Vacation Assistant in Glasgow

Sanctuary Students provide safe and secure accommodation to thousands of students around the country. We believe that our strength lies in our dedicated staff who help students with their everyday needs.

Temporary Position from June to September

£12.71 per hour

Glasgow - covering Kelvinhaugh Residences, Murano Street and Queen Margaret Residences

Sanctuary Students are looking to recruit enthusiastic and self-motivated Vacation Assistants to work at our accommodation sites in Glasgow. We use our accommodation over the summer period for conferences, summer schools and for accommodation bookings from members of the public.

Roles available are between 20 and 35 hours per week - A flexible approach is required as you will work 5 days over 7 including some weekend working, with positions starting at £12.71 per hour! Contracts are 16 weeks between 01/06/2026 and 20/09/2026.

The role of Vacation Assistant will include:

• Providing general administrative support to the management team
• Cleaning and maintenance tasks including end of tenancy deep cleaning and clearing of Student flats, cleaning communal areas and doing laundry room cleaning
• Helping the Site Management team to ensure the smooth running of accommodation
• Welcoming and greeting new arrivals and all visitors on site and giving directions and acting as the first point of contact for our customers
• Carrying out administration duties such as booking in residents, accommodation inventory checks, and cash handling
• Transporting linen/kitchen sets around site
• Issuing keys and passes to visitors and managing the signing in and out documents, ensuring it is kept up to date and dealing with the key replacement process
• Handling queries and complaints via phone, email and at the front desk
• Schedule appointments in calendar and informing residents through email
• Administrative tasks including filing, printing, scanning and updating spreadsheets and different systems
• Receiving and organising post and parcels

Desirable skills and experience:

• Some experience of undertaking general hospitality, administration and customer service duties
• Experience in understanding and following simple verbal instructions
• Excellent customer care and communication skills
• Basic user of Microsoft Office including Word and Excel

Come along to one of our Open Days, bring along your CV and meet the staff from all three sites, learn more about the role and apply!

Kelvinhaugh Street Residences Wednesday 15th April 2026, 10:00am - 16:00pm

Murano Street Student Village Friday 17th April 2026, 14:00pm – 20:00pm

Queen Margaret Residences Monday 13th April 2026, 08:00am – 14:00pm

Information and requirements will be provided for each site on the day – Queen Margaret Residences, Murano Street Student villages, Kelvinhaugh residences

Short Interviews will be held at the open day

A CV and Identification to be brought along by any interested candidates

Why work for us?

Sanctuary Students manages accommodation for over 11,500 students across England and Scotland. We work in partnership with universities to provide cost-effective facilities management and support services, as well as providing specifically designed and purpose built accommodation direct to students across the UK. We offer a range of accommodation from shared flats to self-contained apartments in some of the biggest university towns and cities in the UK, including London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays pro rata
• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Wellbeing support and tools

We are only currently accepting applications from those with the right to work in the UK.

If you are applying internally, don't forget to use your internal careers account to submit your application.

We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don't miss out, please apply early.

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers' needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary's commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.

We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.

Sanctuary Students is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.