Premises Officer

Coram's Fields; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to work

Training & development

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted sport and hall hire

Discounted childcare

Job summary

Coram’s Fields is seeking a Premises Officer to maintain its grade-II listed grounds, buildings and facilities in central London. Working alongside the Grounds Team, you will help keep the park, playground and buildings safe and well-maintained for visitors.

The role is a permanent, full-time position (37.5 hours per week) with a salary of £28,600 per annum plus a range of staff benefits including a cycle-to-work scheme, training and development opportunities, a pension contribution, and access

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day upkeep of Coram’s Fields’ park, playground, buildings and facilities.
• Various grounds and building maintainance tasks including gardening, park tidying, cleaning, painting and decorating, small carpentry works, repairs to fixtures and fittings.
• Work to implement Coram’s Fields’ hard and soft landscape management plan and ongoing building maintenance schedule.
• Support a range of events and hires that run throughout the year in our park and community spaces.
• Work to deliver community and corporate volunteer opportunities.
• Provide a visible presence across the park, ensuring the safety of visiting children and families and reporting safeguarding concerns.

Job description

Location:Coram’s Fields, 93 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1DN
Hours:37.5 hours per week
Salary and Benefits: £28,600 per annum, Cycle to work scheme, training and development opportunities, discounted sport and hall hire, discounted childcare (holiday clubs), defined pension contribution scheme, free employee assistance programme (EAP)
Contract: Permanent

We are pleased to be recruiting to the role of Premises Officer. This is a varied and fully operational role, focused on the maintenance and upkeep of Coram’s Fields’ grade-II listed grounds, buildings and facilities. If successful, alongside colleagues in our Grounds Team, your work will help us continue to provide a save haven for children and young people in central London.

Responsibilities include:

• Day-to-day upkeep of Coram’s Fields’ park, playground, buildings and facilities.
• Various grounds and building maintainance tasks inlcuding, but not limited to: gardening, park tidying, cleaning, painting and decorating, small carpentry works, repairs to fixtures and fittings, all subject to skills and appropriate qualifications.
• Work to implement Coram’s Fields’ hard and soft landscape management plan and ongoing building maintenance schedule.
• Support a range of events and hires that run throughout the year in our park and community spaces.
• Work to deliver community and corporate volunteer opportunities.
• Provide a visible presence across the park, ensuring the safety of visiting children and families and reporting any safeguarding concerns where appropriate.

Job Description and Person Specification

Diversity and inclusion matter to us. Coram’s Fields is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds. We strive for our workforce to be representative of the communities that we serve, and we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the families and children we work with.

Coram’s Fields is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of all children and young people. All those applying for a role with the charity are subject to robust safeguarding checks and will need to demonstrate clearly their commitment to safeguarding. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and all post holders are required to register with the DBS update service.