Facilities Assistant

University of Plymouth Students' Union is a charity and is a very friendly work place.

We have an opportunity for a Facilities Assistant to join the team to maintain our multifunctional venue. You will work as part of our facilities team. Excellent building maintenance skills and a tradesperson qualification are important in the role. If this is you, then we would like to hear from you.

Purpose of Post:

• To ensure the UPSU buildings are maintained to the standards required on a day-to-day basis.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To follow the facilities management programme including preventative maintenance.
• To provide a maintenance service including building maintenance, safety checks, minor repairs, and support with cleaning provision.
• To undertake painting, minor decorating, minor electrical and odd jobs.
• To work closely with other departments in the organisation delivering an excellent service in support of their objectives.
• To inform the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manger of any breakages of furniture or fittings.
• To monitor and report on any recurrent problems.
• The role will include significant manual handling, working at height and working with tools, so will require knowledge of H&S compliance and a good approach to safe working.
• To report and log all defects reported to Estates.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification below for further details.

We believe UPSU should be a social and inclusive organisation and we are committed to doing an amazing job and work hard to facilitate opportunities and experiences for students.  If you see yourself working as part of our friendly and passionate team, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager, Richard Hicks, by email:

richard.hicks@su.plymouth.ac.uk

Role Information:

• Permanent: 1350 hours per year (30 hours per week)
• Pay Scale: Grade 2, actual starting salary £18,662 per annum

Time Scale:

• Closing date: 9am, Monday 4^th September 2023
• Shortlisting: Wednesday 13^th September 2023
• Interview: Wednesday 20^th September 2023
• Start date: w/c Monday 2^nd October 2023

Apply:

To apply, please download and complete the Application Form, Personal Details Form and Equality Monitoring form and return by email to:

jobs@su.plymouth.ac.uk 

Job Description

Application Form

Personal Details Form

Equality Monitoring Form