Estates Maintenance Assistant

**Description**:
Harmeny Education Trust is a charitable organisation providing therapeutic care and education to children who have experienced early years trauma through abuse, neglect and family disruption, referred from all over Scotland. We currently work with children and young people aged 5-18, both on a day and all-year-round residential basis.

Our core service, Harmeny School, comprises:

- An education service, which includes an outdoor learning team.
- A care service, with five residential cottages and one day service cottage. The service also includes a therapies manager coordinating evidence informed approaches for a variety of our staff.
- Support services, made up of finance, estates, catering and domestic services, fundraising, IT, HR, learning and development, and admin teams.

Harmeny is committed to achieving the highest possible standards of care and education and to continuously improving our work. We have recently developed a practice framework, The Harmeny Way, which describes the unique combination of therapeutic approaches used to guide our work and ensure consistent practice with children and young people placed with us.

We are currently seeking an **Estates Maintenance Assistant** to join Harmeny on a full-time employed basis. Reporting to the Facilities Manager, the successful applicant will work as part of a team to ensure that all planned and reactive hard, soft and building fabric maintenance and repairs are completed to a high standard across the estate’s properties and grounds, whilst adhering to legislation, health and safety standards and Harmeny policies and procedures.

Applicants must have and be able to demonstrate previous experience, knowledge and skills gained in a multi-skilled maintenance role, particularly in relation to maintenance and facilities services, preferably in a similar environment.

The successful applicant will be part of a small team working in a busy environment. Excellent organisational skills and a proactive approach to maintenance are therefore key requirements for the role. A strong customer focus and proven ability to communicate well and build productive relationships with people at all levels are essential.

The post-holder will work 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm with an unpaid lunch break of one hour.

The salary for the role is **£27,092 to £29,416 per annum**.

Harmeny is a values-led organisation and a good fit with our ethos is as important to us as having relevant experience.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Principle Responsibilities**
- Promote a positive ethos consistent with Harmeny’s vision, purpose and core values.
- Complete a range of hard, soft and fabric maintenance tasks required to the buildings and estate, both internally and externally, including minor electrical and plumbing, decorating, minor building work, general DIY and refurbishments.
- Undertake remedial actions reported through the Estates helpdesk, with instruction from the Facilities Manager (FM), ensuring that tasks are completed, updated or closed where necessary.
- Ensure that planned maintenance programme tasks are completed, updated or closed where necessary, and that the FM is kept updated on progress.
- Provide ad-hoc general support to each of the departments across Harmeny, which includes (but is not limited to) space management, removal/installation of associated furniture and appliances.
- Ensure that all statutory maintenance and safety inspections of the Harmeny fleet vehicles have been completed, recorded and regularly reviewed, whilst ensuring that all vehicles are regularly cleaned and presentable.
- Carry out caretaking duties, including assisting with the preparation of school events.
- Assist with grounds maintenance to ensure that the grounds, roads and pathways and presentable, free from debris and hazards.
- Provide grounds maintenance support during winter, which includes snow clearance and gritting, to ensure that the site remains operational and free from hazards.
- Ensure that Estates resources, machinery and equipment are used and maintained according to legislation and guidelines.
- Work in accordance with all Harmeny policies and procedures.
- Undertake any training and development needed for the role.
- Attend supervision, annual performance review, and team meetings, as required.
- Undertake any other duties delegated by the Facilities Manager, Grounds Manager or another member of management, which are consistent with the role of Estates Maintenance Assistant.

**Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge and Experience**:
**Essential**:

- A full, clean driving licence allowing the use of a company van (during working hours as required).
- Experience of working in a multi-skilled maintenance role, preferably within a regulated setting such as care/education.
- Basic computer skills and IT literacy.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to effectively time manage activities and tasks whilst maintaining the requi