Facilities / Premises Assistant - Schools

Local Education; Essex; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Local Education in Essex is recruiting for Facilities and Premises Assistants on a temporary, flexible basis to support schools and education settings across the county. You will perform general premises duties, site inspections, minor maintenance, setting up classrooms and moving equipment, while upholding safeguarding and safety standards.

This role suits practical, dependable people with facilities, maintenance, estates, security or property services experience.

Qualifications

• Reliable, practical and professional.
• Comfortable working in safeguarding-focused environments.
• Experience in facilities, maintenance, estates, security or property services preferred.

Responsibilities

• General premises support
• Site inspections
• Minor maintenance
• Setting up classrooms and communal areas
• Moving equipment and furniture
• Contractor supervision
• Health and safety checks
• Deliveries and stock movement
• Grounds support
• Opening and closing buildings
• General facilities duties

Skills

Facilities experience

Job description

Location: Essex
Contract: Temporary / Flexible
Hours: Various school-based shifts

Put your facilities experience to use in local education.

Local Education is building a dedicated bank of Facilities and Premises Assistants to support schools and education settings throughout Essex.

This could suit someone who has previously worked within facilities, maintenance, estates, security or property services and is looking for flexible temporary work.

You do not necessarily need previous school experience.

What matters is that you are dependable, practical, professional and comfortable working within an environment where safeguarding and safety are taken seriously.

Assignments may include:

• General premises support
• Site inspections
• Minor maintenance
• Setting up classrooms and communal areas
• Moving equipment and furniture
• Contractor supervision
• Health and safety checks
• Deliveries and stock movement
• Grounds support
• Opening and closing buildings
• General facilities duties

Work may be available on an ad hoc basis, for short‑term sickness cover or as longer temporary placements.

About Local Education

We are an independent Essex‑based education recruitment agency.

Unlike large national agencies covering dozens of sectors, we focus on education and work closely with local schools, trusts, nurseries, specialist provisions and alternative education settings.

Our aim is simple: match reliable local people with schools that genuinely need them.

Candidates working through Local Education benefit from:

• A local team that is easy to contact
• Access to schools throughout Essex
• Temporary and longer‑term opportunities
• Support with compliance and safeguarding requirements
• School‑specific information before placements where available
• Opportunities to build ongoing relationships with local schools