positively, with high expectations across the board.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.