Facilities Assistant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham City University

Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location:


  • City South Campus
    Salary:
- £22,142 to £23,070 per annum
  • Permanent
    Post Type:
  • Full Time
    Release Date:
  • 23 November 2023
    Closing Date:
hours GMT on Thursday 07 December 2023
Interview Date:


  • Friday 15 December 2023
    Reference:
The Estates and Facilities department is looking to appoint a Facilities Assistant. The position will be based at the City South Campus in Birmingham City Centre.

You will operate under a Facilities Supervisor with a professional, flexible, committed and enthusiastic approach toward providing excellent customer service and facilities management support in line with demonstrating the University's core values.


ABOUT THE ROLE:


To be successful in this role you will have some experience of working in a similar customer focused environment and be able to undertake a wide range of tasks whilst working in a team to achieve deadlines and dealing with challenges that may arise.

The Facilities Department at the university pride themselves on providing excellent customer service and therefore effective communication with our customers is key to our success through our robust service delivery.


A knowledge of general buildings and repairs would be desirable for this position to support the undertaking of activities as the first response team to reactive jobs across the campus.

Key responsibilities of the position include activities which focus on:

  • Provide general front-line soft facilities services generated through the Estates and Facilities Helpdesk allocated jobs and work schedule process. This will include general porterage, first-line repairs and fault reporting, room layouts, light replacements, and periodic high-level activities.
  • Ensure that layout of furniture in teaching spaces, exam rooms and events meet the customer requirements including checking equipment, maintenance, resolving and providing support and solutions to issue's that may arise.
  • Deal with frontline repairs including toilet blockages, water leaks, heating and ventilation issues, lighting failures and assist with building incidents or emergencies.
  • Carry out weekly fire bell tests, checks and record information.
  • Complete monthly building inspection sheets that reflect health, safety, and environmental checks.
  • Report any repairs and maintenance jobs via the Estates and Facilities Helpdesk portal, follow up on progression and provide feedback to the customers in a timely manner.
  • Assist with faculty and student events such as Open Days that take place periodically throughout the year that includes some weekends.
  • Work in partnership and liaise with other key operational staff within Estates and Facilities i.e. Security and Student Union to support customer expectations.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS:


  • Previous experience with Microsoft Office programs such as Outlook.
  • Previous experience working from a Helpdesk generated jobs and from a PDA (Handheld Device) would be desirable.
  • Knowledge of health, safety, environmental best practice, and compliance.
  • A full, clean UK drivers licence is required due to frequent travel between the university sites across Birmingham.

Further details:


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