Technical Assistant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Position Details
Estates

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £28,397 to £30,210, with potential progression once in post to £33,938

Grade: 5

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 28th May 2024

Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.

We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.

In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Role Summary

The University's Estates Department strives to excel in its service delivery and uphold its sustainable credentials and status as an award-winning team.

Technical Services forms part of the Estates Department within Professional Services at the University of Birmingham.

The Professional Services directorate encompasses a diverse range of services which are pivotal to the smooth running of the university and its business sustainability.

Work as part of the Estates Office Technical Services Team to provide a professional, responsive, and efficient technical service across the Estate.

To plan, facilitate and manage services with a high degree of autonomy while undertaking a core role within a small multi-disciplined team.

Managing systems and processes in support of Statutory or Legal compliance, typically but not limited to Asbestos, Water Hygiene and Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) Systems.

Support the Technical Officer - Compliance Services (TO-CS) in the successful delivery of their role including assisting in the administration of specialist service contracts.

Provide a supporting role for the operation and maintenance of the University compliancy requirements, assist in the day-to-day management and operation of activities via the computerised maintenance management system.

Main Duties

Technical Systems Support:

Administer systems and processes in support of Statutory or Legal compliance, including the management of both electronic and hard copy information, condition reports, files and databases, recording and planning the required activities in support of the TO-CS. Ensuring the accuracy, availability and visibility of information for independent review by third parties along with the associated dissemination of supporting information.
Acting as a point of contact to analyse and resolve problems with databases or other systems.
Reviewing and validating both retained and received information including service records, certificates or drawings, for accuracy, relevancy and completeness, undertaking remedial measures where required.
Implementing and maintaining systems, databases and records to ensure a high level of compliance is achieved, regularly monitoring and reporting on exceptions to allow positive remedial actions to be taken by self and others.
Supporting the daytoday management of compliance areas which are covered by the TO-CS. Organising inspection, removal, repair, servicing, assessment or related activities.
Having daytoday responsibility for planning and supervising monitoring and inspection vi