Come and join our outstanding Nursery School and Children’s Centre in our newly refurbished environment.

We are looking to recruit a friendly, flexible and creative Caretaker who enjoys working with children and adults, takes pride in their work and enjoys repairs and maintenance.

St Pauls Nursery School and Children’s Centre is a Centre of Excellence for under 3s and has been designated as a National Teaching School. In this role, we work right across the city, hosting visitors, developing training and working alongside practitioners from other settings to develop the very best provision for our under-3s.

We pride ourselves on the exceptional quality of personalised provision provided for our youngest children, which holds their emotional well-being central to all we do.

Our challenge this year is to develop our outdoor learning space.

We are looking for a caretaker who has:

• General maintenance skills, including painting and decorating
• Good IT skills
• Good interpersonal skills and to be able to communicate with children, staff, visitors and contractors
• Experience with Health and safety systems and procedures, including fire safety
• Willingness to undertake appropriate training,g including health and safety
• Able to prioritise the workload
• Has good working knowledge of Health and Safety
• A love for the outdoors
• Enjoys having fun and thinking anything is possible!

In return, we can offer:

• A committed and highly experienced team with pedagogical leadership at the heart
• A supportive and challenging CPD programme
• Supervision, mentoring and coaching
• A supportive and inclusive environment with a focus on the individual’s emotional well-being and work-life support
• A leadership team that will invest in and care about your personal and professional development
• A vibrant community, from which we draw so much and excellent partnership working

Please contact the setting for further details. Visits are highly recommended.

We encourage potential candidates to visit the setting before applying to give them the best chance of success. Please phone the centre to make an appointment.

St Pauls particularly encourages applications from suitably qualified Black and Minority Ethnic candidates and those who speak community languages. However, all applications are warmly welcomed and will be considered on their merits.

Safeguarding and Child Protection is central to our work, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

The closing date for all applications is 23rd July 2025

Safeguarding Statement

St Pauls Nursery School & Children’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.