Maintenance Assistant

Witherslack Group; Clewer Village; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days holiday including bank hols

Life insurance

Medical cover

Wellbeing tools & advice

Referral bonus £1,000

Job summary

Witherslack Group is seeking a Maintenance Worker for Queensmead House School in England. You will perform general repairs, drive school vehicles, and maintain grounds, creating a safe and welcoming environment for students.

The role includes safeguarding training and the opportunity to contribute to a specialist education setting that supports children with diverse needs. Training and benefits accompany a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Maintenance skills, either professional or as a DIY enthusiast.
• Can-do attitude – a team player who rolls up sleeves to help others.
• Be confident taking responsibility for buying smaller pieces of maintenance equipment.
• Willing to undertake Health & Safety and other relevant training.

Responsibilities

• Carry out general day-to-day repairs to keep the school running.
• Drive school vehicles and keep them in good working order.
• Keep school grounds and gardens neat and tidy.
• Be a familiar, friendly face to pupils and staff, with safeguarding training.

Skills

Maintenance skills

Team player

Purchasing responsibility

Health & safety training

Job description

£29,563 - £32,656 + Excellent Benefits

Please note - we reserve the right to close the job advert early if the situation changes and we no longer need the role anymore or if we have suitable amount of candidates.

Huge Small Victories

Being a maintenance worker in our school means being part of something big. You’ll be doing your bit to make sure the school building is a great place to be for our young people.

Get out what you put in

You’ll do all the general, day-to-day repairs needed to keep our school up and running, drive the school vehicles and keep them in good working order, as well as making sure the school grounds and garden are kept neat and tidy. You’ll also be a familiar, friendly face, this means our young people will sometimes stop to chat to you so we’ll give you some training on child safeguarding to give you that extra confidence!

One of the best environments in SEND

Queensmead House School is located on a historic site with views of Windsor Castle. This inspiring setting, with a rich heritage of education, is now home to a specialist learning environment recently rated Good by Ofsted.

QHS is an independent specialist day school, with both primary and secondary settings providing high quality education. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with complex educational needs, communication difficulties and challenging behaviours.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector. With us, you’ll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Training: A full induction and on the job training
• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 35 days holiday including bank holidays
• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check
  out our benefits
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our schools
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole-self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we’re looking for will:

• Have some maintenance skills, either professionally or as a DIY enthusiast
• Have a ‘can do’ attitude – a team player who rolls up their sleeves to help others
• Be confident taking responsibility for buying smaller pieces of maintenance equipment
• Willing to undertake Health & Safety and other relevant training

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

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