Estates Assistant

Business Unit:

Canterbury College

Location:

Canterbury, Kent

Salary Details:

£26,398 FTE per annum

Hours Per Week:

37

Weeks Per Year:

52

Annual Leave:

24 days per annum

Proposed Interview Date:

09/11/2026

Advertising End Date:

18/10/2026

About The Role

Opening doors so others can open minds - Join us as Estates Assistant

EKC Canterbury College is looking for a proactive, reliable Estates Assistant to join the team at our Canterbury site. If you enjoy hands-on work and keeping facilities safe, welcoming and running smoothly, this role could be the perfect fit.

What you’ll do:

• Acting as a responsible key holder, unlock or lock buildings, depending on work pattern, ensuring the site is safe and secure, take part in the on-call rota to keep the campus running smoothly.
• Be responsible for the setting and un-setting of the intruder alarm as well as undertake regular fire alarm and emergency lights checks throughout the building.
• Undertake timely checking of core infrastructure and equipment.
• Support a wide range of caretaking and general Estates duties, minor repairs and maintenance, delivery and portering duties, and supporting staff on site.
• Support external contractors throughout the year to ensure the building and its equipment are maintained in accordance with all legislation.

Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous Annual Leave - 24 days FTE per annum +5 days after 5 years
• Learning and Development Opportunities - 3-4 annual paid group development days, bespoke programmes e.g. Aspiring Leaders Development Programme and strong internal progression-1 in 3 roles are filled internally
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks - Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
• Flexible Personal Leave - Time off for your child's first day at nursery or school, moving homes and for interviews
• Wellbeing and Health Support - Generous sick pay, counselling services, discounted gym membership at Canterbury College
• Culture and Recognition - Being part of Community Days, an annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net-zero by 2030
• Competitive Pension Scheme - 18% employer contribution

About You

We’re excited to welcome a new enthusiastic and conscientious team member to join us. If you’re someone who enjoys variety, can stay calm under pressure, and works well both independently and with others, we’d love to hear from you.

What We’re Looking For:

• A friendly, flexible approach to tasks and shift patterns

• Good organisational skills and the ability to keep things running smoothly

• Experience in monitoring, testing and accurate record keeping of Fire Alarm & Emergency Lighting system and have a working knowledge of Legionella within a working environment.

• A genuine interest in sharing your knowledge and supporting the next generation

• Enthusiasm and a positive attitude; experience is helpful, but passion really counts

• You’ll need to live within 20 minutes of the campus

Why ?

• No need to spend ages updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form

• You can save your progress as you go

• We review every application and will get back to all candidates after the closing date

If you’d like an informal chat about the role or have any questions, feel free to get in touch at [email protected]

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.

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