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Caretaker

The Basildon Academies · Basildon · Essex

Job description

We wish to appoint a proactive full-time Caretaker to join our hard-working and collaborative cross-site premises team.

Salary Range: Salary Band 2: £26,646 - £27,911 (Actual starting salary £26,646 with annual performance-based increments)

Shift Allowance: £1816 per annum

Working Weeks: 52 weeks (less annual leave)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week within a shift system to ensure cover between 5.30am and 10.00pm Monday - Friday. The shift times are as follows:

5.30am - 1.30pm
8am - 4pm
2pm - 10pm

Reporting to a Senior Caretaker, you will be a team player who takes pride in the appearance and maintenance of the Academy buildings and grounds.

The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic, friendly, highly motivated and flexible individual who possesses general building maintenance and caretaking skills.

You should have a good range of DIY skills such as decorating, minor plumbing and carpentry. You will have good communication skills as you will be liaising with contractors and tradesmen as well as students and staff. You should also have had previous experience of basic health & safety. The ability to undertake basic risk assessments would be preferred, although training will be given.

Duties may also include general cleaning, dealing with spillages, blockages, locking and unlocking the sites and any ad-hoc duties as required.

Full driving licence and use of own car is essential as you may be required to attend the Academy sites outside of normal hours.

Closing Date: Friday 31st July
Start Date: September 2026

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or are able to fill the position faster than originally anticipated.

Due to the volume of applications received, we regret that we will only be able to contact the applicants who are shortlisted for interview.

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Applications are handled on Teaching Vacancies (GOV.UK).

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Salary
£26,646.00 - £27,911.00 Annually (Actual) Shift Allowance: £1816 per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full time
Posted
23 July 2026
Closing date
31 July 2026

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