Estates Services Assistant

Estates Services Assistant

Salary: £17,090 per annum, plus excellent benefits

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week: Monday to Friday with optional weekend overtime

Contract: Permanent

Location: Exeter

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Estates Team, voted as the ‘Team of the Year’ by colleagues during our most recent staff awards ceremony.  In this role you would be responsible for assisting our customers in a variety of ways, such as setting up classrooms for exams and open events or moving and storing furniture.  You would also be responsible for providing a professional postal service which includes sorting the post, as well as delivering it to all our College sites. 

Another aspect of the role will be to carry out minor repairs and general maintenance work.  It is also the responsibility of this role to ensure that the College’s security is maintained and so locking/unlocking buildings, patrols and the operation of CCTV and testing fire alarms is part of the role.

You will have relevant work experience and good interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work flexibly within a team. You will have the ability to move goods and equipment in accordance with manual handling guidelines. 

A full driving license is essential as you will need to drive a College vehicle as part of the role.

As well as being part of a high performing team, the role attracts the following excellent benefits:

• 28 days per annum holiday plus bank holidays
• Christmas closure, in addition to annual holiday entitlement
• Defined benefit pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme which allows you to buy a new bike but spread the cost of it throughout the year
• The ability to sacrifice some of your salary for childcare vouchers which are NI and tax free meaning you save money on your childcare costs
• Staff discounts including IT software, taxi fares, gym membership
• Staff development
• On site gym, H2B spa and @34 Restaurant
• Employee Assistance Programme

For further information on all our benefits, please visit our website.

Exeter College is focused on delivering exceptional teaching, learning and training.  It is our mission to shape the future of education by delivering excellence in all aspects of our work in order to realise the ambitions of our learners, city and region. 

Judged outstanding by Ofsted in 2014 we have continued to see many successes since and in November 2017, the ‘FE Week’ ranked Exeter College as the number one college in the country, for the second year running.  In July 2017 the College was awarded the ‘Gold’ standard for delivering consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for its University Level students.

Last year the College was only one of only six organisations with more than 1,000 employees and the only further education college in England to be ranked in the Times best Companies Top 100.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Thursday 22^nd November 2018 at midnight.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure by the DBS.

We do not accept CV’s, no agencies please.

Exeter College is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and access for all, irrespective of age, background, race, gender, religion, ability, disability or sexuality. We welcome applications for employment from the whole community.