Assistant Cleaning Supervisor

The University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Edinburgh is seeking a full-time support staff member for their Estates Department. This role involves providing vital services to ensure the smooth operation of research and teaching. Candidates should be proactive, possess excellent communication skills, and work well in teams. The role offers a competitive salary along with various employee benefits, including generous holidays and a pension scheme. Applications close on 19 January 2026.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Defined benefits pension scheme

Staff discounts

Flexible working

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient support services to Schools and Departments.
• Ensure smooth running of research and teaching operations.
• Work Monday to Friday from 06:00 to 14:00.

Skills

Teamwork

Excellent communication

Proactive customer service

Job description

Opportunity

UE03 – £24,729 to £25,804 per annum

Corporate Services Group / Estates Department

Full‑time: 35 hours per week

Vacancies available: 1

The Opportunity:

The hours of work are Monday to Friday 06:00 to 14:00.

This customer‑facing post is an integral part of the Estates Department providing an efficient level of support services to Schools and Departments within the College to ensure the smooth running of research and teaching operations.

The ability to work as part of a team, excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to customer satisfaction is essential.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefit for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

The closing date for applications is 19 January 2026.

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