Site Maintenance Volunteer (Grimsby Hospital)
Are you a fab with flat pack, handy with a hand tool and want to share your love of DIY? We’re looking for a Site Maintenance Volunteer to help us with some simple maintenance tasks at our Blue Cross site. This is a varied role and no two days will be the same. You might be helping to repair pet accommodation, creating some fun enrichment, sprucing up our outdoor furniture or getting your overalls on to give something a fresh lick of paint. There’s always lots to do but we can be flexible around your availability. This role supports the work of our Estates and Facilities Team. You’ll be their eyes on the ground ensuring any bigger tasks get added to their list. You’ll be joining a fantastic team and the best bit – everything you do will be helping the pets in our care.
Volunteer role
Site Maintenance Volunteer
Volunteer manager
Volunteer Coordinator
Where you will be based
Property/on-site
Why we want you
Here at Blue Cross we have a large estate of buildings and equipment which are in use every day. This role is based at our sites and helps to ensure the buildings and equipment are safe and fit for purpose. Our Estates and Facilities Team are responsible for our buildings and this role supports their work by helping with basic maintenance tasks. This might involve things like repairing pet accommodation, building enrichment toys, refreshing garden furniture such as benches with a fresh coat of paint and decorating some areas. Having this role ensures some of the straight forward maintenance tasks can be ticked off the list quickly and our pets and people can get on with enjoying their safe surroundings.
We would love you to join us and help us help more pets in need.
What you will be doing
- Maintenance including basic repairs
- Some painting and decorating
- Identifying tasks required to maintain the site and advising your manager
- Helping to keep on top of maintenance tasks in our sites in line with our Health and Safety Policy
- Undertaking any training you may need to perform your role safely
The skills you need
- Experience and enjoyment of DIY
- Willingness to follow our Health and Safety Policy and ways of working
- Good communication skills
- Ideally experience of the building industry or buildings maintenance
What’s in it for you
- You’ll be actively helping us to help pets in need
- You’ll join a team of like-minded people
- You’ll meet new people and get involved with your local community
- We’ll provide you with all the training you need to perform your role safely
- You’ll get to learn new skills and share your current ones
- We’re flexible and can work around your availability
- You’ll gain experience for your CV
Disclaimer
In this role you’ll be part of a team helping to maintain the site and ensure it’s a safe place for our team and pets. You’ll need to be able to follow our Health and Safety Policy and Operating Procedures and we may ask you to undertake specific training before you’re able to do particular tasks. In this role you will not be expected to use ladders, perform any ‘at height’ tasks or use power tools. We will provide you with any Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) you may need for your role. We believe that every pet should enjoy a healthy life in a happy home, and we always seek to involve the best people who share our values and commitment so we can continue to help and support pet owners across the UK to achieve this. At Blue Cross, we want you to feel that you belong, without the need to hide any part of who you are. Diversity and inclusion at Blue Cross means creating an organisation where all people, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, nation or country of origin, disability, age, and socioeconomic backgrounds are welcomed, respected, supported, and have access to equal opportunities. We are working hard to reflect the world we live in and the communities we serve at every level of our organisation. As much as we have made positive advances, we consider diversity and inclusion to be a work in progress – a continual commitment that remains a priority for all of us. If you would like to talk to us about any accessibility needs that we can support with in terms of our volunteer recruitment processes, then please do get in touch. You can email volunteering@bluecross.org.uk and we can organise for the right team member to get in touch with you for a discussion.
Nelson Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN32 7SH, United Kingdom
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