Assistant Residence Manager

Warwick; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Christmas closure

Learning and development opportunities

Savings on products and services

Parental leave policy

Onsite childcare facilities

Job summary

University of Warwick is seeking an Assistant Residence Manager to join Campus Cleaning Services within the Estates Department. You will lead a team of Supervisors and Facilities Assistants, ensuring quality standards, safety procedures and cost-effective, customer-focused service.

Flexibility, weekend work and some evenings are required. You will deputise for the Residence Manager and help deliver a high-quality student, staff and visitor experience across campus buildings and accommodation.

Qualifications

• Must be a good team player with the ability to work well with others.
• Knowledge of current Health and Safety legislation is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Supervisors and Facilities Assistants to achieve quality standards.
• Deputise for the Residence Manager and cover weekends/evenings as needed.
• Maintain and enforce health and safety procedures and cost-effective operations.
• Deliver excellent customer service to students, staff and visitors.

Skills

Teamwork

Customer service

Health and Safety knowledge

Job description

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Contract Type:Indefinite

Hours: Full-time, 36.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)

Closing Date: Tuesday 3 November 2026, 11:59 pm

Full time Salary Range: £27,241 - £30,986 per annum

About the Role

Applications will not be considered from candidates who have applied, and were unsuccessful, for this role within the last six months, to ensure fairness and allow for meaningful development of experience and skills.

We welcome applications from internal candidates and will consider a secondment opportunity if desired by a successful candidate.

Campus Cleaning Services provides cleaning across 7,076 campus bedrooms, 479 hotel rooms and 65 University buildings.

We are looking for an Assistant Residence Manager to join the Campus Cleaning Services team within the Estates Department.

We are looking for an individual to assist in leading the team to achieve quality standards, maintain systems and safety procedures and to deliver a cost effective, efficient and customer focused Assistant Management. To support and deputise for the Residence Manager.

You will manage a team of Supervisors and Facilities Assistants.

Involves working many of the weekends throughout the year based on business levels and occasional evening shifts.

Flexibility is Essential for this role.

About You

You will need to be a good team player, who works well with others and is keen to provide excellent customer service for our students, staff and visitors to the University.

Knowledge of current Health and Safety Legislation is required.

We will review applications throughout the advertising period and may contact shortlisted candidates before the closing date. We therefore encourage interested applicants to submit their application as early as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications.

The interviews will be held ona date to be confirmed.

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here .

The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here . The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance .

We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.