West Kirby School & College is Seeking to Appoint a Dedicated Maintenance & Compliance Assistant
Contract: 52 weeks
Permanent Contract
Hours: 36 hours per week
8:30am – 5:00pm (Mon – Thurs), 8:30am – 3:30pm (Fri)
Benefits:
- Access to private healthcare scheme (Benenden)
- Enhanced family leave benefits
- Onsite gym facilities
- Half-termly wellbeing afternoons
- Free school lunch
- Access to CPD enhancement
Role Overview:
We are seeking an enthusiastic, proactive and experienced Maintenance and Compliance Assistant to join our Premises Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who takes pride in maintaining high standards and understands the vital role that health, safety and compliance play in supporting education.
At the heart of this role is a commitment to ensuring that our school remains a safe, secure, compliant and welcoming environment for pupils, staff, visitors and contractors. You will play a key role in helping the school meet its statutory obligations while contributing to the smooth day-to-day operation of our buildings and grounds.
Working closely with the Premises Manager and Maintenance Coordinator, you will be responsible for supporting all aspects of site maintenance, health and safety compliance, and quality assurance across the school estate. This is more than a maintenance role. We are looking for someone who can actively identify risks, promote safe working practices, undertake compliance inspections and help ensure that the school continues to operate to the highest possible standards.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across the school site
- Supporting the school's health, safety and compliance programme
- Undertaking routine compliance inspections, audits and statutory checks
- Conducting regular fire safety inspections and maintaining fire safety records
- Identifying hazards and reporting defects or non-compliance issues promptly
- Maintaining accurate compliance documentation and records
- Assisting with contractor monitoring and ensuring safe working practices are followed
- Supporting site security, safeguarding and emergency procedures
- Ensuring buildings and grounds remain safe, clean, secure and fit for purpose
- Contributing to a culture of continuous improvement in health, safety and operational compliance
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience within a maintenance, facilities, estate, compliance or building services role
- A minimum IOSH Managing Safely qualification (essential)
- A strong understanding of health and safety legislation, risk management and compliance responsibilities within the workplace
- Experience of carrying out compliance inspections, health and safety checks, audits or record keeping
- Excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify hazards and potential risks before they become incidents
- Good organisational skills with the ability to maintain accurate compliance documentation and records
- A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement
- The ability to work independently and as part of a wider premises team
- Strong communication skills and the confidence to challenge unsafe practices where necessary
- A positive, professional attitudes and commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, compliance and site presentation
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to rigorous recruitment checks. West Kirby School & College is an exempt employer as defined in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975) and as such, we have a lawful basis for requesting an enhanced DBS disclosure certificate for all employees.
Qualifications
Certificates in any practical skills desirable
Qualifications relating to Health and Safety and/or COSHH desirable
Skills
Abilities, Skills and Knowledge
Experience
- Considerable DIY experience and expertise at the level of minor maintenance essential
- Significant building maintenance experiences covering all trade areas (including decorating, plumbing, electrical and joinery) essential
- Ability to complete compliance records accurately and maintain organised filing systems essential
- Ability to identify hazards and report non-compliance essential
- Knowledge of Health & Safety issues in a working environment essential
- Knowledge of security systems and access control systems essential
- Maintaining stores and equipment essential
- Experience of completing routine inspections, audits or compliance checks essential
- Experience of working in a school
- Ideally will have considerable experience and expertise (as a former tradesperson) in a specific trade
- Knowledge of working with pupils with complex special educational needs
Personal Attributes
- Practically minded essential
- Innovative and adaptable to work situations and emergencies essential
- High level of organisation and accuracy essential
- Good attention to detail with the ability to spot discrepancies in records essential
- Motivation to work with children and young people essential
- Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people essential
- Emotional resilience in working with children/ young people who may present with behaviours which challenge essential
- Positive attitude to use of authority and maintaining discipline essential
- Sense of humour, patience, enthusiasm and motivation essential
- Able to effectively work as part of a team from different departments
West Kirby School and College
HR
recruitment@wkrs.co.uk
Meols Drive
West Kirby
Wirral
Merseyside
CH48 5DH
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to rigorous recruitment & online checks. West Kirby Educational Trust is an exempt employer as defined in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975) and as such, we have a lawful basis for requesting an enhanced DBS disclosure certificate for all employees.
Maintenance & Compliance Assistant in West Kirby employer: Wkrs
West Kirby School & College is an exceptional employer, dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment for its staff. With benefits such as access to private healthcare, onsite gym facilities, and regular wellbeing afternoons, the school prioritises employee wellbeing and professional development. Located in the picturesque Wirral, the school offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children with Special Educational Needs while enjoying a collaborative and creative teaching culture.
