Estates Officer

Job Description

London South East Colleges is a successful and innovative College operating with sites across Bromley, Bexley, Orpington and Greenwich. With nearly 14,000 students and 1,000 members of staff, the College is a major employer in the area and makes a significant impact on the lives and future prospects of its learners who travel from across London to study with us. The College is also the sponsor of London South East Academies Trust, a growing Multi Academy which is rapidly developing a track record of academic and financial success. With a combined turnover of circa £65m and the ambitious growth plans of the group, there has never been a better time to join this exciting organisation. Its an exciting time to join the estates team here at London and South East Education Group. We are on a journey of transforming our service, from great foundations to outstanding! We are building both capacity and capability to standout and strive to be a truly outstanding service in support of Education in London and the South East. Are you ready for a new challenge If so, this is the opportunity to get in at the start of our transformation and shape our future together. We are now looking for outstanding people, with the right knowledge, a brilliant set of skills. We serve over 13,000 learners across a growing school and further education estate, ensuring over 75,000sqm of space is open, operational safe and compliant. Whilst delivering capital reinvestment and renewal projects currently running at over £50m. We are rationalising our estate and we are building whole new Colleges. We are maximising our income to reinvest in our existing buildings through a long-term masterplan lens - its an exciting time! The role requires you to be part of a team with collective responsibility for all buildings and external areas of the sites in the delivery of all estates service and to undertake and assist in undertaking all relevant activities to deliver estates services in line with our SLA standards, targets. You will be required to undertake maintenance repairs and compliance activities to the building/sites as directed and respond to emergencies and make investigations in to loss of gas, electrical power and lighting and carry out basic testing of portable appliances and take remedial actions. To be successful in this role, youll need to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have exceptional organisational skills combined with good IT knowledge and sound administration skills. *Please apply as soon as possible as applications will be considered upon receipt; we reserve the right to interview before the closing date*. For enquiries, please email us at humanresources@lsec.ac.uk As the College supports a number of children and vulnerable adults, all staff are exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Accordingly, most staff will be subject to an Enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) check. (Previous applicants need not apply - if applicable) 483