Caretaker - Newport Infant School & Nursery
- Employer
- Telford & Wrekin Council
- Location
- Granville Avenue Newport
- Salary
- £12.85 per hour
- Closing date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Reference
- TW/TP/214/1413
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Support staff roles, Caretakers / Site operatives
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Part-Time
Job Details
Permanent, 25 hours per week – Term time plus 3 weeks
Monday – Friday, 7.00 – 9.00am and 3.00 – 6.00pm
Scale 3, Point 5 - £12.85 per hour
The Governors and staff of this highly successful school are seeking to appoint an experienced, effective and motivated Caretaker. The successful candidate will support our school in providing a safe, effective, and efficient learning environment. Responsibilities cover general caretaking duties including opening and closing the premises, liaising with contractors, basic maintenance and repairs, waste management, emergency call outs and health and safety checks. Duties will also include ensuring a high standard of cleanliness and security is maintained to support and safeguard the welfare of all staff, children and visitors using the school premises. They will take a pride in how the school looks and functions. They will have good communication skills and be able to deal with a variety of situations. There will also be a requirement to undertake training appropriate to the post.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the School Business Manager -
Mrs Malone on 01952 386610 or a2074@telford.gov.uk . Please complete the application form and email it to a2074@telford.gov.uk. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date for applicants: 9am on Monday 24th February 2025
Shortlisting will take place on Monday 24th February 2025 and candidates will be informed by telephone and email if they have been successful at this stage
Interviews will take place on Thursday 27th February 2025
Under the Data Protection Act 2018 the information or data which you will supply on the Application Form will be processed and held on computer and will also be processed and held on your personal records if you are appointed, in line with the above legislation. The data may be processed by Newport Infant School and Nursery for the purposes of equality monitoring, compiling statistics, and for the keeping of other employment records. All data will be stored, processed and deleted in line with our Data Protection Policy available at: https://www.newportinfants.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Data-Protection-Policy.pdf
By signing and returning this Application Form you have been deemed to be giving your explicit consent to the processing of data contained or referred to on it, including any information which may be considered to be sensitive personal data. In line with the current Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines (KCSIE), please be aware that we will be conducting an online search on yourself as part of our due diligence checks within our recruitment process. Newport Infant School and Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service and the list of those prohibited from teaching or working within the profession.
A full copy of our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be found at:
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Job Description
Application Form
Application Notes
Company
Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.
At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.
Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.
In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here
You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here and the Transgender & Non-Binary Inclusion Policy commitments here
If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk
We reserve the right to close our advertisements early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
- Website
- http://www.telford.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01952 380000
- Location
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Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom
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