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Maintenance Officer

Job details
Posting date: 16 January 2025
Salary: £23,677 to £26,324 per year
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 13 February 2025
Location: Shropshire, SY10 9BX
Company: Hope House Children's Hospices
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: ORG293-JH1227859OswMO

Summary

Are you looking for your next opportunity as a Maintenance Officer? Then look no further, come and join us at Hope House Children’s Hospices by playing a vital role in achieving our ‘Mission’ of Helping every child with a life-threatening condition live their best life.

Hope House Children’s Hospices have an opportunity for a Maintenance Officer to join our team based in Oswestry. You will join us on a Part-time 22.5 hours, permanent basis. In return, a Maintenance Officer will receive a competitive rate of £23,677- £26,324 FTE.

About the Maintenance Officer role:

Your role as a Maintenance officer is to help us deliver Our Purpose, through ensuring that our buildings and grounds are maintained to an excellent standard, where our children, families, staff, volunteers and supporters feel safe.

You will work positively as part of a small Facilities team, carrying out tasks in support of the effective facilities management of our buildings. Ensuring repairs, maintenance and mandatory testing are carried out safely, effectively and within the set deadlines. You will have good all-round knowledge of electrical and plumbing installations and be confident resolving maintenance problems.

You will have a background in building, fitting or maintenance with a hands on practical approach. Record keeping will also be an important aspect of the role, as will basic IT skills. You will have a flexible approach to work which may occasionally be during the weekend or out of hours to address emergencies.

You will be required to provide your own transport; mileage expenses will be reimbursed at 45p per mile.

We are looking for a Maintenance Officer who has:


A range of general building and maintenance skills.
The ability to efficiently manage a varied workload, prioritising as appropriate.
Valid full driving licence.
Basic qualification/certification (or equivalent experience) in a recognised building trade.
Flexible in your approach to working hours and times.
Reliable individual with high professional standards.
Physical demands: you must be capable of lifting and carrying up to 22kg on a day to day basis.


About us:

By joining Team Hope House & Ty Gobaith, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we make a real commitment to your career, health and wellbeing. We will support you by offering:


Generous annual leave entitlement, starting at 34 days per annum (FTE) with service increments
Organisational pension scheme
Blue Light Card and Staff rewards programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Wellbeing services which includes staff counselling
Funded Medicash - Health Care Cash Plan
Flexible working arrangements
Great development opportunities


Closing date: 13th February 2025

Interview date: TBC

If you think you have what it takes to be our Maintenance Officer then please click ‘apply’ now! We are welcoming informal discussions with our Facilities Manager, Heath Arnfield, contact us on 01691 671999. We’d love to hear from you!

The successful applicant will be required to obtain an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (paid for by Hope House).

Hope House and Ty Gobaith Children’s Hospices are committed to equality of opportunity and meeting the needs of children, young people and families. The care we provide and the environment we create to deliver care reflects our ongoing commitment to respecting the diversity of the communities we serve, and the individual physical, spiritual and emotional needs of each person and their loved ones.

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