Recycle Technician Birmingham, England
Job description
Salary: £2580 per annum
Hours: Working 5 hours per week on Saturdays
Location: Birmingham, Ladywood
Contract type: Fixed term contract until 29th December 2023
The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) is a community benefit society that aims to build happy, healthy communities living active and connected lives. We work with communities to tackle inequalities and promote community wellbeing. All of our activities and interventions are grounded in principles co-production, ‘working with’ not ‘doing to’. We work with communities at a grassroots level to amplify the voices of people who are often unheard and work together to bring about sustainable change.
Share Shacks
Share Shacks are place based community hubs for individuals and communities to share, create and grow. Spaces that encourage connection to others through borrowing, repairing, reusing and learning new skills. Safe spaces to support communities to tackle the barriers to participation and increase levels of social and physical activities.
Ladywood Share Shack is a thriving community space, centrally positioned in a shop-front location. It currently operates Monday to Friday and we are now looking to open on a Saturday between the hours of 10am to 2pm. This will increase opportunities to access equipment, share skills by delivering sessions that repair and upcycle items, encourage partnerships by working with other organisations and groups in the area.
Central to the Share Shack is the Library of things which consists of sports equipment, cleaning items, garden equipment and much more. Individuals and organisations can borrow items for free supporting them to save money, reduce waste going to landfill and participate in physical activities.
Sharing – Technician of Things Role
This is an exciting new role and we are looking for someone with enthusiasm who is practical, reliable and experienced in DIY, repair, upcycling or similar. A person that can keep our stock in good working order and support volunteers and those that use the Share Shacks to gain valuable skills so that they can maintain, repair and reuse items.
The role would involve being part of a Saturday Share Shack team – opening up our hub and hosting a Repair café. Creating a friendly relaxed atmosphere where people can get their faulty and broken belongings fixed for free and learn from others how to repair everyday items over a cup of tea and cake.
Main duties
1. Cleaning and maintenance of items that have been borrowed - inspecting blades, checking cabling/electrics, carrying out simple repairs.
2. Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) of necessary Things to ensure they’re safe (training provided)
3. Repair items (where possible) that individuals bring in to the Share Shack
4. Share experiences, ideas and skills with the people and small groups – encouraging them to borrow and reuse items. Running repair/upcycling sessions
5. Support volunteers to welcome people in to the Share Shack hub and to run specialist workshops around clothing repair, upcycling, electrical equipment.
6. Input data to evidence people borrowing items and attending workshops. (training provided)
7. Open and close the Share Shack after the Saturday session.
8. Actively participating in team meeting – once a month
Knowledge, skills and experience
1. Experience in DIY, appliance usage, appliance repair, upcycling, or similar (essential)
2. Reliable and punctual (essential)
3. Practical and proactive problem solving (essential)
4. Able to work both independently and collaboratively (essential)
5. Able to lift and carry a maximum weight of 100lb (within H&S guidelines) (essential)
6. Experience of coordinating and/or training people (desirable)
7. Live locally to Ladywood Share Shack (desirable)
Staff benefits
We offer our team members a comprehensive staff benefits package to include:
- Annual Leave – 25 days FTE (increasing to 29 days with service) plus 5 wellbeing days
- Nest Pension – 8% employer contribution - 3% employee contribution.
- Heath Cash Plan – giving you discounts on everyday healthcare such as dental, optical, physio, prescriptions & more.
- Employee Assistance Programme (counselling and DRs on call 24hrs a day)
- Death in Service – x4 your salary paid to beneficiary.
- Flexible working
- Hybrid working options
- Fantastic volunteering opportunities within The Active Wellbeing Society every month
Application details
Please submit a Cover Letter and CV addressing the experience you have had relevant to the 'Main Duties' and the 'Knowledge & Skills' sections of the advert, but as a minimum please address how you meet the the following criteria which will be weighted highly in the first sift of shortlisting:
1. Experienced in DIY, appliance usage, appliance repair, upcycling, or similar
2. Practical and proactive problem solving (essential)
3. Able to work both independently and collaboratively (essential)
4. Able to lift and carry (within H&S guidelines) (essential)
5. Experience of coordinating and/or training people (desirable)
Closing date: Sunday 11th June 2023 at midnight
Interview date: TBC
Due to the high numbers of applications we received for our job vacancies, we may close application windows early, so we would encourage you to submit your application ASAP
We will provide all applicants with an outcome on your application, this will usually be within 1 week of the application window closing.
Successful applicants will be required to be DBS checked prior to starting.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we, in recruiting for our team we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring. The Active Wellbeing Society is committed to being an equal opportunity employer, we recruit based upon capability and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. At The Active Wellbeing Society we are searching for people who share the passion for what we do with different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, collectively making a difference.
If there is anything we can do to assist you in your application or preparations to be interviewed for one of our job vacancies please let us know and we can ensure you have a positive and comfortable experience.
Thank you for your interest in working for The Active Wellbeing Society, we look forward to receiving your application.
If you have any questions once you have read the Job Description or would like an informal chat about us, and/or, the role, please contact The Active Wellbeing Society and we will be happy to help.
Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months
Part-time hours: 5 per week
Salary: £2,580.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Paid volunteer time
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Weekend availability
Work Location: In person
