Site Maintenance Officer


Location: Osgathorpe, Leicestershire
Salary: £22,308 - £25,833 per annum FTE (depending on experience)
Hours: 20 hours per week
Department: Finance & Resources
Job Type: Part time
Contract Type: Permanent

Are you a dedicated maintenance operative looking to utilise your skills within the charity sector? This could be the role for you!

Canine Partner's mission is to change the lives of disabled people using expertly trained dogs to improve physical, emotional, and social wellbeing.

To help us create amazing partnerships, we need amazing people. Canine Partners has an exciting opportunity for a Site Maintenance Officer to join our busy Facilities team.

This is an incredible role at a prominent assistance dog charity where your role will be a part of our essential work that transforms lives every day.

What you will do:

You will take pride in ensuring our National Training Centre is a safe and pleasant working environment for all our staff and stakeholders. Working largely independently you will be responsible for keeping our buildings and facilities in good repair and take care in running the site on budget and with environmentally friendly solutions in mind.

What we’re looking for:

• Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to plan and implement routine work including dedicated health and safety responsibilities
• Understanding of health and safety practices.
• Experience in providing reports, written and verbal.
• Experience of managing/supervising people.
• Experience of project/contractor management.
• First aid at work qualification (or willingness to obtain).
• Knowledge of COSHH guidelines.

Some knowledge of IT hardware installation and maintenance may be advantageous but not essential.

You must have a full UK driving licence and ability/experience of driving a range of vehicles.

To ensure the safe running of the site, it is essential that you are physically capable to undertake strenuous and heavy duties, in all weathers. This may include lifting and transporting heavy equipment, working at heights or low levels, and setting up and breaking down events.

Most importantly you will be passionate about the transformative impact that our assistance dogs provide to our beneficiaries.

We can offer you:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Salary exchange ('smart') pension scheme
• Charity sick pay
• Life assurance
• Wellbeing portal
• Free on-site parking
• Dog friendly offices

This role benefits from working at our purpose-built training centre in the rural countryside of Osgathorpe, Leicestershire.

The hours for this role will be worked part time, 20 hours per week. This will be worked over 4 or 5 days, working hours will be mutually agreed and typically worked between 8am and 6pm. Some weekend working may be required. Additional hours may be required from time to time, time off in lieu or payment will be agreed on a case by case basis.

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please apply online with a comprehensive CV and supporting statement explaining how you believe you match the requirements of the role.

Please note we may interview candidates during the advertising period; we reserve the right to close this advert ahead of the closing date if we find a suitable candidate. Please be assured we contact all of our candidates on the outcome of their application.

We recognise the benefit of diverse experiences, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are a disability confident committed employer

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