£23K/yr
England, United Kingdom
Permanent, Variable

Premises Officer

Posted by Crawley College.

Chichester College have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Premises Officer at our Crawley campus. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, we will offer a competitive salary of £23,151 per annum, plus £610 Crawley Weighting allowance.

The Premises Officer role:

Are you looking for that ideal maintenance, caretaking or premises based role, in the convenient location of Central Crawley?

As our Premises Officer, you will provide a friendly and efficient service throughout the day in order to meet the campus operational needs, under the direct supervision of the Buildings and Facilities Manager and in collaboration with other Estates Team members. Our Premises Officer will provide a day to day response to maintenance and caretaking needs, as well as general college security duties and fire warden duties when required. You will also ensure that the College buildings and grounds are kept clean and safe.

This role has a rotating shift pattern Monday to Friday as follows:

  • 6:00-14:30 / 13:30-22:00 Monday to Thursday
  • 6:00-14:00 / 11:00-19:00 Fridays

The early and late shifts are worked on alternative weeks. Lunch breaks will be flexible to cover possible urgent tasks. Saturdays to be worked on a Rota and paid on overtime.

We will consider requests for a job share.

Key Responsibilities of our Premises Officer:

  • Day to day response and planned maintenance/caretaking duties, including Fire Warden duties when required.
  • Working on a two shift pattern as required, to support operations, based on Early/Late shift.
  • General College security, including Duty Security and Safety Steward duties.
  • Opening and closing of the College at specified times.
  • Car parking supervision and directions.
  • Care and general oversight of all equipment associated with duties.
  • Receipt, recording, distribution, collection and despatch of goods for departments and other Courier duties.
  • Cleaning specified secure areas.

Our ideal Premises Officer should have the below skills and experience:

  • General education to GCSE level grade C or above (or equivalent)
  • Relevant experience of working within maintenance or a building services environment
  • Knowledge of maintenance in large commercial premises
  • The ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people at all ages and levels
  • Some heavy lifting required within health and safety regulations

Closing date for applications: 24th June 2024

The Chichester College Group has seven colleges, Anglia Examinations, First Steps Childcare Group, Chichester English School and 2,600 staff spread across West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. This makes us the largest college group in Sussex, providing high quality learning opportunities for over 25,000 students every year.

We offer generous pension schemes, hybrid working opportunities, college closure days over the Christmas period (which is not deducted from annual leave entitlement) plus the option to purchase up to 10 days additional leave, and discounts at onsite facilities such as gym membership and nursery fees at certain campuses.

If you would like to learn more about our Premises Officer role, then please click ‘apply' today!

All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, which may include a check of the barred lists and any relevant overseas checks.