Casual Facilities Assistant

Job Introduction

This is a casual role and hours will be offered on an ad-hoc basis, mostly uuring weekday evenings and some weekends.

Are you looking to supplement your income with a part time role to fit around your existing commitments? Could you help us ensure that the members of the local community who use our facilities out of hours receive the best possible experience?

Job Purpose

Here at Perins MAT as part of our commitment to the local community we make a number of our facilities (including our football pitch, sports hall, dance studio, tennis courts, cooking rooms and music rooms) to local groups and members of the public outside of school hours. We are looking to build a small bank of casual staff to assist the users of the MAT facilities to gain full benefit and enjoyment from their visit, providing an excellent standard of customer service and ensuring participants’ safety is maintained. You will also assist our site team with basic maintenance tasks at our sites such as painting, landscaping etc.

Hours will be offered in advance by a line manager to work around the Estates Rota and could be at either Perins School or Sun Hill Junior School.

As well as making a difference to your local community you will benefit from the option of free membership of our onsite gym, hours that fit around your existing commitments and free parking onsite.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate the safe running of the site, providing access to buildings and upholding security.
• Setup and take down equipment as required to facilitate community focused bookings.
• Act as a first aider and fire warden if required to those within the MAT facilities.
• Undertake basic maintenance tasks as directed by the Estates Team to maintain the facilities such as painting, landscaping and simple repairs.
• Assist with facility booking and Estates queries during opening hours offering excellent customer service.
• Observe and follow the Normal Operating Procedures as laid out by the MAT ensuring regulations are followed.
• Check buildings at the end of each shift to ensure they are clear and then lock up.
• Provide first aid and record incidents for central reporting.
• Respond to alarms and incidents as they arise, following set procedures to resolve or escalate through to completion.
• Maintain cleanliness in customer facing areas throughout the shift, working to assist the cleaning team where required.
• Move sporting equipment where required to facilitate bookings in both internal and external facilities.

Person Specification

Applicants should possess the following:

• Customer Service experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to learn new systems quickly
• Confident to work on own initiative
• Ability to prioritise and manage tasks to meet deadlines
• Able to work effectively as part of a team
• Working knowledge of Health and Safety – particularly with young people

For an informal discussion about the role please contact James Topping, Estates & Health and Safety Manager, on 01962 737231 or 07946 173783.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools

We currently do not use AI tools in our recruitment processes; however, we understand that you may choose to use AI tools to help you with your application.

If you do, please remember:

• AI-generated answers can often be generic and impersonal, which may not accurately reflect your qualifications, skills, and experiences.
• AI-generated applications may lack the personal touch that human-written applications have, this may make you seem less engaged or interested.
• Ensure the information provided genuinely represents your own voice and experience.
• You must not provide false or misleading information.
• If you rely too heavily on AI you might not develop the necessary skills to communicate your experiences and qualifications effectively in interviews or other stages of the hiring process. This may make you come across to the interviewer as a different person to the one that wrote the application form, and you may not be successful in the interview.

Safer Recruitment

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.