Maintenance Technician

Talbot House Children’s Charity are looking to recruit an additional Maintenance Technician to join our team.

Reporting to the HR Manager, the role forms part of a team of three Maintenance Technicians. The Maintenance Team is responsible for maintaining the Charity’s internal and external premises to an exceptionally high standard. This includes carrying out planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs, while ensuring full compliance with health and safety legislation, policies, and procedures.

The role contributes to providing a safe, well-maintained, and fully functional environment for all staff, pupils, young people and visitors which will from time to time have involvement with larger scale projects, in addition to the hands on requirements of the role.

Our school is a non-maintained specialist school with a roll of 70 pupils, all with Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs) and complex needs. We have approximately 8 acres of land, and we are excited to continue to offer the best environment for our pupils to be successful.

Starting date is as soon as possible, pending your notice period.

Hours of work are: Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4.00pm.

Salary: £30,458.91 per annum, working 40 hours per week.

Please see our full job description and personal specification for full details.

If you believe you have what it takes to enhance our fantastic maintenance team please apply.

Working at the Charity you will:

• receive death in service benefit, equal to 4 x basic salary.
• receive many additional benefits such as employer assist program (EAP), GP and physio access and more.
• have the option of joining the Charity’s competitive pension scheme, matching contributions up to 6.75%.
• work in a bright and modern environment, with ample parking and grounds.
• be provided with meals while at work (during term time).
• be added to the DBS update service, paid for by the Charity.
• be offered opportunities to undertake training and gain qualifications relevant to the role.
• paid membership to Blue Light and membership to Charity Workers Discount.

To apply please fully complete our application form, using the personal specification to help you complete the ‘Personal Statement’ section of the form.

Applicants who read our Tips for Applicants document before completing this section of our application form are more likely to be offered an interview. You will find our Tips for Applicants document and Application Form attached -  Supporting documents

Please send your completed application form to:

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We can only accept a Charity Application Form for this role. We are not able to accept CVs for any role. If you submit a CV it will not be reviewed. Please view our safer recruitment policy. Applicants should be aware that any relevant issues arising from their declarations and references will be addressed at interview.

Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday, 21 June 2026 (please note: we reserve the right to short list, interview and close this vacancy early, or extend the deadline, depending on the level of response).

Shortlisting: w/c Monday, 22 June 2026

Interview Date: TBC

If you have any queries regarding this position or the application process, please contact HR on View phone number on northeastjobs.org.uk or email the HR Department at:

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Note: The Charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment (see full policy details on our website)

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants should be aware that the post will only be offered to successful candidates subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances and continued subscription to the DBS Update Service. Please see link for further information: