Job Description

About the Role

Please apply as soon as possible as we are interviewing as and when we receive applications, therefore the role may close before the advertised closing date.

The Directorate of Estates comprises Health, Safety and Environment team, the Campus Facilities team and Property and Maintenance team. Between them they service the estate across the whole of the Luminate Group; As well as undergoing a significant restructure to enable future growth and address much needed change, the directorate is embarking in a growth programme to create a number of new campuses over the next five years which will address a significant growth in student numbers.

Working hours are Saturday & Sunday 8am to 4pm, term time only (41 weeks).

All our campuses are easily accessible by public transport.

What You Will Do

• Based at Leeds Conservatoire campus this role is part of a small team responsible for ensuring that the teaching and learning activities are able to run as they should by supporting the buildings and systems that enable classes to be set up, PPE to be available in the right places, post delivery, ensuring the building heating, ventilation and air conditioning are working as they should and ensuring the sites in general are and look at their best as a workplace and a place of study across various sites across the business.
• You will support the Facilities Manager in all the above as well as the more basic planned maintenance tasks that need to be carried out to stay compliant with regulations, and opening up or locking up buildings at the start and end of the shift.

About You

• The most important and essential attributes for this role are a commitment to self development and to delivering outstanding customer service to our students and staff; good interpersonal skills (i.e. being able to deal with people correctly, communicate, be a team player and stay focused on what needs to be done); English and maths GCSE or equivalent.
• Desirable, but not essential: having an SIA door supervision or CCTV monitoring licence. First Aid at work desirable.

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

• Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you\'ll get at least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).

• Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
• Academic 37 days
• Senior Management 37 days
• Generous Pension schemes

• Teachers\' Pension Scheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
• Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements

About Us

Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people\'s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions - Finance, Human Resources, ITSS, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estates and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.

As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you\'ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.

Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.

Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It\'s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone\'s contributions and perspectives.

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