Building Facilities Operative

3 weeks ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Newcastle University Full time

**Salary**: Cleaners - £20,971 per annum, pro rata
Porters - £21,342 per annum, pro rata

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

**Closing Date**: 19 March 2023

Who are we?

Estates & Facilities are a large multidisciplinary team that look after the development, maintenance, safety and security of over 150 buildings across various sites including a wide variety of world class teaching and research facilities, a range of diverse accommodation for over 3500 students across three student villages as well as caring for our beautifully landscaped grounds. We are also the team at the University responsible for catered halls, great food and drink, conferences and events.

The opportunity

**Here’s a little bit more about the two opportunities**:
Cleaners - We are responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of the buildings in our beautiful Newcastle City campus. Our team of over 200 colleagues are responsible for periodic cleaning routines, particularly around frequently touched services as well as deeper cleaning routines. We provide ourselves in the standards we have in place and our team are valued by our internal colleagues for the service they provide.

Porters - We provide a range of services to our academic and professional colleagues including being a font of all knowledge for colleagues, students, and visitors. We work closely with our security teams by identifying risks and we make routine checks to make sure our buildings adequately maintained and a safe place for all. It is a really wide-ranging role with lots of opportunities for variety in your day.

We are looking for people with experience of working as part of a team in a customer focused environment.

Come and talk to us

We are holding a recruitment event on Monday 27 March from 9.30am at The Boiler House on our Newcastle City Campus.

Newcastle is an inclusive global University community where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

The University holds a silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. The University is also a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.

**Requisition ID**: 25131



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