Operations Assistant

Location: Godalming

Salary: £27,456 per annum

Closing Date: 27th of November 2026

Charterhouse is a beautiful school and a wonderful place to live and work. It was founded in 1611 and moved to its present magnificent 250-acre site near Godalming in Surrey in 1872. Few schools can offer such a splendid backdrop for teaching and learning, and the School community is very strong, with excellent relationships between pupils and staff.

The Operations Assistant reports to the Operations Manager via the Assistant Operations Manager and Operations Supervisor.

An attractive salary is offered, together with benefits including membership of the Sports Club, Employee Assistance Programme, cash health plan and contributory pension scheme.

Overall Purpose and Responsibilities

The role is comprised of many tasks including but not exclusive to: Cleaning of the School, room set ups, post, laundry, housekeeping, waste and recycling collection. Some of these tasks can be within tight deadlines and working with lots of different departments across the school. Operations Assistants are required to undertake the following duties as directed by the Supervisor.

Main Duties

• The setup of venues across the school to the correct standards for both internal and external events. This also includes Charterhouse Enterprises events that take place in out of term periods.
• Exams support by way of the correct setup, furniture, equipment and papers needed in the appropriate time frames.
• Collect post from different locations within the Charterhouse site and process both the internal and external mail.
• Logistics across site including collection and disposal of waste/recycling.
• The supply and movement of furniture as requested for either pupil buildings or function set ups.
• Manage the central stores and delivery of cleaning products to the correct venues.
• Working with the Laundry team by collecting and returning the laundry according to the schedule.
• Ability to drive School vehicles including the Luton tailgate van.
• Clean, when necessary, inside areas of school to a professional standard and when needed.

Other Responsibilities

• To attend all regulatory training e.g COSHH, Fire, Manual Handling and Safeguarding.
• An option to be trained in First Aid if required.

Safeguarding

• Demonstrate the highest levels of commitment and compliance to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

No job description can fully cover all aspects of the role and consequently the responsibilities are likely to evolve and change over time. This description does however give an overall view of the position.

Person Specification

• Friendly, caring, approachable manner.
• Flexible approach to changing circumstances.
• Able to use initiative and work without supervision, and either as part of a team or as a lone worker.
• Physically fit as this role can require frequent manual handling.
• Ability to manage time effectively.
• Calm and reassuring, especially in an emergency situation.
• Utterly discrete and capable of handling confidentiality appropriately.
• Willing, polite and professionally welcoming.
• Punctual, reliable and trustworthy.
• Diligent with great attention to detail.
• Committed to achieving high standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
• Team player who is able to work in harmony with others.
• Willing to undertake any training relevant to the role.

Working hours for this role are Monday to Friday, 08.00 – 17.00 with an hour for lunch unpaid, a total of 40 hours per week, all year round with occasional bank holiday working dependent on the need to provide support to events. It would be expected that Carthusian Day (currently held on the first Saturday of May Half term), the last day of the academic year (generally last Saturday of June) and the weekend before the start of the academic year be considered normal working days.

Early applications are warmly encouraged, and a bespoke invitation to interview may be offered in advance of the closing date. All successful job applicants will be required to undertake a Criminal Record check and to undergo child protection screening.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Charterhouse School, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.