Estates Coordinator

Working hours: Part time, 3 days per week 07.30 - 16.00 Monday to Wednesday.

Salary: c£22,000 per annum (actual). If full time this would equate to c£32,500 per annum.

The role involves overseeing the maintenance of the buildings and grounds, as well as managing new building projects. The Estates Coordinator provides central administrative support for the Estates department and its managers. You will be the main point of contact for staff, dealing with queries and passing messages to the relevant members of the Estates team. You will maintain the maintenance computer system that logs maintenance issues, keeping it up to date, monitoring job progress and highlighting issues to managers. Administration support will include dealing with post, ordering stationery, providing secretarial support to managers and processing invoices. It’s a varied role that gives a fascinating insight into the upkeep of this vibrant and historic organisation.

The skills required:

• Excellent office administrative skills.
• Efficient and pleasant customer service skills to deal with enquiries effectively.
• Solid experience in a busy office and excellent organisation abilities.
• Attention to detail for organising invoices and maintaining a reliable maintenance computer database.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Tactful and approachable manner to build strong professional relationships throughout the School.

Benefits:

• Free lunch
• Free parking
• Automatic enrolment in the School’s pension scheme
• Use of the School’s sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym, and running track
• Subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs

The environment: Harrow School is situated in Harrow on the Hill, northwest London, and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 835 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses. The School’s estate embraces almost two hundred properties; the majority of which are listed buildings and within conservation areas. There are extensive rugby/soccer and cricket fields, a golf course, an athletics track, tennis courts, woodlands, as well as a 60-acre farm and gardens.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Harrow. We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome everyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All successful applicants must be willing to undergo enhanced child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with any past employer and the Disclosure and Barring Service, and it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. No member of staff will be able to start until these checks are complete and this process takes, on average, a month. Please plan accordingly.