How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Role Information
Reference: REQ001497
Location: WISE Campus
FTE Salary: £25,287.00 per annum (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
SGS is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
Financial Rewards And Benefits
- Opportunity to make a positive impact within the community and on learners’ lives
- Competitive Pension Scheme - Corporate and support roles have access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), a flexible pension accessible from the age of 55, with generous employer contributions of 16%.
- Generous Annual leave entitlement plus the 8 bank holidays - 25 days corporate and support functions, increasing to 30 days after 5 academic years’ service (Full-Time Equivalent).
- Two weeks leave during the Christmas closedown period largely supported by the discretionary closure days provided by the College.
- Extensive professional development with ongoing support for your personal & professional development, including 25% tuition discount for immediate family of SGS employees.
- Family friendly policies and a proven commitment to supporting flexible working practices
- Access to ‘My Lifestyle’ discounted shopping benefits, cycle to work scheme and a Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Free Annual Eye test
- All staff members can buy a TOTUM card (formerly known as NUS Extra cards), as part of being an affiliate member of the Students' Union
- Staff have access and supported to be part of inclusive or sustainable staff networks and communities
- Free car parking at all campuses (Except Queens Road Art School)
- Access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources
- Subsidised onsite catering services including Costa Coffee
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
South Gloucestershire & Stroud College has an excellent reputation for delivering further education and work-based programmes in a range of subjects – from business to sport, construction to media, GCSE’s and A Levels to Honour Degree level programmes.
Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help students and colleagues achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We are proud of SGS and committed to making the College the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve “Outstanding” status after being classified as “Good” in our last inspection. For more information, please visit https://www.sgscol.ac.uk/
SGS College’s Estates Department have an exciting opportunity for an Estates Assistant, based at Wise Campus. This role will assist in the preparation, presentation and maintenance of the campus facilities to help in delivering a safe, purposeful and outstanding learning and working environment for staff, learners and visitors.
The hours of attendance will include early mornings, late evenings with a varying shift pattern to suit the needs of the business. The working week at Wise Campus runs from Sunday to Saturday with opening hours from 5-30am to 10pm at night. The hours of attendance will be aggregated to 37 hours per week.
Key Tasks And Responsibilities
- To respond the Estates Helpdesk requests as detailed, ensuring all maintenance requests are carried out within an expected period; identify and action immediately any Health and Safety issues; to follow up any problems that arise and liaise back to the Estates Building Services Manager with queries, problems and amended timeframes.
- Undertake as directed planned maintenance tasks which may include painting and decorating in order to maintain a safe, clean and aesthetically pleasing learning environment. This role is important in ensuring the upkeep of facilities for staff, students and visitors.
- Providing a swift and courteous response to customer needs
- Opening the building and carrying out pre-start inspections
- Securing the building and carrying out internal and external security checks
- Basic maintenance tasks such as painting, lamp replacement, plumbing and managing completion of these tasks
- Cleaning of both internal and external areas
- Organising distribution and collection of parcels, equipment, waste etc.
- Contractor supervision and access
- Participating in seasonal works i.e. ice and snow clearance, leaf blowing, etc.
- Maintaining security of campus and assets - this includes challenging learners and unidentified persons
- Providing advice, guidance and information to staff, learners, visitors and external users of the facilities
- To play an active role in Safeguarding of learners and visitors
- A driving licence would be beneficial but not essential
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Beneficial Skills & Qualifications
- Key skills level 2 in both English and maths
Please apply online by: Monday 3rd August
Expected Interview Date: Tuesday 11th August
If you have any queries please contact hrservicedesk@sgscol.ac.uk
SGS College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and any offer of employment will be subject to a number of conditions including a requirement for providing satisfactory references. In line with KCSIE and having regard to all relevant guidance, a range of checks and online searches will also be conducted for successful candidates, and a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure will need to be obtained as a requirement of the job.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location