About The Role
East Kent Colleges Group are seeking an Estates Assistant to join the Group at EKC Canterbury College. As an Estates Assistant you will play an active key role in the Estates team, providing caretaking services across the college. The position covers a wide range of services normally associated with Estates functions.
In the role you will be responsible for carrying out unlock and lock duties of buildings, setting of intruder alarms before and after operational opening hours including weekends and will be a responsible key holder. You will also be part of the on-call team.
Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:
1. Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
2. Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
3. Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
4. Generous pension scheme - 18% employer contribution
5. Being part of a company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
6. Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
7. My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
8. Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day
About You
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and conscientious member to our team. You will be able to work on your own or as part of a team, flexible in your approach to tasks and have effective organisation skills and ability to work under pressure.
You will have experience, knowledge, or ability to learn areas around Estate and building maintenance, have good DIY skills, have a good understanding of health and safety, fire alarm and emergency light testing and record keeping.
Whilst experience would be an advantage what is more important is your enthusiasm.
The successful candidate will ideally live within 20 minutes of reaching the campus.
No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date.
If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on jobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk