Caretaker

Job Description

Job Advert- St Helena School - Caretaker

Pay Range: Band 2 to midpoint (£17,007 to £17,681)

Full time - 37 hours per week 52 weeks per year

St.Helena School wishes to appointa new caretaker to join its team to undertake a wide range of duties including carrying out first line repairs and maintenance, lettings supervision, site security, porterage, some cleaning and to be a key-holder for out-of-hours emergencies and alarm calls. The ability to work without supervision is essential.

We're looking for you if you:

● Have ability to carry out first line repairs and maintenance,

● Are able to act as a key holder, carrying out security procedures for the buildings and grounds.

● Have the ability to manage you own time effectively and demonstrate a flexible approach.

(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Role Specification).

What we can offer:

· Competitive Salary

· Continuous Professional Development opportunities

· Friendly and collaborative working environment

· Employee Benefits: Pension Scheme, Holiday Pay.

St. Helena School has modern and purpose built facilities. The school has a robust CPD training programme that allows our staff to flourish in addition to internal CPD at St Helena, staff have the opportunity to work with colleagues across the Sigma Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships. Excellent support is provided by the Sigma Trust.

Additional Information:

For additional information about our school, please visit The Sigma Trust website

http://www.sigmatrust.org.uk/academies/helena.asp

Please note that CVs cannot be accepted, please complete the attached Sigma Trust Application form.

Closing Date: 29th March 2019

The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. A disclosure/status check will be sought from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.

Information about the School

St Helena School, part of the Sigma Trust, is a highly-regarded 11-16 co-educational Academy, recognised as Good by Ofsted in 2014 and now on a journey to Outstanding. Located on 17 acres in historic Colchester, the school has a fine blend of traditional and modern facilities and opened a £2.5m new Science block in 2015, and a £2.5m all weather pitch facility in February 2016.

On 1 September 2016, the school joined The Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools with The Stanway School, The Thomas Lord Audley School, Clacton County High School, Monkwick Junior School and Monkwick Infants School and Nursery. Working in collaboration with all the schools within The Sigma Trust, St Helena has developed and enhanced its development of outstanding professional practice.

Safeguarding The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.