DescriptionEmployerLocation
Key Responsibilities
Duties
To provide direct support to teaching staff by maintaining and promoting lively working environment and practices.
To work with and ensure that staff and students have access to studios, workshops, equipment as required.
To prepare and assist in activities ensuring all materials and equipment are prepared in readiness for practical sessions and retrieved after the activity has ceased.
Maintain and repair specialist equipment and be responsible for the security of equipment and tools.
To assist with the supervision of students working on project work.
Be flexible in supporting the sections requirements and cross college tasks
Ensure continuous development and improvement of professional knowledge.
Be responsible for ordering requisitions and storekeeping
Any other duties, of a similar level of responsibility, as may be required.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
Practical experience working with motor vehicles or workshop/ garage environment experience
Good knowledge of vehicle tools, equipment, and workshop safety procedures
Ability to manage, issue, and maintain workshop tools and equipment effectively
Strong organisational skills with attention to cleanliness and tidiness in the workshop area
Ability to work safely and follow health and safety regulations at all times
Basic mechanical knowledge and confidence working with cars under supervision
Reliable, punctual, and able to work as part of a team
Good communication skills and a helpful, professional manner
Desirable Criteria
Relevant qualification in Motor Vehicle Maintenance or a related field (e.g. Level 2 or 3)
Experience working in an educational or training environment
Knowledge of vehicle diagnostics and modern automotive technologies
Experience maintaining workshop inventories or using stock management systems
First Aid or Health & Safety certification (e.g. COSHH, Manual Handling)
Full UK driving licence
Willingness to undertake further training and professional development
How Identified: Application
Experience
Essential Criteria
Experience working in a motor vehicle workshop or garage environment, supporting technicians or mechanics or strong knowledge of motor vehicle and keen hobby
Hands-on experience handling and maintaining a range of automotive tools and equipment
Proven ability to maintain a clean, safe, and well-organised workspace
Experience working with or around vehicles, including basic servicing or repair tasks
Familiarity with workshop processes such as tool control, stock checks, and equipment maintenance
Desirable Criteria
Experience supporting learners, apprentices, or trainees in a workshop or training setting
Experience using digital systems for recording tool usage, stock control, or maintenance logs
How Identified: Application/Interview
IT Skills
Essential Criteria
Basic Level in Microsoft applications particularly Word and Excel
Willing to undertake training appropriate to the role
How Identified: Application/Interview
About Hopwood Hall
STAFF BENEFITS
Career average pension scheme
Free gym membership at our Middleton Campus Sports Arena
Purchase loans for computers and bikes
Staff discount at the College’s Riverside Salon, Sports Arena and Holiday Clubs
On-site nursery (Rochdale Campus)
Credit union for savings, low cost loans and life assurance
Free on-site parking
On-site Dog Kennels (spaces not guaranteed)
An electric and hybrid car salary sacrifice scheme (with charging points on site)
A cycle to work scheme
Discounted public transport tickets
Generous holiday entitlement (Teaching staff: 53 days, Business Support staff: 28 days plus bank holidays
Christmas/New Year closure and the opportunity to buy additional holidays)
Two Health and Wellbeing days per year
Subsidised bistro and refectory
We are a Further Education College and University Centre offering a range of full and part time courses employing over 600 staff on our campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated to the north-east of Manchester.
We are committed to being a great place to work and have membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are a Living Wage employer and an accredited Disability Confident Employer. Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion statement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and colleagues and we expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The college complies with Safer Recruitment guidance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and all successful applicants are required to undertake a DBS check and other pre-recruitment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy. It is an offence to apply for a regulated role at the College if you are barred from working with children (or vulnerable adults if in a role where this applies).
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and exemption orders 1975, 2013 and 2020.
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Safeguarding Statement
Hopwood Hall College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.