Maintenance Person

**Full Job Description**:
**_How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?_**

**_ Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent)._**

**_ If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group - so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG_**

**Job title: Maintenance Assistant**

**Salary: £11.44 per hour**

**Location: Belmont Secondary School, Rawtenstall**

**Hours: 20 hours per week TBC, Monday to Friday**

**Contract: Permanent, Part Time 52 weeks**

**UK Applicants only**

Due to growth in service, we are recruiting a Maintenance Person to join our team at Belmont Secondary School.

**About the role**

The post holder will:

- Work within the Maintenance team to maintain a high standard of the internal and external areas across the site and support the proactive management of the school’s estate.
- Ensure all stakeholders benefit from high standards of service.
- Work within the Maintenance team to provide the school with a safe environment for all people - pupils, staff, visitors and contractors.

**Essential**
- Previous experience of Maintenance work
- GCSE's grade C/4 and above in English and Maths
- Good inter-personal skills
- Full UK Driving Licence

**Desirable**
- Experience of working within a care and educational setting
- Experience of working with listed buildings
- Experience of working within a Conservation Area
- Competent in the use of IT office skills

**About the School**

Belmont Secondary is an independent, specialist day school for boys 11 to 18, catering for pupils with a wide range of needs. Our dedicated team, work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our pupils, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

This opportunity is within commutable distance of Rawtenstall, Bury, Burnley and surrounding areas.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career.

Our vision is to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world. Every day we improve the lives of thousands of young people, their families and communities through a relentless focus on caring and learning.

**Why join Acorn Education?**

**Benefits**

**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including**:

- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including**:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
- **_You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy._**

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