Caretaker - Job Description

Job Title: Caretaker

Hours: Core hours are 9:00am–5:00pm, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility required depending on the needs of the setting

Salary: 12.90 per hour

Location: Covering the Bristol area

Reports to: Nursery Manager / Operations Manager

Purpose of the Role

The Caretaker plays a vital role in ensuring the nursery environment is safe, clean, and welcoming for children, families, and staff. They oversee the day-to-day upkeep of the building and grounds, carrying out light maintenance, cleaning, and security duties to keep the nursery running smoothly.

Key Responsibilities

• Open and close the nursery premises, ensuring the site is secure at all times.
• Carry out routine cleaning, tidying, and checks to ensure all areas are safe and ready for use.
• Undertake minor repairs such as changing lightbulbs, tightening fixtures, or painting touch-ups.
• Ensure outside areas (playgrounds, gardens, pathways) are safe, clear, and well-presented.
• Oversee waste management, recycling, and stock of cleaning materials.
  Report larger repair needs promptly to the Nursery Manager or external contractors.
  Support fire safety and health & safety checks (e.g. alarm testing, emergency exits, first aid boxes).
• Be a welcoming presence on-site, helping to keep the nursery safe and secure for children and families.

Skills & Qualities

• Full UK driving licence
• Reliable and trustworthy, with a strong sense of responsibility.
• Basic handyman/DIY skills.
• Awareness of safeguarding and commitment to child safety.
• Flexible and practical, able to respond to daily needs.

Benefits at a glance

For you -We get the basics right Holidays, sick pay & personal Wellness Day

Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)

Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Discounted gym memberships, spa days, fertility support & so much more.

Development - Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund

Our community -Growing together Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering.

We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.

Who & What is Storal?  

It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Farley Steeple. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and are passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must if that’s pink hair, being Neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all.  Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better. Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to our Storal community. 

Storal is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS. 

We pay for for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge