Caretaker
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- England,South East,Oxfordshire
- full-time
- £26,443 per annum
Job Description:
Oxford High School is seeking a Caretaker to ensure the provision of an efficient and effective site facilities service and a safe, pleasant environment for the organisations which hire our premises. You will be a key member of the premises team at our lively independent school, working across three sites and reporting to the Premises Manager.
Your caretaking duties will include supporting the Premises Manager to ensure that all the school sites are maintained to an exceptional standard. This will include property maintenance, setting up events, ensuring the tidy appearance of the school and assisting in the day-to-day maintenance of the premises, furnishings and grounds.
You will have a sound knowledge of security and emergency procedures, good maintenance skills and experience of providing routine preventative maintenance. You will have the ability to work effectively on your own initiative as well as in collaboration with other teams. Your excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to young people, parents, colleagues and external agencies will set you apart.
Working time:
Full time, all year round, 36 hour week, working 5 days out of the seven.
There will be a requirement to work early, late and weekend shifts.
Hours vary due to lettings and events
Your primary shift will be Monday to Thursday evenings and a weekend day.
Please be aware that a degree of flexibility with your working arrangement is required to meet the needs of the busy school calendar.
About Oxford High School
Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford’s historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls’ education.
As well as our commitment to girls’ education, we are committed to investing in our staff’s personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the GDST network.
As part of the Girls’ day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:
• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit
• Free school lunches
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
For further details and to apply please click the apply button or email your CV and a covering letter to oxfvacancies @ oxf.gdst.net
The closing date for applications is midnight on 15th September 2024.
Interviews will be held throughout the Summer.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. An early application is therefore strongly advised.
Previous Applicants need not apply.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
Your caretaking duties will include supporting the Premises Manager to ensure that all the school sites are maintained to an exceptional standard. This will include property maintenance, setting up events, ensuring the tidy appearance of the school and assisting in the day-to-day maintenance of the premises, furnishings and grounds.
You will have a sound knowledge of security and emergency procedures, good maintenance skills and experience of providing routine preventative maintenance. You will have the ability to work effectively on your own initiative as well as in collaboration with other teams. Your excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to young people, parents, colleagues and external agencies will set you apart.
Working time:
Full time, all year round, 36 hour week, working 5 days out of the seven.
There will be a requirement to work early, late and weekend shifts.
Hours vary due to lettings and events
Your primary shift will be Monday to Thursday evenings and a weekend day.
Please be aware that a degree of flexibility with your working arrangement is required to meet the needs of the busy school calendar.
About Oxford High School
Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford’s historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls’ education.
As well as our commitment to girls’ education, we are committed to investing in our staff’s personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the GDST network.
As part of the Girls’ day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:
• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit
• Free school lunches
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
For further details and to apply please click the apply button or email your CV and a covering letter to oxfvacancies @ oxf.gdst.net
The closing date for applications is midnight on 15th September 2024.
Interviews will be held throughout the Summer.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. An early application is therefore strongly advised.
Previous Applicants need not apply.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
Job number 1444111