School Caretaker

Role overview

Pinnacle Group is hiring an experienced School Caretaker to keep school buildings and facilities in excellent working order, safe, secure, and compliant with health and safety standards. The role sits within the Facilities Management team in Swindon and is based at Nova Hreod Academy.

This is a permanent full-time position with two possible shift patterns, Monday to Friday: 6:30 AM to 3:00 PM or 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

About the employer

Pinnacle Group is a nationwide provider of housing, neighbourhood, and workplace services, with more than 30 years of experience delivering maintenance and place-based management support that improves everyday life for communities. The organisation promotes a people-first approach and a values-led culture focused on Trust, Respect, Involve, Challenge, and Deliver Excellence.

What the role involves

• Protect the safety and integrity of the school site by carrying out locking, unlocking, patrols, and monitoring duties.
• Complete routine daily tasks such as litter collection, bin emptying, and sweeping according to the schedule.
• Support planned preventative maintenance activities in line with the school timetable and your own skill set.
• Provide access, guidance, and on-site support to contractors and service providers carrying out repairs or planned maintenance.
• Handle minor repair and decoration work.
• Investigate day-to-day reactive maintenance issues, make temporary or lasting fixes where possible, or escalate to management for service-provider support within required procedures and timelines.
• Respond to urgent incidents and take action for temporary or permanent resolution as required.
• Assist with porterage tasks, parcel collection, moving furniture, and rearranging rooms.
• Carry out weekly checks of drains and gullies to clear blockages, perform weekly plant-room inspections, manage plant changeovers, sterilise shower heads monthly, and complete patching and scheduled painting work.

Candidate profile

The employer is looking for someone who brings practical handyperson ability, a helpful manner, and the confidence to work with both internal teams and external contractors. Strong customer service, teamwork, and an approachable attitude are important, along with the ability to solve problems and maintain high standards.

Working culture and benefits

Pinnacle Group says it welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and aims to create an inclusive, supportive workplace with room to learn, develop, and progress.

Benefits include statutory sick pay, maternity and paternity leave, a pension scheme, and annual leave, plus additional support that may include maternity/paternity packages, flexible working arrangements, life assurance, an enhanced pension scheme, extra annual leave, private medical insurance, a cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme, retail discounts, childcare assistance, season ticket loans, sick pay schemes, and personal development plans.

Additional information

The role is full time and permanent. Exact vacancy count, salary, and start date were not specified in the source.