Premises Officer

About us and the role

Are you ready to play a vital role in keeping Avanti House Secondary School safe, secure, and operating to the highest standards?

We are looking for a dedicated and proactive Premises Officer to help us maintain a clean, well-kept, and welcoming environment for our students, staff, and visitors.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who takes pride in their work, enjoys variety in their day, and thrives as part of a supportive and friendly team.

If you’re reliable, take ownership of your responsibilities, and want to make a genuine difference to our school community, we would love to hear from you.

Join us at Avanti House Secondary School and help ensure our site stays safe, secure, and welcoming for everyone, every single day.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing Multi Academy Trust with schools based in London, the midlands and the South West of England.

All Avanti schools provide pupils with an outstanding education rooted in the inclusive and distinctive Avanti Schools ethos of :

• Educational excellence

• Character development

• Spiritual insight

What will you do?

• Maintain the school’s premises, grounds, and car park to a high standard of cleanliness, safety, and order, including ad-hoc cleaning, snow clearance, and waste management.
• Provide site security through unlocking and locking, alarm setting, patrolling, and acting as the first response for incidents and emergencies.
• Carry out general maintenance, handyperson tasks, and room setups for daily activities, open evenings, and special events.
• Manage deliveries, stock, and contractors, ensuring safe handling of goods and adequate supplies for cleaning and facilities operations.
• Support Health & Safety compliance, fire safety checks, and contribute to Trust-wide projects when required.

Why should you apply

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• NEST pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Flexible working opportunities
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Free staff lunch and on-site parking

What are we looking for?

• Good communication skills; written and verbal.
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Numeracy and Literacy.
• General knowledge of building maintenance procedures and relevant skills
• Understanding of Health and Safety and security issues.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Good organisational skills- ability to meet deadlines and make decisions in emergencies.

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.