Health, safety and compliance

• Undertake training and act as a designated Fire Warden and First Aider, responding appropriately to incidents and emergencies.
• Support the maintenance of a safe working and learning environment through compliance with health and safety procedures and reporting requirements.
• Assist with emergency evacuations and building security procedures as required including (where required) being on call.
• Maintain awareness of safeguarding, health and safety, and operational procedures relevant to the role.

Other important features of the job role

Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) criminal record check: Due to the nature of the working environment and to safeguard any children or young people on premises, you will need to undergo an Enhanced DBS check with the Children's Barred List. As a result and as part of the application process, you must disclose all and any past or pending cautions or convictions, whether spent or otherwise, unless it is either a protected caution or a protected conviction under the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). If you are offered the role, we will commence the online DBS check with you. Line management responsibilities: None. Budget responsibility: None. In this role you will liaise with the following: Internally – operations team, academic team, professional services staff, students. Externally – contractors, suppliers, maintenance providers

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications and training

• GCSE Maths and English language Grade C or 4 or above (D, A).
• Manual handling training (D, A).
• First Aid or Fire Warden training (D, A).

Previous experience

• Working in higher education (D, A, I).
• Experience in a maintenance role (E, A, I).
• Lone working (E, A, I).

Behaviours and attitudes

• Alignment to the University’s core values and growth mindset approach, which reflect our culture. Refer to the specific behaviours within the Competency Framework (E, I) – summarised within the careers site.

Skills, knowledge, other requirements

• Basic knowledge of health and safety legislation (E, I).
• Proactive approach, using initiative and identifying potential areas for improvement and/or development and methods of addressing these (E, A, I).
• Multitasking: able to effectively balance and deal with different tasks, and take ownership of tasks from start to completion (E, I).
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage concurrent workflows (E, I).
• Computer literate with digital skills including MS Office applications including shared calendars, Teams (D, I).
• Ability to work on own initiative (E, A, I).
• Ability to follow instructions and report back on completion (E, I).
• Strong attention to detail (E, A, I).
• Excellent time keeping (E, I).
• Commitment to delivering positive outcomes for our students regardless of your area of work within the University; we want our students to be successful (E, I).
• You must be prepared to undertake mandatory online training should you be appointed. The University is regulated by the Office for Students and Ofsted, and we have specific requirements and expectations around safeguarding, Prevent, and anti-harassment and bullying. This is all part of our Competency Framework requirements (E, I).
• Business travel within London if required (D, I).

PAY AND BENEFITS

Salary

Actual salary £16,931 per annum (£26,936 Full Time Equivalent).

Holiday

26 days paid holiday (rising to 28 with service) plus paid bank/public holidays plus up to five paid closure days (typically between Christmas and New Year); all per holiday year Full Time Equivalent. Our holiday year runs from 1 August to 31 July. We also have a holiday buy and sell scheme in place. Sometimes the University does not need to close for five days per year and any balance (for example one day), can be used as a paid Wellbeing Day to take time out for your own physical or mental health.

Pension and life assurance

Pensions auto-enrolment to the People’s Pension which is a default salary sacrifice scheme. You may opt out of salary sacrifice but remain in the scheme, or you may choose to opt out altogether. We provide life assurance (death in service) cover as standard to all employees.

Family-friendly policies

Policies in place for all types of family-friendly statutory leave with enhanced pay available from day one of employment for some leave types. Access to Tax-Free Childcare (Government scheme).

Wellbeing

Full access to the Employee Assistance Programme as well as the Thrive Mental Wellbeing app. Several employees are trained Mental Health First Aiders and can support staff. We have a wellbeing policy and we focus on five pillars of wellbeing.

Sustainable travel

Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice schemes.

Other health related benefits

Employer-funded Health Cash Plan (Simplyhealth) and voluntary dental insurance (Unum).

Other valuable benefits

• Charity giving options available including one voluntary paid day, per annum.
• You will have access to range of lifestyle discounts and everyday savings.
• We offer learning platforms including LinkedIn learning.

APPLICATIONS - THINGS TO CONSIDER

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Eimear Marley on 0118 467 2049 or email e.marley@ube.ac.uk. For any other enquiries please contact HR on 0118 467 2454 / 2433 or email recruitment@ube.ac.uk Did one of our employees recommend you? If you apply on the recommendation of an existing employee, please make sure to mention their name within your application. We're passionate about sustainability and we have a five-year strategic plan: We expect job seekers to be curious about who we are and what we do. We point you towards a couple of resources about who we are and sustainability.

Closing date and next steps

We will receive applications until the advert closes on Monday 19 October 2026 at 17:00. We will not consider late applications. Our ATS does not screen applications, we humans do. Applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date and occasionally,