Jobs

Premises Assistant

Permanent, Full Time

£25,959 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Closing Date: Tuesday 16th June at 11:59pm

The Role:

Adult Community Learning (ACL) is ECC's provider of lifelong learning experiences for Essex residents.

ACL offers qualifications to help people move nearer to, enter, or progress within the workplace, or gain skills to enhance life chances. The service focuses many of its programmes and activities on the hardest to reach communities within Essex. ACL learners have access to a diverse range of accredited and non-accredited courses which encourage creativity, healthy lifestyles, social inclusion, and engagement.

The Premises Assistant is responsible for organising and carrying out effective caretaking and cleaning of the centre to ensure a safe and clean environment for customers, with responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of all Health & Safety requirements at the centre.

Essential Requirements for the role:

• Education: Educated to RQF level 2 (GCSE) or equivalent through relevant work experience
• Skill Development: Enthusiastic about learning and developing your skills on the job, with opportunities for growth and training
• Problem Solver: A hands-on approach to addressing challenges and finding practical solutions
• Experience: Previous experience in cleaning, caretaking, or maintenance tasks
• Health & Safety Knowledge: Familiarity with Health & Safety regulations, including manual handling procedures, ensuring the safety of yourself and others
• IT Skills: Comfortable using basic IT tools for email, Teams, and general admin tasks
• People Skills: Friendly and approachable, able to communicate effectively and provide a warm welcome to all visitors on-site

What will you be doing?

• To oversee the security of and access to the site, locking and unlocking building to allow access, acting as key-holder in an emergency and responding to calls outside normal working hours, setting, and turning off alarms as required and checking them regularly
• Undertake caretaking and cleaning to ensure an efficient and effective service is provided for staff, learners, and customers. Ensure cleaning standards are met in accordance with specifications
• To undertake room setups and supply teaching aids in accordance with tutor and visitor booking information
• To take part and help organise periodic emergency evacuation of premises in line with Health & Safety codes of practice
• Responsible for preventing, as far as possible, unauthorised access to the site and unauthorised parking of vehicles, within appropriate policies and codes of practice
• Responsible for welcoming members of the public, other colleagues, and contractors onto site
• Maintain an inventory of the centre's equipment, updating and reviewing on an annual basis. Test and check functioning of electrical equipment
• Undertake Health and Safety Risk Assessments, including external premises, ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to. Organise periodic emergency evacuation of premises in line with Health and Safety codes of practice. Monitor systems and equipment ensuring they meet health and safety requirements
• Monitor contractors and personnel working on the site, ensuring work is carried out in accordance with specification and compliant with health and safety procedures
• Maintain grounds, including mowing and clearing of weeds, ensure all hard areas and paths are free from litter and drains and gullies are free flowing and clean. Clear snow paths and provide access to premises in all weathers
• Creation and keeping of records, carrying out admin data inputting and general IT communications
• Contribute to the management of stock, ordering and delivery of cleaning materials, other supplies, materials and goods
• Undertake first line repairs and maintenance, as set out in the maintenance plan, ensuring the most effective use of resources
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework Requirement to travel between centres as and when required

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Company: Essex County Council

Salary: Up to £25959.00 per annum

Location: Chelmsford, Essex

Sector: Corporate Services

Sector: Facilities Management