Salary
£23,881 pa with potential to progress to £24,900 pa.
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full Time
Job category/type
Professional/Technical
Job reference
REQ000225
SBU/Department: Estates/Campus Services
FTE: 1.0 FTE (working 37 hours per week)
Duration of contract: Permanent
Annual Leave: 25 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year
Location: College Lane campus, Hatfield
This is a new role following a restructure and we are looking for a new Campus Services Assistants to work primarily within the Portering and Event Management Teams.
The successful candidate must be customer service focused and proactive individual to work within the Campus Services Team. The individual should be flexible with a keen willingness to learn and develop across the Facilities Team.
Main duties and responsibilities
The successful candidate will be working in the team which completes a range of Facilities Tasks. The tasks can include:
- Portering: To be involved in manual handling activities across the University, these can include office moves, classrooms resets, or the moving of equipment.
- Post and Goods: To support with the delivering of post and goods across the University.
- Signage: To support with the delivery of the temporary and reactive signage
- Audits: To complete a range of audits requested by the Facilities Team such as building audits, or utilisation audits.
- Events: The role involves supporting with a range of university events from setting up, event support, and clear down.
- Space Management: The role involves supporting on large removal projects and space management tasks.
Skills and experience required
The successful candidate must have an excellent customer service manner. They will have the ability to follow a scheduled work pattern but take a proactive approach to tasks. The role involves working in a team, but the individual should be comfortable working on their own.
You should have the skill to complete the manual handling tasks, and an attention to detail for the auditing part of the role. The successful individual will have a can-do attitude and should be able demonstrate a willingness to support across a range of tasks and activities.
Qualifications
Holds a minimum of GCSEs grade C/grade 4 or above in Maths and English, or proven experience. A driving license is an essential requirement for this job
Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please complete the application questions detailing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria. For guidance, please see attached ‘Tips for Application Questions Section’.
We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made.
Contact details/informal enquiries
Peter Kousoulou (Campus & Contracts Manager) 0793 460 3850 or [email protected]
Closing date: 07 August 2025
Interview date: 15 August 2025
Reference number: REQ0000225
Date advert placed: 25 July 2025
Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts
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