Do you love the outdoors and want to play a key role in maintaining one of Staffordshire’s most beautiful and vibrant green spaces?
Chasewater Country Park is looking for a proactive and hands-on Maintenance Officer to help keep the park and visitor centre running smoothly for thousands of visitors each year.
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Main Responsibilities
As our new Maintenance Officer, you’ll be essential to the day-to-day operations of the park and Visitor Centre. Your role will be varied and dynamic — no two days are the same!
1. Visitor Centre Maintenance – Carry out planned and reactive maintenance, facilities-related housekeeping, waste management, and recycling services, as appropriate.
2. Conference & Event Setup – Prepare spaces for meetings, exhibitions, and community events.
3. Premise Management Support – Proactively undertake and maintain records of scheduled compliance checks.
4. Centre Support – Assist with reception, retail sales, and general customer service.
5. Opening & Closing Duties – Help keep the site safe and secure for staff and visitors.
6. Site Patrol & Maintenance – Support onsite staff with litter picking, fly-tipping response, planting upkeep, and minor repairs.
7. Community Engagement – Help deliver on-site events that promote activity and enjoyment at Chasewater.
The Ideal Candidate
What we’re looking for:
* A practical, reliable team player who enjoys working indoors and outdoors.
* Comfortable with hands-on maintenance tasks and using basic tools.
* Good communication and customer service skills.
* Able to work flexibly, including weekends and some evenings.
* Experience in a similar environment or public-facing role is a bonus but not essential.
Why Work With Us?
At Chasewater, you’ll be part of a supportive and passionate team that cares about the environment, sustainability, and creating a welcoming space for all. This is your chance to work in a beautiful park setting while making a real difference to the community.
Ready to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in?
Apply now and help us keep Chasewater Country Park a place people love to visit!
Interviews will be held during the week starting 2nd June 2025.
Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications, so consider applying anyway. For an informal chat about the role, please contact Donna Afford, Visitor Engagement Officer, donna.afford@staffordshire.gov.uk.
Our Recruitment Process
We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values
The core of who we are as an organisation. Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practices, and they sit at the heart of our People Strategy. We foster a community spirit that unites us and a pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious, with our sights on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead — that goes for your career too.
Our benefits
We recognise that our employees are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a staff member, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire.
Our recruitment process
As an authority, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and a Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer, and our support for care leavers, we offer a guaranteed interview if your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults is important to us, and this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Please disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, warnings, cautions, and convictions in your application if applicable.
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