Caretaker / Premises Assistant

5 months ago


Colchester, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time

**About the role**

**Caretaker / Premises Assistant**

Permanent, Full Time

£23,702 per annum

Location: Colchester

Working Style: Fixed-base worker

**Please note that this position is a shift-based role and covers the following days and hours**:
**M**onday **-** Friday**

**Week 1; 6:30am - 2:30pm**

**Week 2; 2pm - 10pm**

**Saturday working once a month.**

**The salary for this position is made up of a basic salary of £22,361 per annum and an additional allowance of 6% (**£1,341 per annum)** for the early start and late finish.**

**The Opportunity**

**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.**

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.

**Accountabilities**:

- 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.

**The Experience You Will Bring**

**Essential**:

- Experience of cleaning, caretaking and maintenance activities
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety regulations and policies/procedures with proven understanding of Health & Safety and manual handling policies
- Good communication and general people skills. You will be meeting and greeting all visitors to the site(s)

**Desirable**:

- Educated to level 2 (GCSE) or equivalent by experience
- Ability to develop skills within role
- Hands on approach to problem solving

**Training and Qualifications Provided**:

- PAT Testing.
- Legionella testing.
- First Aid Qualification (Emergency First Aid at Work or First Aid at Work)
- Risk assessment
- ACL Essex offers a wide range of courses that can be undertaken as a staff member. Ranging from Pottery to L5 Qualifications including apprenticeships. These courses can be supported through workplace development.
- You will also receive generous holiday pay and access to hundreds of discounts and perks as well as the opportunity to join our competitive pension scheme.

**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


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