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Trust Caretaker - Full-time

The Viking Academy Trust

  • Ref:KCC-F20-126-S
  • Posted:22/09/2023
  • Pay:Kent Range 5
  • Start Date:Mid-November 2023
  • App Close Date:27/10/2023 at 12:00
  • Interviews:1st November 2023

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TRUST CARETAKER

The Viking Academy Trust is looking for a competent, confident and proactive Trust Caretaker.  This is an exciting new role working to develop the Trust premises and the premises team.

The successful candidate will be directed by the Estates, Health and Safety Manager in assisting and implementing the Trust’s premises endeavours, ensuring that the premises are run in an efficient and effective manner. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for the line management of our premises team of four as well as managing some of our larger scale premises projects.

The successful candidate will be practically skilled and proactive, ensuring that the trust estates are kept in the best possible condition. The Trust Caretaker will over the see the day to day compliance and maintenance activities within all trust schools.

The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic, fast moving team who wants the best for Viking Academy Trust.

What you’ll do:

  • Leading and developing the premises team
  • Ensuring the health and safety of all pupils, staff and visitors is of the highest priority
  • Ensuring that statutory testing and due diligence is kept up to date
  • Coordinating premises projects
  • Lettings
  • Communicating with external contractors

 What you’ll need:

  • Supervisory experience is desirable.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • IOSH / alternative Health and Safety qualification or willingness to embark on these qualifications.
  • Experience working with suppliers and contractors
  • Proactive, motivated and driven
  • Full valid driving license with D1
  • A ‘can-do’ attitude
  • Motivates, enthuses, inspires and empowers team to deliver service excellence

Application deadline is Friday 27th October at 12 pm.

Start Date: Mid November (subject to clearance) 

Salary: Kent Range 5

Hours per week: 37 hours, all year round.  You may need to work out of hours occasionally.

Prospective candidates will be expected to make a visit to the school and meet with Sarah Hickman, Estates, Health and Safety Manager.  To arrange please contact HR@vikingacademytrust.com

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Empowering children through education: One Childhood One Chance

Information about the trust

The Viking Academy Trust is a primary only, Multi-Academy Trust consisting of three inspirational schools: Upton Junior School, Chilton Primary School and Ramsgate Arts Primary School.

Our One Childhood One Chance philosophy resonates throughout everything we do at the Viking Academy Trust.

At Viking, we make sure that our ultimate focus and core purpose remains excellent teaching and learning for every child. Our teaching is progressive and adaptive and we strive for the best outcomes for all. We invest time and training into our staff so that they can invest their skills and expertise into our children.

For children to thrive, they need to feel that they belong. Our people and our environments are warm and welcoming. Every member of our staff invests in building strong relationships with children and getting to know children well means we can focus on equity of opportunity.

This means that we can prioritise social and emotional learning along with the academic as we know that children need to learn how to be resilient, to have healthy and safe relationships and to face the world with problem solving skills.

We nurture children to become responsible citizens, ready to face the modern world and to make the most of their every potential both academically and socially. At Viking schools, we have high standards and expectations and we know how to support children to reach them.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Leonie Roke, HR Assistant
  • Address:Ramsgate Arts Primary School,
    140-144 Newington Road,
    Ramsgate,
    Kent,
    CT12 6PT
  • Telephone: 01843582847
  • Email: HRA@vikingacademytrust.com

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.