Maintenance Operative

Staffordshire, West Midlands ST16, United Kingdom

Full-time Permanent Employee

Posted 11 Sep 2026

Job Type: Full - time, permanent

Location:
Katharine House Hospice, Stafford (and travel to other sites)

Salary: £28,595.00 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Telephone Interview date: 2nd October 2026

Face to face interview date: 7th October 2026

Are you a practical person, with handyman skills and want to use your experience to make a difference?

About us

We are Katharine House Hospice, and we’re dedicated to providing compassionate care to people in our community affected by progressive illnesses. Everyone here plays an integral role in making this possible.

We value people – so much so, it’s one of our three key values as a charity.

The Role

We are looking for a hard-working, well organised individual to help our maintenance team to help ensure the buildings and grounds of Katharine House are tidy and in good repair.

You will be required to travel to carry out preventative and reactive maintenance for all our sites, preferably in painting and decorating which include the Hospice, Business Centre and 15 retail premises. This is a physically demanding role; involving lifting, standing for long periods, manual handling, working at heights and on the floor, regular moving. Experience of basic plumbing, decorating and carpentry would be an advantage.

Please note, an enhanced DBS clearance will be required for this role

A full driving license is required as you will be required to drive our company vehicles, (due to insurance purposes, the post-holder must be over 25 and have less than 6 points on their licence), as well as flexible approach to work with the ability to work within in a team or on their own initiative.

What’s in it for you?

• Annual leave

33 days per annum, which includes bank holidays (pro rata for part time), increasing after five and 10 years’ service.

We match contributions up to 7% to a Aegon scheme.

Reassurance should the worst happen. 2 x salary to your family.

• Employee Assistance Programme Providing support for your wellbeing.
• Training and development opportunities Continuous learning and professional growth.
• Occupational sick pay Support during times of illness.
• Healthcare cash benefit plan Contributory plan to help cover health-related expenses.
• Limited parking

Skills and experience

• Painting and decorating
• Carrying out maintenance repairs to a high standard
• Planned Preventative Maintenance checks
• Own transport

If you’d like to know more about this role, without commitment, please contact the HR department on

The closing date is 25th September 2026, however we may close this advert earlier, subject to response rates.

If you require any reasonable adjustment to participate in this process, please do not hesitate to contact HR on the number above.

Maintenance Operative

“We help local adults with complex, progressive illnesses from diagnosis to the end of life through free, high quality, specialist palliative care, advice and guidance, and we support those close to them.”

Department and Role Objectives

It is essential to the delivery of this mission that efficient housekeeping, maintenance, catering and laundry services are available to all departments of Katharine House. Maintenance support is provided to 16 retail premises of varying age and size, in and around Staffordshire.

Part of the team

In order that Katharine House Hospice, Business Centre and Retail premises can be maintained, with due regard to the safety of the environment and in good repair the Maintenance Operative will be responsible for maintaining the buildings and grounds of all premises.

The post holder will carry out repairs,…