Maintenance Operative – Painter/Decorator in Worksop

Location: Worksop College, UK

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Patterns: Full-Time

Application Deadline: Friday, 10th April 2026

Worksop College and Ranby House; one community set across two schools - educating children from age two to eighteen. We are proud of being a broad-ability school with a focus firmly on progress, recognising that every child has their own set of skills and abilities, whether it be academic, sporting, musical or otherwise. We believe that education is about more than the flight towards academic success, but about human flourishing. We want our students to be the very best version of themselves.

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a Maintenance Operative who will be undertaking tasks to assist with the maintenance of the general condition and availability of the schools' great facilities. We are looking for a candidate who wishes to progress their career with us to be responsible for a varied range of decorating work both inside and outside of the schools. Also to undertake a range of maintenance work from minor to major repairs and construction which includes joinery, brick work, plastering and general labouring.

Responsibilities

• Complete maintenance requests
• Working within a team on project works
• Finishing tasks within the allocated timeframe
• Maintaining a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures and regulations
• Delivering high quality work at a fast pace
• Keeping maintenance stores tidy and informing line manager when items are low or out of stock
• Reporting of any repair work that is found and if it's a danger, making safe
• Checking all equipment before using, reporting any defects that are found and if required, taking the equipment out of use
• Ensure that PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is worn correctly and suitable for the conditions of the job
• Report any faults with PPE
• Be able to work on own initiative and have strong attention to detail

Safeguarding & Child Protection

For this post applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including, but not limited to, reference checks with previous employers, online searches, prohibition checks and a criminal record check via the Applicants Disclosure and Barring Service (including Barred List Check). All offers of employment are conditional upon the satisfactory outcome of child protection screening checks.

Disclosures

We will appoint, train, develop and promote on the basis of merit and ability alone. It is a stipulation of the Governors and a statutory requirement that members of staff appointed to Worksop College should be shown not to have any criminal record, which might prevent them accepting a post at the College. Accordingly, the College requires permission from all members of staff to make an appropriate investigation. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory outcome of this enquiry.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act 1974 and the School 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.

Equal Opportunities

Worksop College is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to a policy of treating all our employees and job applicants equally. It is our policy to take all reasonable steps to employ and promote employees on the basis of their abilities and qualifications without regard to age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, marital or civil partnership status, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sexual orientation, trade union membership, religion or belief.

Benefits

Working at Worksop and Ranby House is as much about a lifestyle choice as it is about pursuing a satisfying career path. We have high expectations of our staff and reward with an attractive benefits package, which includes:

• Fee concessions for your children
• Workplace pension scheme
• Access to gym, sports hall and swimming pool
• Free meals provided when on duty
• Free onsite parking

You may have experience of the following: Painter and Decorator, Maintenance Technician, Estates Maintenance Operative, Facilities Maintenance Operative, Property Maintenance Technician, Building Maintenance Assistant, General Maintenance Operative, Multi-Skilled Trades Operative, Handyperson.