General Services Assistant

Job Title:                               Basic Providers Assistant

Division                           Estates and Amenities Directorate

                                               Lodging and Industrial Providers

Grade:                                   Grade 2

Wage vary:                        £7,852.52 – £7,959.30, professional rata the complete time wage of £21,254 – £21,543

Working preparations:      Half time (20 hours per week, 30 weeks per 12 months), together with evenings, nights and weekends, as enterprise calls for

                                               Everlasting

                                               5 days from seven

                                               Onsite working solely

Deadline:                        eleventh October 2023

The College 

At Durham College we’re pleased with our folks.  A globally excellent centre of instructional excellence, a collegiate group of extraordinary folks, a singular and historic setting – Durham is a college like no different.  We imagine that inspiring our folks to do excellent issues at Durham allows Durham folks to do excellent issues professionally and personally.

Throughout the College we have now an enormous number of roles and profession alternatives, which collectively make us a big and profitable group, which is a key hub of exercise inside our area and nationally.  We might be thrilled in case you would take into account becoming a member of our thriving College.

Additional details about the College may be discovered right here .

The Function and Division

As Basic Providers Assistant, you’ll ship a spread of companies throughout College premises, making certain the College is effectively maintained, welcoming and a pleasing setting for students, College workers and industrial prospects.  Your function will embody three key areas of duty: primary upkeep/minor DIY duties; a spread of portering duties; and ad-hoc safety.

The Estates and Amenities Directorate gives numerous important companies to Durham College and is answerable for managing, sustaining and growing the infrastructure and constructing material of the varied campuses.

Additional details about the function and the duties is on the backside of this job description.

Working at Durham

A aggressive wage is just one a part of the various improbable advantages you’ll obtain in case you be part of the College, additionally, you will obtain entry to the next improbable advantages:

·         27 Days annual depart per 12 months, plus 8 public holidays and 4 customary days per 12 months), a complete of 39 days.  The College closes between Christmas and New 12 months.  

·         Irrespective of the way you journey to work, we have now you coated.  We now have parking throughout campus, a cycle to work scheme which lets you purchase a motorcycle and low cost with native bus and practice corporations.   

·         Reductions by way of our advantages portal together with cash off at supermarkets, excessive avenue retailers, IT merchandise similar to Apple, the cinema and days out at varied points of interest.    

·         On web site nursery and kids’s golf equipment in the course of the summer time holidays.   

·         Plenty of assist for well being and wellbeing together with discounted membership for our state-of-the-art sport and health club services and entry to a 24-7 Worker Help Programme.    

·         The chance to participate in workers volunteering actions.   

·         Household pleasant insurance policies, together with maternity and adoption depart, that are among the many most beneficiant within the larger schooling sector (and sure above and past many employers)    

·         In case you are eager on advancing in your function or profession, we have now a real ardour for growing our colleagues  from {qualifications}, to IT expertise, programs and apprenticeships.

·        Beneficiant pension scheme

What it’s worthwhile to display once you apply/Individual Specification

To be thought-about for this function, listed here are the talents/expertise we’re on the lookout for:

Important Standards

1.      Good spoken and written communication expertise.

2.      Fundamental digital expertise together with the flexibility to make use of the web and electronic mail. 

3.      Fundamental numeracy and literacy expertise.

4.      Proof of non-public growth to keep up expertise.  

5.      Expertise of working underneath minimal direct supervision, in addition to in a group.

6.      Expertise of managing time to fulfill deadlines.

7.      Means to observe directions, written or spoken, precisely.

8.      Proof of capacity to undertake primary DIY duties.

9.      Good consideration to element.

Fascinating Standards

10.   Means to observe well being and security tips.

11.   Well being and Security compliance information.

12.   Expertise of working in a buildings or estates service.

13.   Expertise of transportable equipment testing (PAT).

14.   Expertise of working in, or with, the next schooling establishment.

15.   Maintain a full UK driving licence.

The best way to apply

We favor to obtain purposes on-line.  While you apply it’s worthwhile to submit a CV and/or a press release that tells us your expertise and provides examples of the way you meet the standards above and/or submit the appliance type and embrace the knowledge inside the type.   

We are going to replace you about your utility at varied factors all through the choice course of, by way of automated emails from our e-recruitment system. Please verify your spam/junk folder periodically to be sure to haven’t missed any of our updates. 

Who to contact for extra data   

If you want to have a chat or ask any questions in regards to the function or if you’re struggling to finish the appliance course of, Stephanie Rolfe, stephanie.j.rolfe@durham.ac.uk or Abbie Pringle, abbie.pringle@durham.ac.uk could be completely happy to talk to you.

Additional details about the function

Typical Function Necessities

Listed here are the sort of actions that you just’ll be requested to undertake and methods through which you’ll be anticipated to function.

Service Supply

·           Present a wonderful, responsive service to our college students, colleagues and anybody else you come throughout as a part of your function by finishing up your duties utilizing the related procedures (for which we are going to present coaching and documented service procedures).

·           Take care of your self and others by following well being and security laws together with accurately carrying any protecting clothes or gear offered [e.g. safety shoes], being conscious of any hazards and dangers and reporting any incidents.

·           Be taught and apply strict tips and danger assessments to make sure secure, safe practices when working in several environments.

·           Be taught and apply strict procedures and tips to make sure compliance with laws for all actions.

·           Perform DIY duties which will require specialist expertise and could also be bodily demanding.

·           Clear and take care of specialist gear and instruments, when vital.

·           Use a spread of kit, instruments, sources and digital companies, to finish foundation upkeep/minor DIY, portering or safety duties, the place vital.

Teamwork

·           Assist and cooperate with the remainder of your group.

·           Assist colleagues and contractors, when required, with different key actions undertaken inside your service, for instance the safety, security, upkeep and maintenance of buildings, gear and services.

·           Assist to maneuver, set-up and dismantle any specialist gear, instruments and sources, underneath supervision.

·           Be taught new expertise and practices from extra skilled colleagues.

·           Convey any issues to the eye of extra senior colleagues.

·           Undertake and promote a versatile method to working, and be keen to cowl absences, when given affordable discover, together with evenings and weekends, as enterprise calls for.

Communication/Private

·           Present a dedication to equality, range and inclusion and the College’s values.

·           Reply to routine requests for data.

·           Use digital units and apps (similar to electronic mail) to speak with college students, colleagues and anybody else you come throughout as a part of your function.

·           The function would require a component of bodily handbook dealing with, which might embrace lifting and transporting gear and deliveries.

·           Some other affordable duties.

Please be aware that in submitting your utility Durham College shall be processing your knowledge. We might ask you to think about the related College Privateness Assertion , which gives data on the collation, storing and use of knowledge.

When appointing to this function the College should make sure that it meets any relevant immigration necessities, together with wage thresholds that are relevant to some visas.