Community Assistant (Evenings)

Cambourne Village College; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Cambourne Village College is seeking a Community Assistant to welcome visitors and support Community Groups and Event Bookers during the busy evening programme. You will ensure spaces and equipment are set up and kept clean, ready for school use the following day.

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and experience in a Reception or customer service environment. Knowledge of Microsoft Office and spreadsheets is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience in a Reception or customer service environment.
• Experience with Microsoft packages and spreadsheets is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Welcome visitors and provide support to Community Groups, Organisations and Event Bookers.
• Ensure spaces and equipment are set up and ready for activities and events.
• Maintain cleanliness of facilities before and after use and ensure readiness for the next day.
• Answer questions about evening activities via telephone, email and in person; refer queries to the Community & Events Coordinator.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Reception experience

Customer service

Tools

Microsoft Office

Spreadsheets

Job description

COMMUNITY ASSISTANT (EVENINGS)

Salary: NJC Scale 2, points 4 to 5 (£25,185 to £25,583 per annum FTE - pay award pending). Actual salary £14,595.26 per annum on point 4.

Contract: Permanent, 25 hours per week - Monday to Friday 17.00 to 22.00. Term time plus 5 training days (39 weeks per year).

Start date: As soon as possible

Place of work: Cambourne Village College, Cambourne

Cambourne Village College is seeking a Community Assistant to welcome visitors and provide support to the Community Groups, Organisations and Event Bookers who use the College’s facilities during its busy evening programme of community activities.

The post holder will ensure that visitors and members of the community are greeted professionally and courteously as they access the building and its facilities for sports, arts, adult education, and events. The post holder will ensure that hired spaces and equipment are set up appropriately and assist with set-up as necessary, as well as ensuring the cleanliness of facilities before and after use, and ensuring spaces and equipment are ready for school use the following day. The post holder will be expected to undertake a range of clerical/administrative duties including answering questions about evening activities from members of the public via the telephone, email and in person, and referring queries to the Community & Events Coordinator as appropriate.

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and experience of working in a Reception or customer service environment.

Experience of working with Microsoft packages and spreadsheets would be advantageous.

Cambourne Village College is an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ rated, over-subscribed secondary school, eight miles from Cambridge. We opened as an academy of the Cam Academy Trust in September 2013. Our ethos is aspirational and inclusive, our staff is highly motivated, our pupils courteous and hard-working, and we have excellent facilities. A 350 place sixth form opened in September 2024, with 175 students in each of Years 12 and 13. Joining Cambourne Village College represents a unique opportunity to work in a newly-established school within a wider, high-quality Academy Trust that gives excellent possibilities for professional and career development.

For further details on Cambourne Village College, please visit the website Homepage - Cambourne Village College