Organisation: Bendrigg Trust

Salary Details: £21,565 per annum (Full Time Equivalent)

Closing date for applications: 17 Jul 2024

Contract:                                           Permanent, 0.6 contract (3 days per week)

Location:                                           Bendrigg LA8 0NR

Closing date:                                    Wednesday 17^th July 2024

Interview date:                               Tuesday 23^rd July 2024

Anticipated start date:                 Monday 2^nd September 2024

About Bendrigg

We make adventure accessible, working together to overcome barriers and transform lives.

The spirit of adventure is incredible. A bona fide superpower that can fill any one of us with conviction and confidence, with new abilities and renewed agency. And it’s universal too – not the exclusive preserve of the advantaged and non-disabled. It’s for everyone, because we’re making sure it is.

At Bendrigg, we have the setting and the scenery, the equipment and the expertise, the people and the passion. Together we have a limitless supply of adventure. With a limitless determination to improve people’s lives.

Because we know that, whatever adventure means to each individual, it has the power to empower. To challenge and inspire, to tear down barriers and build up possibilities, to create real and lasting change. Above all, it has the power to change minds – within those individuals and across our whole society: changing the way people see their world, and changing the way the world sees them.

At Bendrigg we create change, one adventure at a time.

The role: Domestic Assistant

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, irrespective of gender, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, or criminal records.

We are seeking a positive, hardworking and caring person to join our facilities team as a Domestic Assistant. Typical duties include:

• Cleaning rooms, corridors, showers, toilets and other areas at our 64-bed specialist outdoor centre.
• Occasionally assisting with catering arrangements at the Centre including the serving of meals.

This is a part-time position, for 3 days per week, (7.25 hrs per day) to include Mondays and Fridays as well as occasional weekend work.

Typical shifts are:

07:00 – 15:15 (early shift)

08:45 – 17:00 (day shift)

Working at Bendrigg

At Bendrigg, our visitors feel ‘celebrated’ rather than just ‘accommodated’ and we want no different for our staff. We understand that everyone is different and try to be as flexible as possible. We are proud to offer a caring and supportive working environment with a number of benefits including:

• Holidays: Staff receive 30 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (FTE, part-time pro-rata).
• Lunch: lunch and refreshments are provided for anyone working on-site from our amazing catering team.
• Training: personal and professional development is actively encouraged and rewarded. Staff are provided with opportunities for external training as well as a number of internal training sessions throughout the year.
• Pension: All employees can take advantage of our pension arrangements whereby contributions of 5% from the employee are matched by 5% from Bendrigg.
• Sick pay: company sick pay starts at one week’s full pay for the first six months of service, rising to six month’s of full pay for five years’ or more of service.
• Maternity & Paternity Pay: Statutory Maternity & Paternity Pay
• Parental leave: We understand that you may need time to settle children into a new school, or you may want to spend more time with a child. Bendrigg offers flexible working as well as 18 weeks unpaid leave for each child up to their 18^th birthday (maximum of 4 weeks per year).
• Emergency Dependant & Compassionate leave: Up to 5 paid days per year

How to Apply

If you feel you could belong at Bendrigg then please download the full job description from our website https://www.bendrigg.org.uk/vacancies/ and send your CV and a covering letter detailing how you fit the person specification to vacancies@bendrigg.org.uk

For more information

We also welcome informal enquiries so please do contact our office if you have any questions. All enquiries relating to this port should be made to: Nick Liley, Centre Director nick@bendrigg.org.uk 01539 723766.