Handy Person

Craven College; Skipton; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Craven College, a friendly college with rural campuses in Skipton and Ripon, is seeking a committed Handy Person to support the Facilities Manager with day-to-day maintenance and caretaking tasks across its sites.

You will help maintain the College estate, carry out general upkeep, assist with cleaning where needed, and ensure work complies with health and safety policies. This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive team with good CPD opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Facilities Manager with day-to-day maintenance across College sites.
• Carry out general upkeep, minor repairs and routine upkeep of the estate.
• Support caretaking and cleaning duties as required to maintain a safe, clean environment.
• Ensure work is prioritised and carried out in line with health and safety policies.

Job description

Craven College is an aspirational College set in friendly and inclusive rural campuses in Skipton within the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, at The Aviation Academy based airside at Leeds Bradford Airport and at Evolve in the heart of Ripon. Craven College offers full-time courses for 16-18-year-olds, apprenticeships, courses for young people with special educational needs, part-time courses and degree level courses with a mission statement of 'enriching lives through learning'. Tyro Training is our commercial training division which offers a wide range of training courses for both individuals and businesses in Skipton.

We continuously invest in our excellent, industry standard facilities with a new £1.6m purpose-built Animal Management Centre on our Aireville Campus followed in 2022 by the construction of new equestrian facilities including an international sized arena and outdoor warm up area.

We are currently seeking to employ a committed and motivated Handy Person, to assist the Facilities Manager in providing an efficient day to day maintenance service of a multi-site College, which may include some caretaking and cleaning duties. To ensure that the day to day and planned maintenance activities across College sites are carried out effectively and efficiently in line with College and Health and Safety policies and procedures and the needs of the College. The ideal candidate will take responsibility for the day-to-day maintenance work associated with the upkeep and improvement of the College's Estate, across all College sites. The ideal candidate will also provide a quality general maintenance service across College ensuring work is prioritised and dealt with efficiently in line with health and safety requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly college in North Yorkshire with fantastic facilities, excellent CPD opportunities and a great working and learning environment.

Craven College is committed to equal opportunity in the provision of services, employment, and educational opportunities. Applications are considered on merit and are welcomed from all suitably qualified applicants.

Where specific qualifications are required for the position for which you have applied, it will be necessary for you to produce certificates for verification. You should give full details of all examination results and grades. If you are unsure about your results or grades you should indicate this. You should also include any qualifications which you are currently working towards and any non-examined, but relevant, training and development. Teachers are required to complete details of teaching qualifications.

A disclosure check with the Disclosure & Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.