Responsibilities

Are you looking for a new role in maintenance and safety? We are looking for full time Site Maintenance and Safety Officer to join Buckinghamshire College Group, based at our Aylesbury, Amersham or Wycombe Campuses. Working 37hrs per week on a shift and call out rota / 52 weeks per year.  

If you are a motivated individual with a passion for maintaining a safe, functional and student focused space for learning, as well as responding to security issues, we want to hear from you!

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Conduct routine maintenance tasks across the college facilities.
• Perform repairs and address technical issues as needed.
• Collaborate with other team members to maintain a safe and efficient environment
• Adhere to the assigned shift pattern and participate in the on-call rota
• Respond to and address security issues
• Will be required to provide cover at our other campuses on some occasions
• Attend and undertake mandatory training when required

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the college. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible. While working at Buckinghamshire College Group you can also take advantage of a host of employee benefits including:

• Pension scheme - LGPS (21% employer contribution)
• 30 days holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays & Additional annual leave purchase scheme
• A wide range of learning - access to free training & continuous professional development 
• A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
• Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
• Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon 
• 24hrs/7days a week access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes 

Here at Buckinghamshire College Group, we are passionate about helping people of all ages and abilities to achieve their learning goals and life aspirations. You will find a warm welcome at all of our campuses in; Aylesbury, Amersham and High Wycombe, where we are a thriving community of over 590 Staff and 7,000 students and we are sure that whatever your aspirations and career goals, we can help you to achieve them.

This College does one of the most important jobs in the country - educating people of all ages to help them to succeed in life and create the skills society needs. Moreover, we do it well. We have high standards, with good success rates for students and more students joining us each year.

Our staff are the most important resource that the College has in securing this success. We therefore value our staff highly and offer a competitive reward and benefits package.

We hope you will want to be part of Buckinghamshire College Group and we very much look forward to welcoming you.

Commitment to Safeguarding

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

Only completed applications will be considered for this role. All applicants will need to complete an application form via our College Website.

For more information on the role please contact HR directly.

Closing date for applications is the 6th May 2024 with interviews taking place on 15th May 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Person Specification

Essential:

Formal Qualification

• Painting and Decorating, Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry or other Built Environment or Construction qualification or willing to work towards.
• SIA Licence – for Security work or willing to work towards

Knowledge

• A working knowledge of current building maintenance practice.
• Understanding of safe working practices and health and safety legislation
• An understanding of, and demonstrable commitment to, Safeguarding Children and Young People (Every Child Matters) and Vulnerable Adults

Experience

• Experience of providing a secure environment and excellent customer service.
• General building maintenance.
• Experience of caretaking
• Experience of using a switchboard

Skills

• Good verbal communication skills.
• Excellent practical DIY skills including painting with a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision.
• Ability to deal with sensitive situations.
• Ability to learn new and develop existing skills.
• Resourceful.
• Able to work in a College environment liaising as necessary with students and all levels of staff.
• Able to use Microsoft Office and other computer packages

Desirable:

Other Specific Qualities

• Ability to demonstrate values and behaviours suitable to work with children and young people
• Demonstrable commitment to Equality & Diversity, Child Protection Safeguarding and Prevent showing a desire to challenge inequality and promote diversity and adhere to College Policies and Procedures.
• A strong service ethos is essential to deliver outstanding customer service
• Practical approach to issues and challenges
• First Aider or willing to undertake First-Aid training.