Salary
£25,353 to £26,379 per annum based on a 36.25‑hour contract / pro rata if applicable. Posts are initially offered at the minimum salary point £13.45 per hour, with progression to the higher salary point, £13.99 per hour through annual incremental pay rise.
Area
Domestic Services
Location
UK Other
Closing Date
Sunday 21 June 2026
Interview Date
To be confirmed
Reference
NHE1056526X2
The University of Nottingham
Building Attendant
The University of Nottingham has been providing an outstanding student experience for over 140 years and is a leading university of worldwide significance with established campuses in UK, China and Malaysia.
About the Role & Team
This role will support the day‑to‑day running of any of our University Sites/buildings, including portering and setting up classrooms and meeting rooms across our campuses to meet customer requirements. You will be the first point of contact for visitors, providing information and assistance where required and will be responsible for locking and unlocking buildings and testing fire alarms. Please note this is a supportive post based at the City Hospital, but with the expectation to support at other campuses on request.
Other duties include the collection and delivery of internal mail, identifying and reporting maintenance issues, inspecting fixtures and fittings, and ensuring that excellent customer service is provided at all times.
About You
It is essential for this role that candidates have experience of working in a similar customer‑facing environment and have some supervisory experience. Ideally, you will also have experience of setting up meeting rooms, knowledge of testing fire and security alarm systems and have cleaning experience gained within a similar environment.
Hours of work are 10 per week, worked mainly Monday and Tuesday between 11.30am and 5pm which includes a ½ hour break. Flexibility will be required.
This post will be offered on a permanent contract for 52 weeks of the year. Arrangements for job share would be considered. Further details regarding the duties for the post can be found on the attached job role profile.
What we offer
- Excellent holiday allowance of 27 days (pro rota), plus additional university closure days and bank holidays.
- Employee Assistance Programme/Counselling Service – 24/7 support.
- Uniform provide plus the tools you need to do a great job.
- We are committed to staff development/provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities.
- Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work.
- Access to all range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more see our benefits website.
Successful candidates will be expected to attend induction training courses which will run each month, Monday to Friday on University Park Campus. Further details will be given at interview.
The interviews for these posts are informal and will take no longer than 30 minutes.
Equal Opportunities and Diversity
We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website.
We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme.
We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.
We welcome applications from UK, Europe and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page for details.
This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.
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