Facilities Assistant

Location St Michael's Hospice, 25 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards on Sea, TN38 0LB
Vacancy Type Permanent/Part Time Salary £24,853.37 pro rata per annum Hours (per week) 16.5 Closing Date Sunday, November 22, 2026 Interview Date Monday 30th November 2026 Job Profile Job Profile document

St Michael’s Hospice supports and enables the community of Hastings and Rother to live well with dying, death and loss. Our services are provided via in-patient beds and at home and we also offer Wellbeing support, both out-patient and virtual.

We want to recruit and retain the most diversely talented people and have a workforce representative of our community.

We aspire to be a place where everyone feels welcome; whether you are cared for or supported by us, employed by us, volunteer for us, or support us in any way. We recognise that being a diverse and inclusive organisation will enable us to achieve our vision of a kind, resilient and empowered community.

We are looking for a Facilities Assistant to join our dedicated Facilities Team at St Michael’s Hospice. This is an important frontline role, helping us maintain a safe, clean, welcoming and well‑organised environment for our patients, visitors, volunteers and staff.

As a Facilities Assistant, you will support a wide range of essential services across the Hospice, including deliveries, logistics, housekeeping support, basic security duties, and key health and safety tasks. Your work will help ensure the Hospice operates smoothly every day and continues to provide the highest standards of care.

This role will include working 3 variable days a week Monday to Sunday (working 2 weekends in every
3) on a 3 week rolling rota.

At St Michael’s Hospice we offer a friendly, team orientated work environment – a good pension scheme with the option to continue any existing NHS pension scheme membership, an Employee Assistance Programme (Benenden Healthcare), up to 33days annual leave plus bank holidays, subsidised employee meals and free refreshments, free parking, supportive supervision and a proactive Education Department to support with your development.

Hospice employees also qualify for a Blue Light Card with access to a huge array of discounts.

Please note if a vacancy is part time the salary will be pro rata.