Location: Perth
Salary: £22,224.00 pa
Contract Type: Permanent, Driving licence required, Full-Time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 12 December 2024
Want to support people who support others? We’ve got the role for you.
About the Role
You’ll support the residents, staff, and Facilities Manager to deliver a comfortable, safe, and stimulating environment for all. Ensure the smooth running of the facility by planned and reactive maintenance to provide the best possible standard for our buildings, services, and grounds across the Capability Scotland Estate.
Please note this role may require manual handling and heavy lifting. It also includes regular driving, supporting our vulnerable customers to spend time outside the service.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the maintenance of the facility through planned and reactive maintenance.
* Ensure the safety and comfort of residents and staff.
* Drive company vehicles to support customers.
Minimum Requirements
The ideal Maintenance Officer will have:
* Excellent communication skills with a passion for helping disabled people live full and inclusive lives.
* Proven work experience within the building services or engineering sector, including basic electrical, plumbing & joinery within commercial, social care, or domestic settings.
* Problem-solving skills, with a strong understanding of fire safety, health & safety, chemical handling, and equipment storage and care.
* IT literacy/experience using the Microsoft suite of programs.
What you need to know
No two days will be the same in this diverse role; you could be decorating one of our service users' rooms or solving a technical issue that may jeopardize their safety. As part of our maintenance team, your actions really make a difference to our service users' daily lives.
Hours: 37 hours (Monday-Friday)
Location: Isla Road, Perth, PA2 7HQ
Driving licence essential for this role – the appointed person will have access to our organization's vehicles.
Benefits
* Competitive salary - £22,224.00 pa (£11.52 per hour).
* Fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
* 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
* Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
* Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
* Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
* Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* 24/7 employee assistance.
* Eligibility for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts.
We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.
Applying to Capability Scotland
Applying to join Capability Scotland is easy. At the bottom of this advert, you can submit your CV and a covering letter directly to the hiring manager. You’ll then hear from us within three weeks of the noted closing date. We’ll invite successful candidates to an interview so we can learn more about what makes each other tick, in a safe and secure way.
You can keep track of your application in your profile management settings.
For more information on this role, you can contact the admin team at 01738 632995.
We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
General Information
Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness, and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.
Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £11.52 per hour
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
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