Facilities Assistant at University of Oxford

About the role

Facilities Services provide those services that allow the essential and safe running of the Bodleian Library. Teams in the section cover facilities management, security, engineering, maintenance, transport, health & safety and post.  

We are seeking a Facilities Assistant to work within a small team looking after the first line maintenance of the buildings, ensuring a safe and comfortable working environment for staff, students, academics and researchers from across the world.

You will assist with electrically biased daily reactive and preventative maintenance requirements of the site, including liaising with contractors, lamp changing, ensuring the safe use of equipment, reporting faults, handyman assistance, routine general maintenance tasks and being part of a priority response team. There is also an important element of assisting and covering for absences for the internal post and porter service for which training will be given. Additionally, this role is included on our emergency call out rota usually one in every six weeks.

This is a permanent, full-time post, working 36.5 hours per week.

Due to the nature of this post, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service check due to regular access to secure areas.

About you

You will have experience of practical maintenance tasks

You will have experience in escorting contractors and overseeing maintenance and building works

You will be able to respond promptly and effectively to changes in priorities and deadlines

You will be able to carry tools, materials, equipment and furniture and be comfortable working at heights and in confined spaces.   

It is also essential that you trustworthy and reliable and have the ability to develop good working relationships with clients and staff and are prepared to work flexibly as part of a team.

Knowledge of health and safety is desirable. 

What We Offer 

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans 

Diversity

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.

How to apply

You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting evidence form using the attached template (or a supporting statement) as part of your online application. The supporting evidence form lists each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, please explain how you meet each one.

The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Dave Freeman, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (david.freeman@bodleian.ox.ac.uk).  General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department (recruitment@bodleian.ox.ac.uk)

Only applications received online before 12:00 midday (GMT) on Monday 12 February 2024 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Tuesday 27 February 2024.