Facilities Assistant - Park Lane Campus

Leeds City College; Leeds; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 44 days + bank holidays

Pension schemes (LGPS, TPS, People's)

CPD opportunities and staff days

Wellbeing initiatives and gym access

Hybrid/flexible working options

Job summary

Leeds City College is seeking Facilities Assistants to join the Estates team at Park Lane Campus, providing essential campus support. This hands-on role covers maintenance, room setup, and collaboration with the Estates team to keep teaching activities running smoothly.

You will engage with students and staff to ensure safety and a welcoming environment, while assisting in security duties and coordinating with contractors as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer-facing role with a focus on service delivery.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Commitment to high standards of customer service and safety.

Responsibilities

• Carry out minor maintenance tasks and site housekeeping to support teaching activities.
• Move furniture and set up rooms for classes, events, and exams according to plans.
• Support Estates team in safe, clean, and welcoming campus operations.
• Engage with students and staff to promote safe, respectful campus behaviour.
• Assist with security duties, patrols, access control, and CCTV monitoring.
• Coordinate with on-site contractors and visitors to ensure compliance.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Teamwork

Problem solving

Education

GCSE English & Maths

Full UK driving licence

Job description

About The Role

We are seeking

We are seeking Facilities Assistants to join our dedicated Facilities team, providing essential Estates support at our Park Lane Campus.

Working Pattern based on a shift pattern that will be worked on a rota basis.

Term Time

• 6am to 2pm - Monday to Friday
• 8am to 4pm- Monday to Friday
• 2pm to 10pm- Monday to Thursday (11:30am to 7pm Friday)*

(* Late closure requirements can change termly, dependant on classes running, but never later than 10pm)

Out Of Term Time

• 6am to 2pm - Monday to Friday
• 8am to 4pm- Monday to Friday
• 11:00am to 7pm – Monday to Thursday (11:30am to 7pm Friday)

This hands-on role involves helping to maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for students, staff, and visitors.

As part of a small, supportive team based at Park Lane, you’ll play a key role in ensuring that teaching and learning activities run smoothly. You will assist in managing building operations and systems, while supporting the Facilities Supervisor in the day-to-day running of the site.

The Campus Facilities team acts as a vital link between curriculum delivery and the wider Estates department, coordinating both planned and reactive maintenance activities. The team ensures that work is scheduled appropriately, carried out in consultation with relevant stakeholders, and delivered in line with College procedures.

What You Will Do

• Carry out minor maintenance tasks across the site, including basic repairs, cleaning, waste management, recycling, grounds maintenance (e.g. grass cutting, litter picking, planting), and seasonal duties like snow clearing following appropriate training and safety procedures.
• Move furniture, equipment, and musical instruments as needed to support classes, events, exams, meetings, and site moves, ensuring rooms are set up according to agreed plans.
• Work collaboratively as part of the Estates team to deliver support services that ensure a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for students, staff, and visitors.
• Engage positively with students to ensure they feel welcome and safe on campus, while promoting understanding of expected standards of behaviour and using restorative approaches when intervention is needed.
• Carry out security duties as required, including general guarding, patrolling, access control, and CCTV system monitoring (in accordance with policy and legislation)
• Liaise with and support on-site contractors and visitors to site ensuring compliance

About You

• Previous experience in a customer service role, with responsibilities that included opening and securing buildings, as well as general building security.
• You should have excellent communication skills, work well as part of a team, and remain focused on tasks to ensure smooth day-to-day operations.
• A GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths is required
• A full UK driving licence
• Experience in basic maintenance or DIY tasks—such as plumbing, joinery, or decorating would be a strong advantage.
• Above all, you should be committed to providing outstanding customer service to students, staff, and all other users of the campus.

Benefits

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 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, Estates and 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.