Facilities Assistants

Student and Campus Life (SCL) at Queen’s University Belfast provides accommodation for over 4000 students across several sites (for example Elms Village – Malone Road BT9, Elms BT1 – College Avenue and Elms BT2 – McClintock Street).

We are currently recruiting for Facilities Assistants to join our team based in the University area.

You will be joining a flexible hard working team, where you will assist in the general servicing of all student and staff areas.

A typical day for our Facilities Assistants may include:

• Power washing, leaf blowing and window cleaning
• Basic maintenance/repairs such as replacing batteries, curtains, rails and where applicable building furniture
• Collecting and delivering goods via University vehicles (driving licence required)
• General upkeep of stores areas and weekly bin collection schedule.

To find out more, call in to speak to us at one of our Recruitment Information Sessions:

• Where: Elms Village, 78 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 5BW
• When: Tuesday 6 February 2024 (11:00am to 1:00pm and 4:00pm to 6:30pm). OR;
• Where: Elms BT1, 8 College Avenue, Belfast, BT1 6DS
• When: Wednesday 7 February 2024 (11:00am to 1:00pm and 4:00pm to 6:30pm).

Two posts available working 37 hours per week, typically Monday to Friday between 8:00am to 5:00pm (can be flexible).

The successful candidate must have, and your completed application form should clearly demonstrate you have:

• Secondary school education
• Valid driving licence
• Relevant experience of dealing with customers
• Basic maintenance skills.

Please note the above is not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please visit our website.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion please visit our website.