Company Overview
Fire Fighters Charity delivers specialist health and wellbeing information and support to enable a healthier and happier UK fire services community.
Summary
We have a vacancy for an Estates Worker to join our small Estates Team at Harcombe House, in Chudleigh, near Exeter. Harcombe House is a beautiful example of a Grade II listed building set in 300 acres of stunning grounds. It is the perfect setting for guests to recover. You'll discover Harcombe House is easily commutable from Newton Abbot and within easy reach of Exeter.
The role
£24,574.20 plus Excellent Benefits including 8% pension, life assurance and family leave
37.5 hours a week (worked over a 3 week rota pattern)
* Week 1 – Wednesday 09.30 – 18.30, Thursday and Friday
* Week 2 – Monday, to Friday
* Week 3 – Monday to Friday – & Saturday and Sunday
We offer a great range of employee benefits including 25 days paid annual leave, 8% non-contributory pension, family leave, plus a range of wellbeing benefits including Headspace and an Employee Assistance Programme.
About the role
As an Estates Worker, your role is vital in ensuring our recovery centre and beautiful grounds are maintained to the highest standard. Working as part of a team you will have a shared responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of Harcombe House, compromising of the main house, outbuildings, bungalow park, fishing lakes, gardens and surrounding estate.
Your day will be varied, and you will be undertaking a typical range of maintenance and grounds activities that you would find when looking after buildings and an estate set on 300 acres.
About You
This is a fabulous opportunity to join us as an Estates Worker. It is important that you take pride in your work and will need a good practical level of maintenance skills, have experience using handheld tools, including strimmer's, mowers and blowers and a flexible approach to the operational demands that come with working on a large site. Your positive attitude and approach will help ensure the upkeep of our recovery centre remains a relaxing and peaceful environment for those staying with us.
Experience of working in a similar estates and facilities environment would be beneficial. To complement our current team, we are keen to hear from applicants who have gardening skills and experience, in addition to maintenance skills.
H&S, COSHH and manual handling training would also be an advantage but is not essential as training will be provided.
This role is subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Services Check.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community. When recruiting our new team members, regardless of the role, we are looking for people who share our values.
* Call-To-Action
"If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of fire service personnel and their families, we invite you to apply today Join us in creating a supportive environment where every contribution counts."
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £24,574.20 per year
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Bereavement leave
* Company pension
* Enhanced maternity leave
* Enhanced paternity leave
* Free flu jabs
* Free parking
* Health & wellbeing programme
* Life insurance
* On-site gym
* On-site parking
* Sick pay
Work Location: In person