Caretaker - Plymouth
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
Medway
- Expired
- Salary:
- TSAT Pay Group 2 £20,252 - £23,918 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 26 March 2023
Job overview
Caretaker - Plymouth
Salary: TSAT Pay Group 2 £20,252 - £23,918 per annum
Start date: As soon as possible
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week Monday to Friday - 11.00 - 19.00
Location: Plymouth High School for Girls
Closing Date: 26/03/2023
Interview: TBC
Thinking Facilities are looking for a Caretaker/Facilities Assistant to assist the Facilities Manager with overseeing the day-to-day tasks. Your primary location will be based at Plymouth High School for Girls.
You will be a responsible person and competent in all aspects of site maintenance. It is imperative that our Site Team successfully manage our school premises and associated facilities, ensuring that the premises are secure, safe and well-maintained at all times to reflect the standards of education and behaviour within the school.
What you will need to succeed:
For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification
- Skills in a particular trade or experience of similar premises work would be an advantage
- Practical skills in maintenance and cleaning
- Working knowledge of managing Health & Safety
Our Trust
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across Kent, Hampshire and Plymouth.
We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life regardless of their individual circumstances.
Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:
- Think about their Thinking
- Be their Best self
- Shape their Success
In this way we transform life chances
View our Trust video to gain an insight into The Thinking Schools Academy Trust and click here to read more about our Trust
What our Trust will offer you:
- The opportunity to join a growing organisation during an extremely exciting time
- Vast support network from senior leaders and other colleagues within the school and our Trust
- A pro-rata annual leave entitlement of 26 days, increasing to 30 after 5 years of service
- An excellent Local Government pension scheme
- As a Trust we aim to foster a culture of appreciation with our fantastic Colleague recognition scheme
- Health and Wellbeing benefits including access to Thinking You - A 24/7 employee assistance programme for legal, financial, emergency health or lifestyle support
- Support staff have access to 'Discount for Teachers' with a huge range of money saving deals and vouchers
- A 'Refer a Friend' incentive scheme
Next Steps
If you are interested in working for our Trust in our Facilities Team, benefitting from a supportive network of colleagues across our Trust, and are keen to progress your career then please apply today!
Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.
If you would like to arrange an informal conversation to discuss the role in more detail please contact Tessa Irvine via email – Tessa.Irvine@tsatrust.org.uk
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates, if you have any questions regarding this process please email recruitment@tsatrust.org.uk
About The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
As part of The Thinking Schools Academy Trust, we benefit from working cohesively as a family of schools for the benefit of our children, and for the adults who work here too. The Trust supports with planning, trips, events, CPD and much more to ensure that all of our teachers are fully supported, enabling them to ensure that they can deliver the best learning that we can offer. Our mission is to “transform life chances”; at The Thinking Schools Academy Trust we believe education has the power to change lives and children only have one chance to get this right. To ensure all our academies focus on our mission school leaders translated our mission to core values that would be demonstrated and evident in all our Academies:
Child First, Aspire, Challenge, Achieve
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