Facilities Assistant

Luminate Education Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 44+ days

Pension schemes

CPD opportunities

Wellbeing initiatives

Travel discounts

Flexible/hybrid working

Job summary

Luminate Education Group in Leeds is seeking a Facilities Assistant to provide a safe and welcoming service for students, staff and visitors on campus. Based at Mabgate Campus, you will work with the Facilities Supervisor to maintain the campus and ensure compliance with Health and Safety policies.

The role involves setting up rooms, assisting with weekly checks, securing premises, supporting on-site contractors, and helping with emergency procedures.

Qualifications

• English and Maths GCSE or equivalent are essential.
• First Aid at Work course with the college and mandatory online training.
• Basic maintenance knowledge.
• Health and Safety awareness.
• Two satisfactory references are required.

Responsibilities

• Setting up rooms, moving furniture for teaching, events and exam requests.
• Assisting the Facilities Supervisor with weekly compliance checks.
• Unlocking and locking the premises including setting the intruder alarm.
• Support with emergency evacuations and Fire Alarm activations.
• Assist on-site contractors and visitors, ensuring College guidelines are followed.
• Refilling photocopiers and distributing internal and external mail.
• Help ensure safety and security of pupils, staff, visitors, property and facilities.

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Proactive

Communication

Team player

Health and Safety Awareness

First Aid at Work

Basic maintenance knowledge

Education

English and Maths GCSE

Job description

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Luminate Education Group / Business Support

Campus:

Mabgate Centre

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting:Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities:Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About the Role

Shift Pattern Monday to Friday 06:00am - 14:00pm or 10:00am - 18:00pm

We are seeking a Facilities Assistantto provide a safe and welcoming service for our students, staff and visitors on campus. You will work with the Facilities Supervisor to carry out basic maintenance of our campus and abide by our Health and Safety Policies.

Based at Mabgate Campus, this role is part of a small team responsible for ensuring that teaching and learning activities are able to run effectively. You will be expected to work our other campuses based in Leeds City Centre occasionally.

What You Will Do

• Setting up of rooms, which include moving furniture for teaching, events and exam requests.
• Assisting the Facilities Supervisor with weekly compliance checks.
• Unlocking and Locking up of the premises including setting of the Intruder Alarm.
• Assist the site team and provide support with the Emergency Evacuation Procedures such as Fire Alarm Activations and any other emergency.
• Support the Facilities Supervisor with on-site contractors and visitors, ensuring an understanding of the College guidelines and procedures.
• Refilling photocopiers and distributing internal and external mail.
• Assisting the Facilities Supervisor to ensure the safety and security of the group's pupils, staff, visitors, property, premises and facilities.

About You

• Able to deliver outstanding customer service to our students / staff / visitors
• Good interpersonal skills
• proactive and self starting
• Able to communicate effectively
• Be a team player
• Stay focused on the tasks in hand and be able to deal with challenging situations in a calm and measured manner.
• English and Maths GCSE or equivalent is essential, along with a willingness to take part in a First Aid at Work course with the college and undertake all mandatory online training.
• Basic maintenance knowledge
• Health and Safety Awareness

About Us

Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions-Finance, Human Resources, ITSS,Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estatesand Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.

As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.

Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College, Keighley College, Leeds City College, Leeds Sixth Form College, Pudsey Sixth Form College, Leeds Conservatoire and University Centre Leeds.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity.

Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. To find out more about what our commitment to EDI means to us please Click here to learn more about our EDI objectives.

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We do not accept unsolicited CV’s and applications from agencies and will not be liable for any fee in connection with a candidate that has been submitted speculatively through any agency that has not been expressly instructed for a particular vacancy as part of our Preferred Supplier List.