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
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:
Recruitment Team