Student Accommodation Assistant

University College Birmingham is looking to recruit a Summer Accommodation Assistant at The Maltings to join their team during our busy summer programme.

The requires primarily on-site work with few office-based jobs to assist The Maltings team for our summer turnaround.

Due to the nature of the , a successful applicant must be able to complete physical work such as lifting moderately heavy items and walking up and down lots of stairs. Remedial cleaning duties will also be needed to assist our cleaning team.

Duties and responsibilities

• Essential maintenance, including tripped electrics, changing lightbulbs, and preventing leaks/ floods.
• Carrying out kitchen inspection in occupied flats
• Answering phone calls and dealing with student queries in a professional manner
• Essential office admin work includes visitor passes, signing in parcels and completing lock up.
• Kitting of rooms and set up to a standard as shown by management
• Provide tours of the site when necessary to staff, students, and guests
• Physical lifting of stock and moving mattresses across the site
• Essential cleaning works to assist our cleaning team including removing perishable items/rubbish from kitchens and wiping over room surfaces
• Flushing toilets and running taps in vacant rooms in line with legionella prevention laws
• Handling of master keys and student's room keys
• Maintaining The Maltings site with daily site patrols- reporting any problems to management

• Physical checks, including keys, maintenance, cleaning, and set up of rooms

Any other duties commensurate to the nature and Grade of the post

Skills and experience

A member of the accommodation team will train you in all aspects of the job; however, we would like someone with an awareness of health & safety measures, plenty of enthusiasm and are ready to work in a busy environment. You must be proactive and have a strong sense of initiative when undertaking daily tasks. The successful candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication skills; they will be keen to learn about the University and the different departments we offer to broaden students' experiences.

You must be available to work full-time during the summer break and be capable of undertaking physical work.

Location
The Maltings UCB

Benefits

DBS Check

Training given as part of the – required to undertake first aid training

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