Community Centres Assistant
| Posting date: | 21 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £25,011.62 to £25,974.00 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 December 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, South West England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Colebrook (South West) Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Are you practical, proactive, and passionate about supporting community spaces? Colebrook (South West) Ltd is looking for a dedicated Community Centres Assistant to help keep our centres running smoothly and safely. This varied, hands-on role is for 25 hours per week and involves supporting the day-to-day operations of our community hubs in St Budeaux and Crownhill—maintaining facilities, assisting with room setups, carrying out health and safety checks, and ensuring our centres remain welcoming, well-kept places for local people and groups. If you enjoy a role that’s both people focused and practical and want to contribute to thriving community spaces, we’d love to hear from you. To apply, please email your CV to recruitment@colebrooksw.org and visit our website: www.colebrooksw.org/jobs to view the full job description. Please note: Interviews for this post will be held on 15th December 2025.
OVERALL AIMS OF THE POST
Working with other members of the Community Centres Team/Colebrook Central Team support the day-to-day delivery of operations at Colebrook South West’s Community Centres.
DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITES:
• Conduct weekly Health & Safety and maintenance inspections of premises, ensuring buildings and grounds are well-maintained and kept clean and tidy.
• Working with the Caretaker support the cleaning of all areas of Colebrook South West’s Community Centres including all main rooms, kitchen and toilets.
• Oversee/Conduct weekly fire alarm tests at both sites, record findings and promptly reporting issues.
• Carry out RAMS (Risk Assessment and Method Statement) as required, maintaining a register of identified risks.
• Maintain a list of routine/emerging maintenance and redecoration tasks as identified at each centre.
• Liaise with Clarion Estates Team as required for all maintenance tasks that fall under their remit.
• Support the Caretaker with maintenance and redecoration tasks as per the maintenance schedule. This may include moderate to heavy physical work, outside, in all weathers in a safe manner.
• Ensure all consumables, cleaning materials and other chemicals are well stocked, stored and used correctly in line with COSHH requirements.
• To set up and clear rooms for a variety of functions including putting up and storing tables, chairs and other equipment.
• Coordinate deliveries and facilitate site visits as needed, contributing to smooth operations.
• With support from the Caretaker, undertake low level maintenance tasks at Colebrook Supported Accommodation Projects
OVERALL AIMS OF THE POST
Working with other members of the Community Centres Team/Colebrook Central Team support the day-to-day delivery of operations at Colebrook South West’s Community Centres.
DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITES:
• Conduct weekly Health & Safety and maintenance inspections of premises, ensuring buildings and grounds are well-maintained and kept clean and tidy.
• Working with the Caretaker support the cleaning of all areas of Colebrook South West’s Community Centres including all main rooms, kitchen and toilets.
• Oversee/Conduct weekly fire alarm tests at both sites, record findings and promptly reporting issues.
• Carry out RAMS (Risk Assessment and Method Statement) as required, maintaining a register of identified risks.
• Maintain a list of routine/emerging maintenance and redecoration tasks as identified at each centre.
• Liaise with Clarion Estates Team as required for all maintenance tasks that fall under their remit.
• Support the Caretaker with maintenance and redecoration tasks as per the maintenance schedule. This may include moderate to heavy physical work, outside, in all weathers in a safe manner.
• Ensure all consumables, cleaning materials and other chemicals are well stocked, stored and used correctly in line with COSHH requirements.
• To set up and clear rooms for a variety of functions including putting up and storing tables, chairs and other equipment.
• Coordinate deliveries and facilitate site visits as needed, contributing to smooth operations.
• With support from the Caretaker, undertake low level maintenance tasks at Colebrook Supported Accommodation Projects