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Treetops Learning Community
Centre of Excellence
Buxton Road, Grays, Essex, RM16 2WU
Tel.: 01375 372723
Email: admin@treetops.thurrock.sch.uk
Job Title: Lettings Caretaker
Location: Treetops Learning Community
Pay: approx. £14,300
Hours: Saturday 8am - 6pm
Sunday 8am - 16pm
52 weeks per year
Job Share would be considered
Leave: 4 weeks annual leave plus 2.8 weeks statutory holiday (pro-rata)
Required: asap
The Trust: Treetops School is a special academy catering for pupils with a wide range of needs including moderate learning difficulties, speech and communication difficulties, autism and general developmental delay.
In March 2025 Treetops School was judged by Ofsted to have maintained the standards identified at the previous inspection. The previous inspection was in February 2020, at which time Treetops was judged as Outstanding. Treetops Free School, which officially opened in September 2022, was judged Good in its first Ofsted inspection in March 2024.
We are looking to appointa Saturday and Sunday Lettings Caretaker. This role will be solo working.
The Job: The main duties will be to support the school's lettings program, which runs outside of school hours. The lettings caretaker will work as part of the site team and will support the Site Manager in his objective of ensuring the efficient and effective day-to-day running, presentation and management of the school site, ensuring a warm, clean, safe and secure environment for all authorised users of the site and visitors. Main duties will include;
- Opening and closing the site and relevant buildings to allow use by lettings clients.
- Manning the School entrance during school events and lettings.
- Clean halls after lettings use, as well as toilet and facilities used by lettings clients.
- Secure site by locking and alarming buildings.
- Additional machine cleaning of floors when and where possible as agreed with Site Manager.
- Carrying out minor ongoing repairs and maintenance.
- Supervision of maintenance contractors on site as directed.
- Portering of deliveries and consumables.
- Supporting the School's timely waste management collections including all recyclables.
- Moving of furniture and the setting up and taking down of tables and chairs for special events, functions and meetings.
- Maintaining of the School grounds; including clearing the grounds of rubbish, leaves, snow/ice as appropriate.
- Ensuring that the boundary area, walls, entrances and exits are clear, accessible and secure at all times.
- Carrying out reasonable duties as required by the Headteacher or senior members of staff.
The successful candidate will become a trusted 'Key Holder' for the school and will be expected to carry out any necessary duties that this may involve including opening the school in the morning and locking up in the evening.
An application form can be downloaded from our website www.treetopsschool.org and submitted either by hand, post or email (admin@tlctrust.org) marked for the attention of Mrs K Lambie, HR Manager.
Closing date for applications: Friday27 November2026
Interviews: December 2026
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. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check, a medical check and satisfactory references.
Information about the School
The governing body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check, a medical check, satisfactory references and the successful completion of a 6 month probationary period.