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?
* Oversee the security of and access to the site, locking and unlocking the building to allow access, acting as key-holder in an emergency, 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.
* Undertake room setups and supply teaching aids in accordance with tutor and visitor booking information.
* Participate in and help organise periodic emergency evacuation of premises in line with Health & Safety codes of practice.
* Prevent, as far as possible, unauthorised access to the site and unauthorised parking of vehicles, within appropriate policies and codes of practice.
* Welcome 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 specifications and compliant with health and safety procedures.
* Maintain grounds, including mowing and clearing of weeds, ensuring 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.
* Create and keep 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.
* Define specific individual and shared targets and objectives annually within the performance management framework. Requirement to travel between centres as and when required.
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