Maintenance & Estates Technician

Helen & Douglas House

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Job summary

Come join our incredibly vital Estates Team as a Maintenance & Estates Technician! You will play a key role in ensuring Helen & Douglas House continues to be a world class environment to receive care, as well as to work, shop and volunteer.

This is a permanentfull-time role for 37.5 hours per week. In return we can offer you a salary of £28,064 - £34,800 per annum depedent on experience.

Working closely with the Head of Facilities and Operations and colleagues in the Estates Team, you will be one of two with primary responsibility for the day-to-day maintenance of our retail property portfolio of 24 shops. This will includeday to day upkeep, managing a schedule of significant shop repairs and refit as well as organisingdilapidations and being part of a team carrying out maintenance work on the Oxford hospice site.

This role is flexible,but will require frequent travel to our shops and therefore the postholder must be able to drive in order to carry outduties of the role. Please note, we are interviewing as applications come in, therefore we advise you to apply early if interested. The advert may close early if sufficient applications received.

Main duties of the job

To be successful you must be innovative with solutions, able to workautonomously, and bemotivated to provide an efficient service that will benefitour children, guests, families, volunteers, customers and staff.

Skills we are looking for:

  • Proven ability to engage others and communicate using various methods along with excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Proven experience in maintenance, and skilled in using power and hand tools.
  • Experience in any of the following: Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Engines/Generators, Mechanical, Painting & Decorating
  • Awareness (although training will be provided) of: Electricity at work regulations, provision & use of work equipment regulations, LPG regulations, Legionella & standing water, working at height regulations, and working in confined spaces.
  • Professional, flexible, and committed to going above and beyond the remit of the role to achieve and exceed quality.
  • Maintain awareness of health, welfare and safety issues affecting colleagues, patients, visitors, customers and themselves, reporting any accidents or fault in line with organisational policy.

About us

Helen &Douglas House offer the following benefits:

- 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, rising to 28 days after 3 years, and 29 days after 5 years of service.

- Flexible Annual Leave: buy or sell up to 5 days of Annual Leave per year.

- Life assurance x4 your annual salary.

- We are a direction agency for the NHS Pension Scheme.

-Group Personal Pension scheme with 7% employer contribution.

- Eye care voucher scheme.

- Cycle to work scheme.

- Octopus electric vehicle leasing scheme.

- Occupational sick pay and maternity pay.

- Enhanced maternity leave and shared paternity leave.

- A flexible working environment.

- Investment in your Continuous Professional Development.

- Employee Assistance Programme.

- Recommend a friend scheme.

- Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. We welcome applications from all areas of the community and run regular in-house EDI-focused events and workshops.

Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community.

Date posted

11 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,064 to £34,800 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

B0269-24-0025

Job locations

14a Magdalen Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX4 1RW


Job description

Job responsibilities

The Estates Team look after the Hospice buildings, grounds, and our retail shops to ensure that Helen and Douglas Houses property portfolio is well maintained, safe and is continues to create a world class environment for care, as well as to work, shop and volunteer.Working closely with the Head of Facilities and Operations and colleagues in the Estates Team, thepost holder will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of our retail property portfolio, aplanned schedule of significant shop repairs, shop refits, new shop openings, and dilapidations aswell as being part of a team carrying out maintenance work on the Oxford Hospice site and somecapital project support work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Estates Team look after the Hospice buildings, grounds, and our retail shops to ensure that Helen and Douglas Houses property portfolio is well maintained, safe and is continues to create a world class environment for care, as well as to work, shop and volunteer.Working closely with the Head of Facilities and Operations and colleagues in the Estates Team, thepost holder will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of our retail property portfolio, aplanned schedule of significant shop repairs, shop refits, new shop openings, and dilapidations aswell as being part of a team carrying out maintenance work on the Oxford Hospice site and somecapital project support work.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience in maintenance including skills in using power and hand tools.

Desirable

  • Experience in any of the following: Electrical, plumbing, DIY woodwork, metalwork, brick laying, engines/generators, painting, and decorating.

Skills

Essential

  • Self-initiates work, takes responsibility for the quality and quantity of outputs and able to work to tight deadlines. Anticipate challenges and address them quickly. Proven ability to engage others and communicate using various methods along with excellent interpersonal skills. Professional, flexible, and committed to going above and beyond the remit of the role to achieve and exceed quality. Ability to find creative solutions to problems and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking by the development of alternative solutions.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience in maintenance including skills in using power and hand tools.

Desirable

  • Experience in any of the following: Electrical, plumbing, DIY woodwork, metalwork, brick laying, engines/generators, painting, and decorating.

Skills

Essential

  • Self-initiates work, takes responsibility for the quality and quantity of outputs and able to work to tight deadlines. Anticipate challenges and address them quickly. Proven ability to engage others and communicate using various methods along with excellent interpersonal skills. Professional, flexible, and committed to going above and beyond the remit of the role to achieve and exceed quality. Ability to find creative solutions to problems and a willingness to challenge conventional thinking by the development of alternative solutions.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Helen & Douglas House

Address

14a Magdalen Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX4 1RW


Employer's website

https://www.helenanddouglas.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Helen & Douglas House

Address

14a Magdalen Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX4 1RW


Employer's website

https://www.helenanddouglas.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Date posted

11 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,064 to £34,800 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

B0269-24-0025

Job locations

14a Magdalen Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX4 1RW


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