Apprentice Site Operations Assistant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Description

Location:
Bio Hub, University of Birmingham Enterprises, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary £17,971. per annum, rising to £22,464. per annum after 12 months service

Apprentice Grade 2

Full time / Fixed Term for 16 Months.

Closing Date: 5th February 2024.

Apprenticeship Standard:
Facilities Services Operative Level 2.

Training Provider:
GLP Training

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

Background

The University of Birmingham is a global institution working within a diverse and vibrant City, offering an inspiring education to our students, and undertaking critically important research.

We are a place of open, critical thinking, and the creation, sharing and dissemination of knowledge. Professional Services put students at the heart of all they do and enable an exceptional educational experience. They provide outstanding support to our researchers and help the University to grow its influence regionally, nationally, and globally.

They ensure the University's resources are used wisely, manage and improve the infrastructure which sits at the heart of the institution, and support decisions to be made quickly and based on sound evidence.

Our Birmingham Professional programme operates across the University, supporting colleagues to network and collaborate, offering opportunities to learn and develop, contributing to the delivery of the University's objectives, and helping everyone to understand the broader context within which we work.

Apprenticeship context and summary
Birmingham Research Park provides secure, high quality office space, and virtual tenancies, in a community of research-led companies.

Tenants benefit from access to the world-class knowledge base and facilities provided by the University of Birmingham.

During this apprenticeship you will learn how to carry out a variety of tasks as well as providing excellent customer service to all visitors and tenants at the Research Park.

This apprenticeship is an exciting opportunity to work within University of Birmingham Enterprise and is designed to provide a wide range of facilities services experience.

You will learn to support the effective running of the busy Facilities Office providing support across all facilities comprising a broad variety of activities.

The role is necessarily broad in scope and the post-holder will have the opportunity of experiencing and learning about every aspect of the Bio Hub facility including space management, building maintenance and health and safety.

The role will include day-to-day office duties, facilities assistance, and basic project administration with scope to learn new areas as the apprenticeship progresses.

The post
- holder will benefit from working in a highly supportive environment with access to peers and senior colleagues who will mentor and encourage personal and professional development.

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