Caretaker

About the role:  The Leigh UTC and Inspiration Academy is one of the most successful UTC's in the UK; we have state of the art facilities within our modern site and we've recently expanded our student numbers to incorporate Key Stage 3 year groups which has been an incredibly exciting time for the local community that the school serves.  We know that the Caretaker role is pivotal to the smooth day-to-day running of the school and our successful candidate will take care of the academy premises in a range of ways including general maintenance duties (minor repair and refurbishment works), porterage, security, health and safety, etc. 

We will operate on a weekly rota to ensure the academy needs are catered for; the working hours are 6.30am - 3.00pm (Week 1) and 11.30am - 8.00pm (Week 2), Monday to Friday.  This is a permanent contract over the full 52 weeks of the year, i.e our school remains open during when the students and staff are on school breaks and we carry out a variety of projects during the school holidays.  We offer 25 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays) which increases based on length of service.  Our appointed candidate will join us as close to 3rd September 2018 as possible. 

We offer fantastic CPD opportunities as an academy and as a wider multi-academy trust so can provide full support if there are any areas that you may need to be upskilled or trained.  

See full Job Description and Person Specification by clicking here for more details.

We’d like to hear from you if you:

• Thrive on working collaboratively with your colleagues as well as independently on a variety of projects and tasks
• Have good DIY skills, some knowledge of Health & Safety, basic IT skills and an understanding of safeguarding
• Are motivated and a self-starter with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Are reliable, dependable and flexible to the demands of the job.  

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust:  Being part of a successful multi-academy trust allows the academy to share best practice and collaborate with colleagues from a number of other schools in the local area.  As part of the 'cluster' structure all of our academies are grouped together in key geographical area to enable them to be able to support each other and share resources.  It also offers staff access to career opportunities across the Trust allowing them to progress their career without switching employers.   For more information on working for the Trust please visit our careers pages

Diversity at our core:  As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals we all bring something unique to the role regardless of age, gender, race, beliefs or disabilities which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. 

The academy is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.  Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the Trust.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early dependant on the quality and quantity of applications, therefore earlier applications are encouraged.