Part time Caretaker

Job Description

Part time Caretaker

12.5 hours per week
5.45pm - 8.15pm Monday - Friday
Term time + INSET days and 11+ day (Saturday)

Starting Salary Scale 4 Point 6 (Actual Salary £5,779 per annum)
Closing date: Tuesday 5th July 2022

Application Forms available at www.shsg.org
Please submit applications and supporting letters to recruitment@shsg.org

We are seeking a dependable individual to be responsible for locking and alarming the school at the end of each day.

You will oversee after school lettings and assist with school events such as parent evenings and open evenings representing the school.

Flexibility for additional hours and weekend lettings would be a distinct advantage.

The successful candidate will be required to:

· Check school buildings, close windows and lock internal doors as necessary

· Clean up after lettings

· Set up / put away chairs and tables for events

· Carry out general tidying and emptying of bins

· Lock all school buildings and set alarms

· Be able to take direction and work well as part of a team

We can offer you:

· A strong, highly committed team of staff with an ethos of tolerance and a family community spirit

· Training and development and our commitment to staff wellbeing

· An environment which promotes innovation

Southend High School for Girls is a highly successful and oversubscribed girls' grammar school rated

'outstanding' by Ofsted

This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues to move forward under the leadership of its Headteacher, Mr Jason Carey

For further information and a full job description please contact Karen Lacey recruitment@shsg.org

All staff at Southend High School for Girls have a responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check.

This is a customer-facing role needing fluent spoken English.

Information about the School

“Pupils flourish and excel at Southend High School for Girls.”

– Ofsted, July 2024

Southend High School for Girls (SHSG) is an outstanding grammar school with academy status, proudly educating generations of students for over a century. We blend tradition with innovation, creating a dynamic learning environment where students are safe, happy, and successful.

Our school is a family-orientated community where pupils thrive. Students achieve exceptionally high outcomes and benefit from an ambitious curriculum and an exemplary careers education programme. As one pupil told Ofsted, “The school will literally help you do anything you want to do.”

We offer a vast range of clubs, trips, productions, and leadership opportunities, including the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and World Challenge. Students are encouraged to lead and contribute, with many acting as ambassadors and house captains.

SHSG is proud to be a member of NACE (National Association for Able Children in Education), reflecting our commitment to stretching and challenging all learners. Our curriculum goes far beyond the National Curriculum, with students in Key Stage 3 studying three separate sciences and two languages, and engaging in ‘super-curricular’ tasks that promote independent research and critical thinking.

Staff are passionate, well-supported, and receive high-quality professional development. Our shared ethos of high expectations, mutual respect, and continuous improvement makes SHSG a truly special place to work.

If you are enthusiastic about education and excited to join a high-performing, caring school community, we warmly invite you to explore our current vacancies and consider becoming part of the SHSG family.