Caretaker (Facilities and Maintenance Supervisor)
Job Description
Salary: Connect Grade D actual salary £18,124.32 (F.T.E £26,824)
Hours: 25 hours per week,52 weeks per year (Split shift working pattern), Permanent
Start Date: ASAP
The main responsibilities of the post include the opening and closing of the site each day (hence requiring a split shift working pattern), site security and general maintenance/repair tasks. The main work base will be at Leigham but the post holder will also be required to work across the other schools in the Trust to cover absence of other members of the Premises Team and to undertake general improvement tasks.
The successful post holder will:
- Have excellent communication skills
- Enjoy working as part of a team
- Be highly organised and work well under pressure
- Have proficient maintenance skills Be hard working, efficient and energetic.
We can offer you:
- A highly supportive school invested in your growth and professional development
- A Trust culture that promotes diversity, equality and social justice
- A supportive approach for all staff and an innovative approach to appraisal
- Comprehensive induction and wide-ranging opportunities for professional development
- An opportunity to be part of a forward focused and growing Trust, author of the UK’s first ocean conservation curriculum with 8 European Blue Schools and national winner of the Community Impact of the Year Trust Award 2023!
Visits to the school and to meet our Facilities Manager, Lee Atkinson, are warmly welcomed. Please contact our Facilities Administrator Andrea on 07852 486081 to arrange a convenient appointment.
To apply please complete an Online Application Form
Closing Date: Monday 3rd November 2025 (midday)
Interviews:Week commencing 10th November 2025
Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities,safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expectall staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An on-line check of publicly availableinformation will be completed to assess the successful candidate’s suitabilityto work with children.
