Facilities Assistant

Warwick Enterprise; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

an attractive pension scheme

a generous holiday allowance plus

excellent learning and development opp

savings on a wide range of products

generous parental leave policy

onsite childcare facilities

Job summary

Warwick Business School - Academic Services in Coventry is seeking a Facilities Assistant to support maintenance of high-quality infrastructure and facilities. This full-time role (36.5 hours per week) forms part of the WBS Facilities Team and reports to the Facilities Coordinator.

The role combines operational facilities maintenance with administrative tasks, and may involve some flexibility for events preparation.

Qualifications

• Role involves a mix of operational facilities maintenance and administrative tasks.
• The role includes a physical element, such as moving furniture and materials.

Responsibilities

• Support maintenance of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
• Report to the Facilities Coordinator and assist with events preparation.

Job description

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Department: Warwick Business School - Academic Services

Contract Type:Indefinite

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

Closing Date: Sunday 15 November 2026, 11:59 pm

Full time Salary Range: £26,093.00- £27,241.00 per annum

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your buildings and facilities maintenance experience in a key role at a leading Business School. As an important member of the WBS Facilities Team, reporting directly to the Facilities Coordinator, you will help support the WBS strategy and vision by delivering and promoting the maintenance of high-quality infrastructure and facilities. This role involves a combination of operational facilities maintenance and administrative tasks, so may be best suited to applicants with experience in both areas.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here) .

About You

This is a busy role in a fast-paced environment. You will need to be proactive, positive, self-motivated and enthusiastic, with a real can-do approach to work.

Please be aware that this role includes a physical element which will entail, for example, the moving of furniture and materials around and between buildings.

Please also be aware that this role occasionally calls for flexibility of start and finish times to cover preparation for events and teaching activities

About the Department

We’re a world-class business school at the heart of a world-class University. We are recognised for our academic excellence, our determination to challenge assumptions, and our connectivity to the broader university. We offer a broad range of undergraduate, graduate and executive courses. We recruit the brightest students, offer exceptional learning experiences, have a positive impact on society, produce impactful research that is published in premier journals, and employ outstanding faculty who are global experts in their fields.

We believe in the power of an entrepreneurial mind-set to change the world for the better, and that business schools should have a significant role in fuelling that change. So, we welcome the problem solvers, value creators and change makers who share our intellectual curiosity.

Warwick Business School is one of just two business schools in the UK to be recognised for advancing gender equality. In 2018 the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) awarded Warwick Business School a silver Athena SWAN award for its progress in gender equality. Warwick Business School is the first business school to receive a silver award.

Our reputation is based on our world-class staff, both academic and administrative, and world-class facilities. In addition, we have a very talented and diverse student body, with students from around 120 countries across our undergraduate, masters, MBA, PhD, Executive Education and DBA programmes.

Benefits

• an attractive pension scheme
• a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure
• excellent learning and development opportunities
• savings on a wide range of products and services
• a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy
• onsite childcare facilities

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here .

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

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 .

Right to Work in the UK

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.