Facilities Officer (Fixed Term)

UPP; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Life insurance

Pension

Cycle to work scheme

UPP Rewards portal discounts

Two volunteering days per year

Job summary

UPP is seeking a Facilities Officer for a six-month fixed-term role based in Nottingham. The position is a 41-hour week on a rolling 21-day rota, including day, evening and night shifts. Salary: £29,593 per annum.

You will help provide a secure, well equipped, student-focused environment in line with license agreements. Responsibilities include patrolling, safety and maintenance monitoring, fire alarm response, visitor control, reactive maintenance, and incident reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Willingness to work additional hours during peak times.

Responsibilities

• Carry out regular patrols of the residence and grounds, reporting any security/safety issues.
• Monitor health, safety and maintenance standards within residence and grounds.
• Respond to fire alarm activations and liaise with emergency services.
• Monitor signing in/out of guests, visitors and contractors.
• Raise help desk forms for reactive maintenance and pass to the relevant persons.
• Handle queries and complaints professionally and courteously.
• Complete incident, noise and accident reports as required.
• Monitor student conduct and report breaches of the Code of Conduct.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Job description

Here at UPP we currently have an opportunity for a Facilities Officer to join our team.

This is a six-month fixed-term position, working 41 hours per week on a rolling 21-day rota that includes day, evening and night shifts. The salary is £29,593 per annum.

The Facilities Officer will provide a range of support to the residence’s management team and assist with the provision of a suitably equipped and customer centred, secure environment for residents to live and to study in accordance with the license agreement.

Role responsibilities include:

• Carry out regular patrols of the residence and grounds, reporting any security/safety issues
• Monitor and control health, safety and maintenance standards within residence and grounds
• Respond effectively to fire alarm activations and liaise with the emergency services
• Monitor the signing in and out of all guests, visitors and contractors
• Complete help desk forms for reactive maintenance and pass to the relevant persons
• Deal with queries and complaints in an efficient, professional and courteous manner
• Complete all necessary reports including incident reports, noise reports, accident reports and others as required
• Monitor the conduct of students, encouraging reasonable and fair behaviour, reporting any breach of the Code of Conduct and license agreement to the duty warden/tutor and residence manager as appropriate
• Liaise, as necessary, with other Facilities officers, university clients, sub-contractors, UPPRSL staff and residents and conference delegates

We truly care about the experience of our residents and invite you to join our friendly team and help make a positive difference to students living away from home in our accommodation.

We are looking for you to have worked in a similar role and environment and have great communication and organisation skills, along with an attention to detail and the passion to do a great job.

You will also be flexible to work (with notice) additional hours when the needed, especially during the main student arrival and departure weekends. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory vetting, inclusive of employment referencing covering the past three years and you may be subject to additional vetting and barring checks to ensure your suitability for the role, which could include completing a basic DBS.

What we offer:

In return, we are offering a fun and interesting environment to work in with a competitive salary and a great benefits package which includes 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, pension, cycle to work scheme, as well as access to our UPP Rewards portal, offering discounts from a variety of retailers, restaurants gyms and more.

We also give two paid volunteering days each year to support a charity of your choice.

Our people are at the heart of how we operate and we welcome everyone who shares our values, regardless of background or identity.

Valuing our differences is what makes UPP a growing success and allows everyone to come to work feeling valued and supported.

We are an inclusive, flexible and supportive employer who is committed to investing in our people through training and development; and we are proud this is recognised through our Investors in People Gold award.