Facilities And Maintenance Officer (Part-Time)
The Action Group
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Job summary
The Action Group in Edinburgh is seeking a reliable Facilities and Maintenance Officer for a part-time role (20 hours per week) at The Prentice Centre. You will help keep the building safe, secure and well maintained, support meeting spaces, and carry out routine checks and minor repairs to ensure a welcoming environment for staff, visitors and people we support.
You will work independently, manage your workload, and report issues to contractors as needed.
Qualifications
- Experience in caretaking, facilities or maintenance.
- Practical DIY and basic maintenance skills.
- Knowledge of health and safety requirements.
- Ability to work independently and manage workload.
- Good organisational and time management skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Reliable, trustworthy and dependable.
- Friendly and approachable; supports colleagues.
- Commitment to a safe and welcoming environment.
- Physically able to undertake manual handling and routine duties.
Responsibilities
- Open and close the building daily and help keep it secure.
- Carry out routine inspections of building and grounds.
- Complete minor repairs and basic maintenance tasks.
- Ensure communal areas are clean, safe and welcoming.
- Prepare meeting rooms and activity spaces for users.
- Conduct routine health and safety and fire safety checks.
- Report maintenance issues and liaise with contractors.
- Maintain stock of cleaning and maintenance supplies.
- Keep accurate maintenance and inspection records.
Skills
Job description
Hours: Part-time 20 hours
Salary: Points 27 (£27,351.61 pro rata)
Location: The Prentice Centre, 1 Granton Mains Avenue, Edinburgh, EH4 4GA
At The Action Group, we believe everyone deserves to live life to the fullest. Our offices are a busy and welcoming hub where staff, people we support, families and visitors come together every day.
We're looking for a reliable and practical Facilities and Maintenance Officer to help keep our building safe, secure and well maintained. This is a varied, hands-on role where no two days are the same. From carrying out minor repairs and preparing rooms for meetings to ensuring the building is safe and compliant, you'll play an important part in supporting our organisation and the people who use our facilities.
If you enjoy practical work, take pride in maintaining high standards and like solving problems, we'd love to hear from you.
As our Facilities and Maintenance Officer, you'll:
- Open and close the building each day and help keep it secure.
- Carry out routine inspections of the building and surrounding grounds.
- Complete minor repairs and basic maintenance tasks.
- Ensure communal areas are clean, safe and welcoming.
- Prepare meeting rooms and activity spaces for staff and visitors.
- Carry out routine health and safety and fire safety checks.
- Report maintenance issues and liaise with contractors when specialist repairs are needed.
- Help maintain stock of cleaning and maintenance supplies.
- Keep accurate maintenance and inspection records.
- Support a positive experience for everyone who visits our building.
We're looking for someone who:
- Has experience in a caretaking, facilities or maintenance role.
- Is confident carrying out practical DIY and minor repairs.
- Understands the importance of health and safety.
- Can work independently and manage their own workload.
- Has good communication and organisational skills.
- Is reliable, trustworthy and takes pride in their work.
- Enjoys helping others and contributing to a welcoming environment.
Experience of working within the voluntary or community sector, knowledge of COSHH or relevant training such as First Aid, Fire Warden or Manual Handling would be an advantage, but aren't essential.
At The Action Group, you'll be joining a friendly, supportive organisation that's committed to inclusion, respect and making a positive difference every day.
We offer:
- A supportive and welcoming team.
- Generous annual leave entitlement.
- Employer pension contribution.
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- The opportunity to play an important role in supporting an organisation that changes lives.
- Hours: Part time
- Location: The Prentice Centre, Edinburgh.
- Disclosure: This post is subject to a Standard Disclosure check.
- Experience in a caretaking, facilities or building maintenance role
- Good practical DIY and maintenance skills
- Knowledge of basic building health and safety requirements
- Ability to identify maintenance issues and elevate appropriately
- Ability to work independently and use initiative
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to maintain accurate records
- Reliable, trustworthy and dependable
- Friendly and approachableFlexible and willing to support colleagues
- Takes pride in maintaining a safe and welcoming environment
- Committed to excellent customer service
- Physically able to undertake manual handling and routine maintenance duties
- Experience working in the voluntary, community or social care sector
- Experience working alongside disabled people
- Experience carrying out routine building compliance checks
- Knowledge of COSHH requirements
- Basic IT skills for record keeping and communication
- Full UK Driving Licence
The Action Group was set up in 1976 by a group of parents and carers of people who had learning disabilities and other support needs. They began by campaigning for better services for the people they cared about in the local area of Leith and Restalrig. This group, who all lived in the north east of Edinburgh, took the name Area 5 Action Group from the Social Work Department’s area in which they lived.
The Action Group was, and continues to be, a membership organisation with the twin aims of campaigning for, and providing, good community care services. In 1976, services and supports in the community were few and far between and large institutions and hospitals, like Gogarburn in Edinburgh, were the main service for children and adults.
Locally, The Area 5 Action Group ran a high profile political and media campaign to get learning disability and support needs on the agenda. It also explored ways to develop service-provision
By 1985, now called The North Edinburgh Action Group, membership had grown and service users came from all over Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian and Midlothian.
By 1992, with development plans focussing across an even wider area, a further name change to The Action Group was made.
Over the years the Action Group has been at the forefront of campaigning for and providing high quality community services.
That Families caring for a person and individuals who have support needs and/or Learning Disability encounter no barriers to their chosen lifestyle, are able to follow a path of choice and can enrich their opportunities.
To Value, listen and involve people so that our every action is judged to be the best.
An ordinary life includes the 5 accomplishments which derives from the work of John O'Brien.
These values are at the heart of the organisation.
Make a difference in your community and in people’s lives by becoming a support worker with us!
Your goal will be to help people with additional support needs to gain or maintain their independence, and going about their lives in general, to support with work, health and wellbeing, or attending and participating in activities.
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£27,351.61 per year
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