Premises Assistant

Role overview

Essex County Council is hiring a Premises Assistant for Adult Community Learning in Colchester. This is a permanent, full-time position based on site, offering a salary of £25,959 per year. The role supports a safe, tidy, and welcoming learning environment for staff, learners, visitors, and contractors.

Adult Community Learning delivers lifelong learning opportunities for Essex residents, helping people build qualifications, improve employability, and strengthen life skills. Its programmes are designed to support a wide mix of learners, including communities that are often harder to reach, through both accredited and non-accredited learning.

The post is a fixed-base worker role at the Colchester centre. The closing date for applications is 21 June 2026.

Working pattern

The centre operates on a two-week shift cycle:

• Week 1: Monday to Friday, 06:30 to 14:30
• Week 2: Monday 09:00 to 17:00, Tuesday to Thursday 14:00 to 22:00, Friday 09:00 to 17:00

You must also work at least one Saturday each month from 08:00 to 14:00, with time off in lieu. Flexibility is required to cover staffing gaps when business needs change. Outside term time, the working hours are daytime only.

What the role involves

The Premises Assistant will look after cleaning, caretaking, building security, and day-to-day site support, while also helping ensure Health & Safety standards are followed and monitored across the centre.

Additional information

Essex County Council describes itself as a large and forward-looking local authority serving a wide population across Essex. The organisation highlights its commitment to innovation, flexible working, and public service improvement.

The council notes that Greater Essex councils are due to be reorganised into five new unitary authorities from April 2028. It also says the area has been accepted onto the devolution priority programme, with work underway toward a Mayoral Combined County Authority. Further information is available on the employer’s careers pages.

The council is a Disability Confident Leader and will interview disabled applicants who apply under the Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria. It also interviews veterans and care leavers who meet the minimum requirements. Reasonable adjustments can be requested during the hiring process.

Employees may receive benefits such as support for unpaid carers and flexible working options to help meet caring responsibilities.

Applicants are expected to follow the organisation’s code of conduct and the Nolan principles throughout the recruitment process and employment.

This post requires mobility across an operational area, so the successful candidate must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or another way of meeting the mobility requirement.

If a DBS check is required for this role, the employee must register for the DBS Update Service and keep the annual subscription active.

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this responsibility.

For queries about the role, the contact email provided is [email protected].

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About the service

Adult Community Learning provides qualifications and learning opportunities that help people move into work, progress in employment, or gain useful skills for everyday life. The service aims to improve social inclusion, creativity, and healthy lifestyles while reaching communities that are often less well served.