Maintenance Assistant

St. Margaret’s Hospice; Taunton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday including bankholidays

NHS pension continuation where applic.

Life assurance cover (2x salary)

Health Cash Plans

Employee Assistance Programme with 24/

Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Tau

Opportunities to volunteer

Job summary

St Margaret's Hospice in Taunton is seeking an experienced Maintenance Assistant to support frontline maintenance across our sites. You will respond to defects and carry out planned preventative maintenance to ensure safe, welcoming environments.

The Estates team focuses on delivering efficient services, with on-the-job training offered to ensure health and safety compliance. A full driving licence is required for local travel, with mileage expenses reimbursed.

Qualifications

• Good all-around knowledge and experience of basic maintenance tasks.
• Skills to enable fault finding and general maintenance on all aspects of the fabric of the building and equipment.
• Opportunity to undertake on-the-job training as part of a formal training plan to ensure safe work systems are maintained at all times, in compliance with health and safety regulations.
• A full driving licence and access to a vehicle are required for local travel to collect materials, with mileage expenses reimbursed.

Responsibilities

• The Maintenance Assistant plays a key role in delivering front-line maintenance services, responding to defects and breakdowns, and carrying out planned preventative maintenance across our hospice sites.

Skills

Basic maintenance tasks

Fault finding

Health and safety compliance

Full driving licence

Job description

Are you an experienced Maintenance Assistant looking for your next rewarding challenge? If you share our values and take pride in creating safe, welcoming environments, we'd love to hear from you.

Joining our friendly Estates team, you will support the delivery of an efficient estates maintenance service to St Margaret's Hospice, based in Taunton.

The Maintenance Assistant plays a key role in delivering front-line maintenance services, responding to defects and breakdowns, and carrying out planned preventative maintenance across our hospice sites.

Role details

• Salary:£25,472 per annum
• Hours:37per week
• Working Pattern:Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm and Friday 9am to 4:30pm
• Contract:Permanent, Full time

The successful candidate will have

• Good all-around knowledge and experience of basic maintenance tasks
• Skills to enable them to undertake fault finding and general maintenance on all aspects of the fabric of the building and equipment
• Opportunity to undertake on-the-job training as part of a formal training plan to ensure safe work systems are maintained at all times, in compliance with health and safety regulations.
• A full driving licence and access to a vehicle are required for local travel to collect materials, with mileage expenses reimbursed.

Who are we looking for

• An experienced maintenance assistant to join our team who is enthusiastic and eager to provide a comfortable hospice environment for our patients and staff.
• Able to encourage and motivateour maintenance volunteers as well assupport the Maintenance Supervisor to deliver an effective operational maintenance service.

Our Values

At St Margaret's Hospice, our values guide everything we do. We are:

• Compassionate:Kindness and care for everyone, every day
• Collaborative:One team, working together for one goal
• Ambitious:Striving for better, now and into the future.

Inclusive recruitment

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

If you need adjustments during recruitment, please contact [e-mail]

Why join St Margaret's Hospice?

You won't just be joining a fantastic team -you'll become part of a welcoming, community-minded charity making a real difference every day.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment alongside a range of benefits including:

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days including bank holidays, rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

• NHS pension continuation where applicable*
• 6% employer / 5% employee contribution for non-NHS staff

Additional Benefits

• Life assurance cover (2x salary)
• Health Cash Plans
• Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 GP access, counselling, wellbeing support, and legal/financial advice
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Enhanced maternity leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
• Opportunities to volunteer and support fundraising initiatives

*Eligibility criteria applies

Closing date:9th September 2026

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visasponsorshipat this time.

Safer Recruitment

St Margaret's Hospice are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of those who use our services.

As part of our safer recruitment processes, all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks relevant to the role. These may include verification of identity, right to work, references, DBS, and other regulatory, fraud prevention, and compliance checks.

The Disclosure and Barring Service offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants. This route gives applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate and is available for all levels of DBS check.