Premises Officer

ST BRENDAN'S SIXTH FORM COLLEGE; West of England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

St Brendan's Sixth Form College is seeking a Premises Officer for a full year, permanent role. You will join a small team responsible for preparing rooms, maintenance tasks and ensuring the college environment remains clean, safe and presentable for students and staff.

The post operates across early mornings to late evenings, including weekends on a rotating basis. You will support venue hire, welcome visitors and deliver excellent customer service while upholding the college's values.

Qualifications

• Experience or knowledge of basic building maintenance and repair.
• Flexible and proactive approach to work.
• Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• High level of personal responsibility and reliability.
• Ability to build positive working relationships across the College.
• Ideally experience in a building/trades/premises environment; relevant qualifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set up rooms for meetings and events.
• Move furniture and equipment; remove waste.
• Keep entrances, pathways and external areas clean, safe and presentable.
• Support the College's venue hire and lettings programme; welcome customers and assist access.
• Demonstrate trustworthiness, reliability and willingness to support others.

Skills

Building maintenance knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Flexibility

Proactive approach

Education

Relevant qualifications or training

Job description

Salary: £29,544 to £31,324Per annum, inclusive of a variable shift allowance

Full Time / Full Year / Permanent

ClosingDate: Tuesday 17 November 2026

InterviewDate: To be confirmed

Reference: 2026-63

Premises Officer, Full year, Permanent

Salary: £29,544 to £31,324 per annum

The role also involves a variety of practical duties, including setting up rooms for meetings and events, moving furniture and equipment, removing waste, and ensuring entrances, pathways and external areas remain clean, safe and presentable.

In addition, you will support the College's venue hire and lettings programme. This will involve welcoming customers, assisting them in accessing the relevant facilities, and delivering an excellent standard of customer service to ensure a positive experience for all visitors.

We are looking for someone with experience or knowledge of basic building maintenance and repair, coupled with a flexible and proactive approach to work. You will be a strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills, a high level of personal responsibility, and the ability to build positive working relationships across the College community. Trustworthiness, reliability, pride in your work and a willingness to support others are all essential qualities for this role.

Ideally, you will have experience working within a building, trades or premises environment and hold relevant qualifications or training. However, we would also welcome applications from individuals who have some practical experience and a genuine enthusiasm to learn and develop their skills.

The post operates on a shift pattern covering the hours of 5.30am to 10.00pm, with weekend working shared across the team on a rotating basis. This typically involves working one full weekend in every four weeks, with days off during the week (Thursday and Friday) and the following Monday off when scheduled on the weekend rota.

Please note that weekend shifts operate within different hours to the weekday pattern. Saturday shifts are typically worked between 8.00am and 6.00pm, and Sunday shifts between 8.30am and 4.30pm, with a 30-minute unpaid break on each day.

We strive to be representative of the community we serve and know that diverse talent builds a better College and provides an enhanced experience for our students. We’re committed to building an organisation where everyone is welcome, supported and able to thrive.

Equality and diversity are fundamental to our core beliefs and values. That’s why we welcome people from all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, socio-economic classes, religions, disabilities and ages in everything we do.

We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our students, so that all of them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives.

The safeguarding of all students is paramount and this approach is embedded into everything we do. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

In line with Keeping Children Safe In Education guidelines and having regard to all relevant guidance, any offer of employment will be subject to a comprehensive checking process including satisfactory references from current and previous employers, DBS Enhanced Disclosure and online searches will also be conducted for successful candidates.