Cleaner and Caretaker

Salary: £13.28- £13.92 per hour

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 10 hours per week

Location: York, North Yorkshire- Green Hammerton CE Primary School

Green Hammerton CE Primary School

Are you reliable, practical and take pride in creating safe, clean and welcoming environments? We are looking for a motivated individual to provide a combination of caretaking and cleaning services at 1 of our village schools.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working independently, taking ownership of site standards and helping ensure our school communities are safe, secure and well maintained.

Hours of Work

• 30 minutes cleaning per day
• 1.5 hours caretaking per day
• Start time from 6:30am
• Some flexibility available, approximately 15 minutes later if required, or earlier starts are possible

About the Role

The successful candidate will provide high-quality cleaning and caretaking services to help maintain a safe, secure and hygienic environment for pupils, staff and visitors. Duties will include a mixture of cleaning, site maintenance and security responsibilities. Information drawn from the cleaner and caretaker role profiles.

Cleaning Duties Include

• Vacuuming, sweeping and mopping floors
• Cleaning classrooms, offices and communal areas
• Safe use and storage of cleaning equipment and chemicals
• Maintaining cleaning records where required

Caretaking Duties

• Opening and securing school buildings
• Responding appropriately to alarms and site issues
• Carrying out minor repairs and maintenance tasks
• Supporting furniture moves and general portering duties
• Liaising with school staff, contractors and building users to ensure effective service delivery

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Experience of cleaning or maintaining buildings
• Ability to carry out minor repairs and practical maintenance tasks
• Ability to work independently and use your own initiative
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Reliable, self-motivated and flexible approach to work
• Commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and site safety

What can we offer you?

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.

These include:

• A local government pension scheme with generous employer contribution
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
• Travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing 

Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.  

Contact and More information

For more information, or an informal chat about the role, please contact Elvyra Atkin View email address on nycjobs.engageats.co.uk

Key Dates:

Closing Date: 27 th September 2026

Key Documents:

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Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post. 

It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.

We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. 

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 expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.