Department: Facilities and Estates

Hours of Work:   40 hours per week (plus matchdays, evenings & weekends as and when required)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Attractive Remuneration Package

Location: Villa Park and Bodymoor Heath Training Ground

Closing Date: Sunday 1 December 2024

1. The Department  

Our Facilities and Estates Department are responsible for looking after our facilities across all our sites – Villa Park, Bodymoor Heath Training Ground and our Brookvale Inner City Academy. This is an exciting time at the Club, we are celebrating our 150th anniversary, qualified for the 2024/25 Champions League and we are determined to continue growing our success on and off the pitch. The Facilities and Estates Department are vital in this journey, supporting the major redevelopment work across all sites, enabling our day-to-day operations and matchdays to happen and making sure all our facilities are maintained to the highest possible standard.

2. The Role

We have two exciting opportunities for Maintenance Technicians (Multiskilled) to join our expanding team with one based at Villa Park and one based at Bodymoor Heath Training Ground. You will be responsible for ensuring all our facilities are kept to high standards and planning routine maintenance work (both planned and preventative). This will include general day-to-day maintenance; project work and other maintenance duties as and when required.

At Villa Park, this role will have a specific focus on painting and decorating – this will include preparing and painting a variety of surfaces including aluminum, woodwork and interior dry rolls

These are varied roles with the opportunity to really expand your knowledge and experience in a fast-paced exciting environment.

For further information about the Role, please see the Role Profile.

3. The Person

You will need to be self-driven, passionate about the quality of your work and skilled in your craft. You will need to have a City and Guilds Level 2 qualification (or equivalent) with proven experience using hand tools, general maintenance and maintenance practical skills. You will need to be a problem solver, able to assess a problem, develop a solution and making sound, safe and logical decisions. You will have experience of working in a fast-paced environment and be able to multi-task and manage projects simultaneously.

Ideally, you will have a Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP) Licence, be ladder training and be IOSH trained.

You will need to be able to work flexibly as the Club requires which will include matchdays, evenings and weekends. You will need to have a driving licence with access to a vehicle or the ability to travel between our Club sites, including Villa Park, London Office, and Bodymoor Heath Training Ground.

As part of your application, you will be asked to:

1. Upload your CV

2. Answer the following question: please outline why you want to apply for this role and what key skills, qualities and experience you have which make you the ideal candidate for this role (400 words maximum)

Right to Close Vacancy Posting Early

The Club reserves the right to close any advertised vacancies earlier than the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received.

Equality Statement

Aston Villa Football Club celebrates the diversity of its Club and embrace equal opportunities for all.

We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, sex and religion or belief.

Safeguarding Statement

Aston Villa Football Club is fully committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk across our Club. As such, we adhere to Safer Recruitment processes and for some roles a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service may be required prior to starting in a role at the Club. For more information, please see Aston Villa Football Club | The official club website | AVFC - Safeguarding