As our Maintenance Assistant, you will assist in maintaining the site by undertaking a range of maintenance/grounds tasks under direction and supervision. Duties are likely to include undertaking all types of general repairs/renewal in maintenance related issues, painting and decorating, grounds maintenance such as grass cutting/clearing and planned maintenance works. The role requires emphasis on Health & Safety relevant to the premises ensuring that the building and grounds are fit for purpose for students and staff to enable them to fulfil their roles. Key Duties

• Duties to include (but not limited to)the following:
• Assist in routine Maintenance work and new works in line with service needs and as required by your line manager.
• Assist in all aspects of building and grounds Maintenance.
• Assist in keeping all external areas tidy and free of litter in conjunction with the domestic team.
• Assist in securing the buildings and site as required by your line manager.
• Assist in maintaining equipment, ensuring that any defects are reported to your line manager and via the appropriate reporting systems.
• Assist in general maintenance as appropriate and as directed by your line manager
• Work in a manner that promotes the health and safety of all staff and students.
  
  Successful candidate qualities:
• Experience working within an educational setting is desirable, although not essential.
• General maintenance and grounds knowledge and experience.
• Experience and ability to use a range of tools and equipment to carry out routine maintenance tasks. (This may include carpentry, painting and decorating, repairs to furniture or the building, 'making good areas')
  
  The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.
About Aurora Wilden View Are you ready to make a transformative impact in the lives of young people with SEMH needs and associated challenging behaviour linked to Autistic Spectrum Conditions? Do you have the ambition and drive to inspire the next generation who have already experienced a turbulent time prior to joining us? Can you be their stability and their champion? If so, we want you to join our dynamic and collaborative team at Aurora Wilden View! Aurora Wilden View is a beautiful, purposeful school set in a 20 acre site with huge potential as we celebrate our one year anniversary since opening. We want to offer the best for our young people and this means enhancing our curriculum offer and ensuring our young people have access to a wide range of pathways to allow them to move to the next stage of their development., The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:
• Full training and continued support
• Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
• Perkbox subscription
• Life assurance and Enhanced pension scheme
• Car lease scheme
• Bike to work scheme
• Free parking
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.