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Title: Assistant Maintenance Officer Fixed Term until March 2027 & Relief/Bank Assistant Maintenance Officer

Hours: 37 hours per week & 0 hours (Relief/Bank) / Salary: £12.71 per hour (£24,519.88 pa / pro-rata) / Location: Isla Road, Perth, PA2 7HQ /

Benefits: 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service/8% pension contributions, perks at work, cycle to work, £600 refer a friend scheme and much more!

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.

The ideal Assistant Maintenance Officer will have:

• Excellent communications skills with a passion for helping disabled people live full and inclusive lives.
• Proven work experience of having worked within the building services or engineering sector including basic electrical, plumbing & joinery within either commercial, social care or domestic settings.
• Problem solving skills, with a strong understanding of the requirements 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 having to think outside the box to solve a technical issue for our customers, that may jeopardise 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) or 0 hours relief/bank to cover existing AMO's periods of leave.

Location - Isla Road, Perth, PA2 7HQ

**Driving licence essential for this role – the appointed person will have access to our originations vehicles**

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary - £24,519.88 pa (£12.71 per hour).
• We offer a 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
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

*subject to contractual terms and conditions

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

Applying to Capability Scotland

Apply now to upload your CV and covering letter.

A full job description of this role is available by clicking here: Assistant MO - Perth Nov 2024

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.

This post is subject to membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and a satisfactory PVG Scheme Record/Update. The successful candidate will be required to undergo the appropriate Disclosure Scotland vetting checks prior to appointment.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary, Permanent

Application question(s):

• Please confirm your availability to work (days/times)
• At present we cannot offer skilled worker visas, please do not apply if you require this.

If relevant, what is your visa type/status & expiry date?

• Do you have a UK driving license (manual or automatic)?

Do you have a vehicle?

• Tell us about any relevant experience or qualifications you have and why you have applied?

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person