Site Assistant Macclesfield College Maccles field SK11 8LF £25,303.78 a year – Full-time

Our Estates Department are excited to announce that we are looking for a team member to join as a Site Assistant.

We are seeking a passionate and experienced candidate to join our dedicated team.

Join us in shaping the future of our students and make a lasting impact with Macclesfield College!

The Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and professional Estates team as a Site Assistant with responsibility as a key holder.

Main duties include:

• Carrying out planned maintenance and repair work on College grounds and buildings.

• To be responsible for ensuring that site management, safety and security is maintained at all times.

• Shift work and some evening work is required, alongside occasional weekends.

• With a ‘flexible can do’ approach to your work, you will have good communication and interpersonal skills, be an excellent team player as well as have the ability to work under pressure using your own initiative when responding to the Estate department’s changing work demands.

• You will be able to demonstrate a good level of health and safety awareness and the ability to apply safe working practices. Ideally you will have a First Aid at Work certificate, or be willing to undertake this qualification.

• Experience of basic maintenance and general repair work along with manual handling techniques is essential. Industry experience in a relevant trade would be advantageous.

Shifts currently are as follows:

The revised hours are as below on an alternating pattern of 1-week early shift then 1-week late shift.

Early Shift

Late Shift

Does Macclesfield College sound like the perfect working environment for you?

We are proud of our fantastic benefits, inclusive of:

• 38 days annual leave inclusive of Bank and Public Holidays
• 2 weeks additional leave at Christmas closedown (inclusive of bank holidays)

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Real Living Wage Employer
• Family friendly policy
• Free secure campus parking and excellent transport links
• Long Service Recognition and Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health
• Onsite staff counsellor to support our mental health strategy.
• Investment in our employees Continuous Professional Development at the College with a comprehensive timetable of training and development alongside coaching and mentoring from our experienced Quality team.
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to work
• Good for ME, Good for FE – Volunteering, Fundraising
• Discounted gym membership, and hair and beauty treatments
• Onsite Starbucks café

Pre-employment Screening

All posts are subject to standard pre-employment checks and you will be asked to provide;

• Evidence of your right to work in the UK
• Proof of Identity
• A minimum of two professional referees to cover a five-year period
• Health Declaration for any health conditions or disabilities for which you may need the College to make appropriate adjustments

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which have might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

Please note we reserve the right to close this role earlier if we receive sufficient applications for this post