Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Permanent; Full-time; 40 hours per week

Closing date: 31 August 2026 at 12 noon

Haileybury is seeking to appoint a Maintenance Technician to join its Estates team. 

Role

The primary objective of the role is to provide preventative and planned maintenance, together with minor repair services across the School’s buildings and facilities, ensuring the environment remains safe, compliant, and fit for purpose.

The successful applicant will hold a full UK driving licence and will have demonstrable experience in a similar maintenance or facilities role. The role requires a practical and proactive approach, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

This is a permanent, full time role working 40 hours per week, and will be required to work weekends on a rota basis.

Please see the candidate brief for further information.

About Haileybury

Haileybury is an outstanding independent co-educational boarding and day school of around 900 pupils aged 11 to 18.  Established in 1862, the School is situated on a beautiful 500-acre estate in Hertfordshire.

Haileybury has an outstanding reputation in the UK and internationally, and is pleased to share an excellent outcome from its most recent Independent Schools Inspectorate visit in October 2025, highlighting a broad and balanced curriculum, enthusiastic teaching and an extensive range of sport, outdoor education, drama, and music. We are also thrilled that Haileybury has been awarded the prestigious title of Boarding School of the Year 2024 by Tes.

Benefits offered include membership of the Operations staff pension scheme, lunch in the School’s magnificent Dining Hall (subject to hours of work), and use of the School’s facilities including gyms, a swimming pool, tennis club, and our Health and Wellbeing Centre. 

How to apply

To apply for the above position, applications should include a completed application form (with reference to the candidate brief), submitted to  View email address on tes.com by Monday 31st August 2026  at 12 noon.

Please be aware that we cannot consider an application unless the application form has been filled in completely, including details of your full employment history.

The School reserves the right to make an appointment before the closing date; candidates are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

The School has a diverse pupil body and is committed to its strategy of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of backgrounds to enrich our collective knowledge and experience. Appointments will be made on merit.

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Haileybury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.  Applicants for the above post must be willing to undergo child protection vetting, including reference checks with previous employers, prohibition checks and a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.