CORE PURPOSE

We require a proactive, highly reliable, and technically adept School Caretaker to deliver outstanding site support, maintenance, and security operations across our campus. Operating within a vibrant, rapidly improving, and oversubscribed community academy, the successful candidate will ensure a safe, clean, fully functional, and welcoming environment for all pupils, staff, and visitors, taking personal pride in the physical upkeep and smooth daily operation of our school buildings and grounds.

THE SCHOOL

Our community academy is dedicated to cultivating an ambitious and highly academic learning environment where personal growth and mutual respect are at the centre of everything we do. As a forward-thinking school with a rapidly growing local reputation and a strong community ethos, we understand that a secure, pristine, and well-maintained environment is fundamental to outstanding learning. The site and facilities department is characterized by a culture of professional pride, collaborative problem-solving, and efficiency. We operate a supportive and highly organized operational structure, ensuring our site team has the resources, training, and equipment necessary to maintain our campus to an exemplary standard.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• Site Security & Keyholding: Execute daily opening and closing routines for the entire school campus, ensuring all buildings are secure, alarms are activated or deactivated, and windows and gates are locked, acting as a primary keyholder for scheduled out-of-hours emergencies.

• Reactive Repairs & Minor Maintenance: Carry out a wide range of first-line maintenance tasks, including minor carpentry, plumbing repairs, redecoration, furniture assembly, and regular lighting checks to ensure teaching spaces remain fully operational.

• Statutory Compliance Support: Conduct and log routine health and safety checks, including weekly fire alarm testing, water temperature monitoring for legionella control, visual playground safety checks, and regular inspection of emergency escape routes.

• Grounds & Porterage Duties: Maintain clean, litter-free external grounds and waste disposal zones. Handle internal porterage requests, including setting up exam halls, moving deliveries, and preparing specific rooms for community events or parents' evenings.

• Contractor Liaison & Safety Supervision: Greet, monitor, and assist external service engineers and building contractors on-site, ensuring all school safeguarding protocols, visitor logging, and safe working practices are strictly followed.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience: A proven track record of successful caretaking, site maintenance, or trade-based handyperson experience, ideally within an educational, public sector, or high-footfall commercial environment.

• Technical Practicality: Strong practical skills across basic building trades (such as plumbing, carpentry, or painting), with the physical capacity to handle manual lifting, working at heights, and outdoor seasonal tasks safely.

• Reliable & Community-Focused Ethos: Exceptional reliability, punctuality, and a supportive interpersonal manner, displaying a clear commitment to working constructively within a diverse, energetic school community.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• A Dynamic Inner-London Hub of Culture, Tech, and Creative Enterprise: Based in the trendsetting, culturally vibrant borough of Hackney, the school capitalizes on an extraordinary urban identity that blends historic East End roots with vanguard digital and creative regeneration. Bordering the Tech City cluster around Shoreditch and the Olympic legacy zones, Hackney provides a fast-paced, inspiring backdrop for community education, connecting the physical management of our school campus directly to a thriving landscape of urban innovation, micro-enterprises, and rich local diversity across Inner London.

• Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from exceptional London transport infrastructure, offering straightforward commuting via extensive local bus routes and the fully integrated London Overground network, with nearby stations providing direct, high-frequency links across North, East, and South London. The local infrastructure connects the school effortlessly to central transport hubs like Liverpool Street, Stratford International, and King's Cross St Pancras, ensuring the site remains exceptionally accessible for staff and visitors alike.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.