Hours: 20 hours per week (worked over 5 days)
Salary: Points 26–27 (£27,351.61–£27,554.97 pro rata)
Location: The Prentice Centre, 1 Granton Mains Avenue, Edinburgh, EH4 4GA
At The Action Group, we believe everyone deserves to live life to the fullest. Our offices are a busy and welcoming hub where staff, people we support, families and visitors come together every day.
We're looking for a reliable and practical Part Time Caretaker to help keep our building safe, secure and well maintained. This is a varied, hands-on role where no two days are the same. From carrying out minor repairs and preparing rooms for meetings to ensuring the building is safe and compliant, you'll play an important part in supporting our organisation and the people who use our facilities.
If you enjoy practical work, take pride in maintaining high standards and like solving problems, we'd love to hear from you.
About The Role
As our Caretaker, you'll:
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Open and close the building each day and help keep it secure.
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Carry out routine inspections of the building and surrounding grounds.
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Complete minor repairs and basic maintenance tasks.
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Ensure communal areas are clean, safe and welcoming.
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Prepare meeting rooms and activity spaces for staff and visitors.
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Carry out routine health and safety and fire safety checks.
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Report maintenance issues and liaise with contractors when specialist repairs are needed.
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Help maintain stock of cleaning and maintenance supplies.
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Keep accurate maintenance and inspection records.
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Support a positive experience for everyone who visits our building.
We're looking for someone who:
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Has experience in a caretaking, facilities or maintenance role.
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Is confident carrying out practical DIY and minor repairs.
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Understands the importance of health and safety.
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Can work independently and manage their own workload.
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Has good communication and organisational skills.
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Is reliable, trustworthy and takes pride in their work.
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Enjoys helping others and contributing to a welcoming environment.
Experience of working within the voluntary or community sector, knowledge of COSHH or relevant training such as First Aid, Fire Warden or Manual Handling would be an advantage, but aren't essential.
At The Action Group, you'll be joining a friendly, supportive organisation that's committed to inclusion, respect and making a positive difference every day.
We offer:
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A supportive and welcoming team.
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Generous annual leave entitlement.
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Employer pension contribution.
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Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
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Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
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The opportunity to play an important role in supporting an organisation that changes lives.
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Hours: 20 hours per week, worked across five days.
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Location: The Prentice Centre, Edinburgh.
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Disclosure: This post is subject to a Standard Disclosure check.
If you're practical, dependable and enjoy keeping buildings safe, tidy and running smoothly, we'd love to receive your application.
To learn more about our recruitment process please click the link - Our Recruitment Process
To support our commitment to a fair and inclusive recruitment process, we invite all candidates to optionally complete the
- Equal Opportunities Form for Applicants
- Equality Statement | The Action Group
The Action Group values diversity in our workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. As a Disability Confident Leader organisation, we particularly encourage applications from people with disabilities, and offer a guaranteed interview for anyone who meets the essential criteria for the role. We also strongly encourage and welcome applications from people from minority ethnic backgrounds and other underrepresented groups. If you require any adjustments to take part in the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will do our best to support you.
As part of our recruitment process, candidates who have lived outside the UK for more than 12 months in the last 10 years will be required to provide a Criminal Convictions Certificate (or equivalent) from the relevant country or countries. Please note that the cost of obtaining this certificate will be the responsibility of the candidate.
If you need any support or adjustments during the application process, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We are committed to making this process as accessible as possible for everyone.
The Action Group Recruitment [email protected] 0131 285 5207
Required Criteria
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Experience in a caretaking, facilities or building maintenance role
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Good practical DIY and maintenance skills
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Knowledge of basic building health and safety requirements
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Ability to identify maintenance issues and escalate appropriately
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Ability to work independently and use initiative
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Good organisational and time management skills
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Good communication and interpersonal skills
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Ability to prioritise workload effectively
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Ability to maintain accurate records
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Reliable, trustworthy and dependable
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Friendly and approachable
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Flexible and willing to support colleagues
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Takes pride in maintaining a safe and welcoming environment
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Committed to excellent customer service
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Physically able to undertake manual handling and routine maintenance duties
Desired Criteria
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Experience working in the voluntary, community or social care sector
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Experience working alongside disabled people
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Experience carrying out routine building compliance checks
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Knowledge of COSHH requirements
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Basic IT skills for record keeping and communication
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Full UK Driving Licence
Skills Needed
About The Company
Our History
The Action Group was set up in 1976 by a group of parents and carers of people who had learning disabilities and other support needs. They began by campaigning for better services for the people they cared about in the local area of Leith and Restalrig. This group, who all lived in the north east of Edinburgh, took the name Area 5 Action Group from the Social Work Department’s area in which they lived.
Providing and Improving Learning Disability Care for Over 45 Years
The Action Group was, and continues to be, a membership organisation with the twin aims of campaigning for, and providing, good community care services. In 1976, services and supports in the community were few and far between and large institutions and hospitals, like Gogarburn in Edinburgh, were the main service for children and adults.
Locally, The Area 5 Action Group ran a high profile political and media campaign to get learning disability and support needs on the agenda. It also explored ways to develop service-provision
By 1985, now called The North Edinburgh Action Group, membership had grown and service users came from all over Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian and Midlothian.
By 1992, with development plans focussing across an even wider area, a further name change to The Action Group was made.
Over the years the Action Group has been at the forefront of campaigning for and providing high quality community services.
Company Culture
The Vision
That Families caring for a person and individuals who have support needs and/or Learning Disability encounter no barriers to their chosen lifestyle, are able to follow a path of choice and can enrich their opportunities.
The Mission
To Value, listen and involve people so that our every action is judged to be the best.
The Values
An ordinary life includes the 5 accomplishments which derives from the work of John O'Brien.
These values are at the heart of the organisation.
People accessing our services should have:
Community presence - Relationships
Competency - Respect - Choice
Company Benefits
Looking to make a difference?
Make a difference in your community and in people’s lives by becoming a support worker with us!
Your goal will be to help people with additional support needs to gain or maintain their independence, and going about their lives in general, to support with work, health and wellbeing, or attending and participating in activities.
HSF Health Plans for The Action Group Full-time & Part-time employees
HSF Perkbox - HSF Assist
Accredited Living Wage Employer
Good annual leave entitlements
Travel time payable where applicable
Ongoing support, training and development opportunities
Pension
Blue Light Card
Blue Light Card, On the job learning
Salary
£27,351.61 - £27,554.97 per year
