College Carpenter/Joiner

Job Description

Job title:

Department:

Location:

Purpose of role:

Line manager:

Carpenter / Joiner

Maintenance

Murray Edwards College & external properties
To provide skilled carpentry that ensures the college is maintained  a
safe and pleasant environment for all site users
Head of Buildings, Facilities and Maintenance

Financial responsibility:

To assist with the maintenance budgets

Salary and Salary Band:

Band 6

Hours:

Working environment:

DBS check required?

Overview of the role

Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Workshop based  with responsibilities to carry our proactive and
reactive carpentry based tasks throughout the colleges portfolio
Yes

 X       Yes                 IF YES, Basic

     No

The College Carpenter/Joiner is considered a key member of the Maintenance team.

The role holder is expected to be a skilled craftsperson. Whilst they report into a line manager, self-
motivation and the competence to make sound business decisions is essential, as the role requires
elements of unsupervised tasks to be carried out.

An understanding of the building industry and working alongside other trades is essential.

As the post-holder is a key member of the Maintenance team, being a team player is essential

The College operates a computer-based maintenance system to ensure customer expectations are
met, current legislations is complied with and all College buildings are maintained in good
operational order. This requires the role holder to be computer literate, understand good customer
care and be able to conform with exacting timescales as well as safeguarding for our site personnel.

Main duties and responsibilities:

•  Carry out all carpentry and joinery tasks within the college buildings portfolio.
•  Liaise with outside contractors, and specify specialist products as required.
•  Be an integral part of the maintenance team and assist with general maintenance tasks as

required.

•  Be aware of and fully comply with all current H&S legislation.

Updated January 2026

Person Specification

Qualifications
required for the
post

Level of skills,
knowledge,
experience
required:

IT skills required:

Health and safety
knowledge
required:
Chemical handling
qualifications
required:
Language skills
required:

Personal attributes

Essential

Desirable

•  Recognised qualification in
carpentry and joinery.

•  GCSE or equivalent in Maths

and English

•  Experience of working within

•  First aider or willing to train
•  Experience of working with

young people or an
education/ college
environment

the building industry

•  Knowledge of other related

trades

•  High level of accuracy and

attention to detail

•  Creative and a good eye for

detail

•  Good mathematical/
measuring skills

•  Competency with window and
door lock/mechanism repairs
IT literate,

•
•  Experience of computer

based helpdesk systems.
•  Conversant and comfortable
with professional daily use of
email
•  COSHH
•  H&S at work
•  CDM
•  Understanding of COSHH

•  All staff must be able to speak

English to a good level.
English is spoken by all staff
when on-site. For most posts
the ability to read/write
English to a reasonable level
is required.

•  Strong team-player, works

effectively as part of a team

•  Self-motivated with a solid
professional work ethic
•  Able to work alone without
guidance when required

•  Able to make sound

judgements within work remit

•  Flexible and adaptable to
changing work priorities
•  Willingness to embrace

change and learn new skills

•  Courteous and helpful

demeanour

•  Attitude of inclusivity and

acceptance towards people

•  Good communication skills

Updated January 2026