Building Attendant - Halls

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.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable, and hardworking person, who has a keen eye for detail and aims to deliver the exceptional operational standards required particularly at busy service times. As a member of our team, you will have a positive and energetic approach and be a colleague that the team looks forward to working with and builds strong relationships with others to accomplish tasks and shared goals.

Your role will be full of variety, and at times physically demanding, working in and around our halls of residence and other properties managed by us. You will be working directly with students, visitors, and staff. Your outstanding customer service skills are key to the team's success. You will also need to have a logical and practical approach to deal with our buildings and people.

If you can drive and have a valid driving license that would be ideal but is not essential.

We use computers and mobile tech daily, so knowing the IT basics will be required, but full training on our systems is provided.

• First line building maintenance, blocked drains, changing lamps, fixing toilet seats, cleaning, rubbish removal etc.
• Investigating jobs, making safe where possible, and raising service requests for follow on work
• Building compliance and safety, testing fire alarms, checking emergency lights, water flushing etc.
• Moving stock and goods in and around site
• Coordinating emergency response, fire alarms first aid, floods, power outage etc.
• Site patrol and security
• Assisting in open days and accommodation tours
• Covering customer contact points in person and via phone, dealing with arrivals, departures, and visitor enquires
• Preparing sites and rooms for visitors and events
• Assisting in the daily operation of our halls and properties

Further details can be found within the job role profile.

Part time, 20.5 Hours per week. Working 3 days per week, with varying shift times between 8:00am and 8:00pm including Saturdays and Sundays. Public and University holidays may be required to be worked.

This position will be offered on a permanent basis working throughout the full calendar year (52 weeks of the year) Hours worked at the weekend will be enhanced by additional 15% payment.

The successful candidate for this post will be expected to attend the Estates and Facilities training courses which will run Monday to Friday mornings. Further details will be given at interview.

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Area
NH Welcome Point North

Location
University Park

Closing Date
Monday 16 November 2026

Reference
NHE712626

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Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. 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 proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. 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.

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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 UK.