Caretaker

Salary: Starting from £26,443 pa plus excellent benefits

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Start date: As soon as possible

We are seeking a Caretaker with site security / premises management experience and general maintenance skills to play a key role ensuring Brighton Girls is a safe, welcoming and well-maintained school.

This role is a great opportunity to receive training and develop your skills and experience further.

Working with our Premises Manager, you will perform emergency and routine maintenance across the school, such as plumbing, electrical works and other repairs.

You will also be responsible for site security, as well as carrying out tests on fire alarms and checks of fire exit routes and fire doors. 

As part of the role, we will provide health and safety, fire and first aid training. 

You will need experience of identifying maintenance needs, monitoring fire risks, and conducting preventative maintenance and emergency repairs, as well as experience of minor plumbing and electrical works.

The role can be physically demanding and you will need the ability to move furniture and deliveries around the site. 

Why Join Brighton Girls?

We recognise that when employees are healthy, their productivity is increased. A healthy workplace relies on a variety of policies and practices to support employees’ physical, mental, social, spiritual, and environmental health. As such, we provide a free lunch during term time, access to tea and coffee facilities and drinking water, a clean and safe working environment, regular breaks, training on ergonomics, stress awareness and healthy work habits.

We also offer a variety of benefits, such as:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
• A Cycle to Work scheme
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment

For further details about this opportunity and to apply please send your CV and cover letter in the first instance to HR@brightongirls.gdst.net

Successful candidates will be required to complete an application form before their interview. 

The closing date for applications is 7th May 2025 at 9am.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and exceptional candidates may be invited to interview before the published closing date. We reserve the right to close the advert for applications earlier than the advertised date if a suitable candidate is found.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.