Facilities Assistant

Description

Job Title: Facilities Assistant

Location: New Forest National Park

Contract Type: 6 Month Contract

Salary: £12.85

About the Role

Calshot Activities Centre is a unique outdoor education facility and visitor attraction in the New Forest National Park.

Situated in a unique position on the shores of the Solent, the facilities at the Centre include a state-of-the-art climbing wall, the only indoor velodrome on the South coast, and a dry ski slope. It is a residential centre and includes a number of listed residential blocks used for school groups and bed and breakfast. There is also a popular campsite and a boat park.

This role sits in a busy, experienced and proactive facilities management team that are pivotal in ensuring our customers have a safe, quality experience at Calshot.

This role will support the delivery of a defined customer focused, effective, safe, clean and secure Facilities management services for Calshot Activities Centre.

Main responsibilities

Under direction, undertake a range of frontline facility tasks; to test and inspect building attributes that include Legionella and fire safety.

Supporting and the setting up of corporate events, B&B's duties, in order to satisfy centre users requirements.

Grounds maintenance

Perform general site support tasks including basic repair tasks such as replacing light bulbs adjusting door furniture, minor repairs to buildings.

Reactive and cyclic maintenance tasks throughout the site, often daily interaction with ad hoc reactive maintenance

Maintain an awareness of equalities and Health and Safety policies and procedures and apply them in the day-to-day job requirements. Report any Health and Safety issues.Carrying out Campsite warden duties, weekdays and weekends

Additional Information

This is quite often a lone working on a large site

Deal with wide range of tasks under time constraints

Fitness sufficient for lifting boxes of paper, moving beds up stairs, moving outboards, trailers, bending, crouching, climbing ladders operating plant machinery etc.

Own transport, as site is remote

You will be expected to participate in Calshot Activities Centre corporate image, wearing suitable dress according to nature of work. Protective clothing, equipment and a uniform will be supplied.

This role will include weekend, evening and bank holiday work - on a rota

This role requires a DBS (formerly Criminal Records Disclosure) at Enhanced level

Universal Services is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

Driving:

*Mini Bus

*4 wheel drive

*All-terrain vehicle (ATV)

*Tractor and attachments

HCC Pool vehicle

Own vehicle for work purposes

HCC badged vehicle

About Us

Connect2Hampshire is a managed service agency owned by Hampshire County Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders.

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Connect2Hampshire is a trading style of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Hampshire County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Hampshire is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates

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