Maintenance Assistant

Witherslack Group; Grange-Over-Sands; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education provider in Grange-Over-Sands is seeking a dedicated maintenance worker to ensure a well-maintained school environment. Responsibilities include performing repairs, driving and maintaining vehicles, and keeping outdoor areas tidy. Candidates should possess maintenance skills, have a proactive attitude, and be ready for training. The role offers a competitive salary of £24,796 - £27,694 plus excellent benefits including generous holiday allowance and wellbeing resources.

Benefits

35 days holiday including bank holidays

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover

High-street discounts

Beautiful working environments

£1,000 referral bonus

Qualifications

• Maintenance skills, either professionally or as a DIY enthusiast.
• Must have a 'can do' attitude and be a team player.
• Willing to undertake Health & Safety and other relevant training.

Responsibilities

• Perform general day-to-day repairs to maintain school operations.
• Drive and maintain school vehicles.
• Keep school grounds and garden neat and tidy.

Skills

Maintenance skills

DIY skills

Team player attitude

Job description

£24,796 - £27,694 + excellent benefits

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

Oversands School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education, based in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with a range of complex learning needs, social and emotional difficulties and challenging behaviours.

“Here we know every pupil, their story, how we can help and importantly how they can succeed.” This statement is brought to life through a dedicated lower school designed with input from the pupils; an upper school that offers a broad and impressive range of subjects; and a vocational and post-16 provision that delivers extensive courses and opportunities led by experts in their field.

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 here
• 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 here
• 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.