Building Services Assistant

Building Services Assistant

The Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) is unrivalled in scale in the UK as a hub of engineering and material science expertise, as it combines Manchester's heritage as the birthplace of the industrial revolution with new purpose-built facilities that will deliver a step-change in our approach to solving some of the world's most pressing issues. On any given day, 5000 students may use the building for taught activities, accessing the student support hub, along with extensive use of computer clusters and informal learning spaces. As well as this, 2,000 staff call MECD their home and use the workspace and research areas to collaborate with colleagues.

As an integral part of the Service Delivery Team, the Building Services Assistant (BSA) will primarily undertake manual tasks and provide excellent customer service to all building users.

You are required to understand the working procedures in relation to running events on campus, configuring working spaces and to ensure that MECD operates effectively and efficiently.

You will be committed to promoting the university's policies and procedures to support and promote equality & diversity, comply with health and safety requirements. This includes undertaking mandatory training and having an awareness of personal responsibilities to maintain a safe working environment.

General Duties:

Colleagues will be required to work on a rota basis. The timing and frequency of support may vary dependent on agreed opening hours and resource demands for the service, however core hours of 13:00-20:30, Monday - Friday will be required.

During each shift, members of the Service Delivery Admin Team (SDAT) will request that the BSA carry out a potentially wide remit of tasks, including, but not limited to:

• Replenishing consumables associated with printers, stationery cupboards and kitchen areas.
• Supporting Teaching and Learning activities by moving partition walls within blended lecture
• Theatres.
• Assisting with clearing and closure of the building.
• Maintaining a tidy and presentable building, including resetting, and moving furniture as
• required.
• Reporting any suspicious activities to the campus security team.
• Proactively reporting building faults to the SDAT.
• Supporting event set-up by installing posterboards and tables as directed by the SDAT.
• Undertaking additional duties as directed by the SDAT commensurate with the level of
• responsibility for the role

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we support an inclusive working environment and welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Please note, under the new immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews: Name: Tom Corcoran Email: Thomas.corcoran@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries: Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support: https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.