Multi-Skilled Trader / Carpenter

Are you a Qualified/Time Served Carpenter with a keen eye for detail, who is also competent in other trades such as plastering and brick laying and are interested in working in a prestigious Cambridge College in a wonderful setting?

Multi-Skilled Trader/Carpenter
Contract type: Permanent, full-time
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week
Starting salary: Circa £23,220 - £25,347 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
Based: Cambridge

The College is seeking an experienced Multi-Skilled Trader/Carpenter to join our Maintenance team to provide high quality maintenance and refurbishment of our College properties.  Working as part of a team, the successful applicant will fit and install doors, lock and ironmongery, undertake basic carpentry tasks such as fitting kitchens, build and finish stud wall partitions, fit and install shower panelling and install drywall sheets.  He/she will complete small-scale alterations to College properties, ideally including brick laying and basic plastering.  Tasks will be varied and depend on operational requirements and the successful candidate's skills and knowledge.

We are searching for someone with the ability to work around problems and produce satisfactory solutions, either individually or as part of a team.  You will be working in properties occupied by our students and Fellows, so we are looking for applicants who are not just the best at their jobs, but also have great personalities when interacting with other people.

The many benefits of working at Selwyn include 33 days' paid annual leave (inclusive of an allowance for the public holidays) a contributory final salary pension scheme, contractual sick pay, free lunches, on-site parking, free healthcare benefit plan, free use of the College gym, and training opportunities for professional development.

Closing date: The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 24 September 2017. 
Interviews: Interviews for short-listed candidates will be held in College on 3 and 4 October 2017.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the 'Apply' button to be directed to our website where you can download the information pack and application form.

The successful applicant will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other minorities who are under-represented in our College.

No agencies please.