Caretaker
Location: Whitby School and Sixth Form
Contract: Fixed term until 01.08.2026
Hours/ Working Pattern: Part time, 30 hours per week, full year
Salary/ Hourly Rate: Grade CD, £12.85 - £13.47 per hour
Closing Date: 11:59pm, Thursday 18th December 2025
Interview Date: Early January 2026
Start Date: January 2026
Are you a skilled tradesperson seeking a block of regular income working from a fixed location? We welcome applications from candidates who have not undertaken caretaker duties before but have transferable skills.
About Us
Whitby School is a new school; an exciting development for the Whitby community. Our school is a positive, warm, and welcoming school where pupils aim to do their very best and take pride in their achievements. By constantly challenging our pupils to excel, we nurture aspirations and cultivate a lifelong love of learning in our young people.
Our four key values - Ambition, Courage, Character, and Endeavour - are the pillars of everything we do. Whitby School is proud to hold the future within its walls. Every lesson, every conversation, every act of kindness helps shape the leaders, thinkers, and citizens of tomorrow.
Our motto, ‘Ad finem terrae’ - to the ends of the earth - reminds us that the world is wide, full of opportunity, and waiting to be explored. We want our children to aim for exciting, far-reaching goals, knowing that their journey can take them anywhere.
We are looking for colleagues who will provide a creative, safe, and caring environment where every child is known and cared for as an individual. In this climate, every young person can thrive as they develop in personality, character and intellect and become a highly successful learner and individual.
You can find out further information on our website.
Our Opportunity
We are looking for a Caretaker to join our team, working under the guidance of our experienced Site Manager, to ensure our school is a safe place for pupils to learn and for staff to work.
We have two school sites - one at Airy Hill in Whitby and the other at Prospect Hill in Whitby. Our school is maintained by a team of site staff including a part-time Site Manager, Senior Caretaker, and two Caretakers (one who is also a Cleaning Supervisor for our Airy Hill Site). We commission some additional grounds maintenance tasks externally to help with the maintenance of both sites.
As our new caretaker you may be expected to work across our two sites, assisting with lettings as required on a rota basis, and will need to be flexible in your working hours and duties. You will work closely with our Site Manager to get a full induction, including manual handling and other health and safety courses, such as legionella and asbestos awareness.
This role is ideal for a self employed trades-person to have a solid block of work booked in until August 2026.
Key Duties:
- To ensure the security of the building and site, undertaking daily security checks
- To act as a designated key holder, providing response to emergency calls
- Lock and unlock buildings at pre-determined times, setting/disarming the alarms as required
- To monitor the heating system and report any faults
- To ensure outside areas are safe/clean, free from litter, debris, leaves and that there is safe access to the building during adverse weather conditions, eg, snow
- To undertake general portering duties whilst on site, including moving furniture and equipment
- To receive deliveries to the site
- To support the maintenance of the building and equipment, when required, including checking and replacing light fittings and undertaking minor repairs (where these do not require a certified contractor) to support the smooth running of the school
Experience and skills:
- Awareness of health and safety in a workplace and as an employee
- Experience of carrying out minor repairs
- Ability to use tools for making minor repairs (desirable)
We can offer you
- Standard 28 days holiday leave, plus paid bank holidays
- Option to be enrolled onto the local government pension scheme
- Access to Mental health and Wellbeing support services
- A supportive team and professional development opportunities
Queries
Please contact Chloe Bullen on 01609 536 964 or via chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk
Chloe has been engaged to support us with recruiting to this exciting opportunity.
Application Process
Please apply online via NYC Jobs.
An email will be sent to shortlisted candidates with details of the interview process / shortlisting outcome.
We do not accept CV’s.
Please contact us if you need to apply in a different format.
When applying please take into account the following:
Supporting Information
The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the person specification (see application pack). This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.
References
When completing your application, please provide two employment referees. Generally, this is your current and most recent employer. Please note your referee should ideally be a previous line manager or someone in a position of authority.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
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Caretaker
Posted: 12/12/2025
Closing date: 18/12/2025
Closing time: 23:59