Facilities Assistant

Salary 12.35

Location Steeton

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

We're looking for a Facilities Assistant to join our team at our Head Office in Steeton, West Yorkshire. This is a hands-on role with a primary focus on cleaning, while also providing support across other areas including the Post Room, Administration, Reception, and Maintenance, as needed.

If you're reliable, take pride in keeping spaces clean and tidy, and enjoy working as part of a friendly and supportive team — we’d love to hear from you!

Apply now and be part of a dynamic workplace where every day is different.

Type of contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £12.35 P/H
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5.00pm
Holiday Entitlement: 28 days per year (including bank holidays)

Why join Acorn?

Comprehensive induction and training
Investors in People accredited employer
Healthcare and pension schemes
Free on-site parking & great transport links to Leeds, Bradford & Skipton
Subsidised on-site canteen
Cycle to work scheme
Gym membership discounts
Company events
Monthly reward scheme – Acorn Achievers
Refer-a-friend bonus – earn up to £100!

Key responsibilities include:

Predominantly Housekeeping; assisting the housekeeping teams with general cleaning of the office environment

Also to include on an ad hoc basis:

Post room duties to include; delivering and collecting mail from around the office buildings, downloading mail files on the PC, printing, putting into envelopes and franking outbound mail
Facilities Administration; ability to respond to email, raise orders and complete general administration tasks
Reception; greeting visitors, answering and transferring incoming calls
Be observant for H&S issues and ensure that they are rectified or made safe and reported to management
Ensuring facilities issues are responded to within a timely manner.
Be flexible in shift patterns to cover colleagues absence due to sickness or annual leave
Any other duties as assigned by the facilities manager that relate to maintaining the facilities in a clean, functional and aesthetically pleasing state

Skills and Experience:

Cleaning in an office environment (advantageous)
Administration experience
Excellent communication skills
Ability to multi task
Working to strict deadlines
Good IT skills

Must be able to display the Acorn Values

OUR VALUES

⭐Quality of the products we make and sell and the service we provide

⭐Unity Working together as one team

⭐Integrity Acting responsibly and honestly to deliver on our promises

⭐Caring About our customers, each other and the wider community

⭐Ambition Taking Pride in all we do and striving to improve

We Recognise Your Efforts

Acorn Achievers: Monthly awards scheme with £100 vouchers for winners and £50 vouchers for runners-up.

Recommend a Friend: Earn up to £100 if your referral joins Acorn.

Please, apply now if you want to be considered for this role.

All recruitment communications will come solely from our internal Recruitment Team at Acorn Stairlifts.

Please note: this position may close early if we receive a high volume of qualified applications. To ensure ample consideration, please submit your application as soon as possible.

The Company

Acorn is a world-leading company, producing over 70,000 stairlifts annually and trading in more than 80 countries. A one-stop-shop for stairlifts, Acorn manufactures, sells direct to the public, installs and maintains home stairlifts. It has built its global reputation on quality, reliability, customer service and industry-leading response times, especially for curved stairlifts.

Employing over 1,500 people worldwide, Acorn offers a wide range of career opportunities in all sectors of its growing business. It is committed to placing the right people in roles which match their abilities and ambitions, then helping them develop still further to reach their full potential as part of the Acorn team.