At a Glance
- Tasks: Oversee facilities and health & safety activities, including maintenance and incident management.
- Company: A registered charity with over 150 career staff, delivering diverse services for UCL students.
- Benefits: Offers a defined benefit pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement.
- Other info: The role is full-time, permanent, and based at the Bloomsbury campus with hybrid working options.
- Why this job: Join during an exciting phase of UCL’s new Student Life Strategy to enhance student wellbeing.
- Qualifications: Experience in facilities management and skilled maintenance work is required.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
We are a registered charity employing over 150 career staff and 300 student staff, delivering a wide range of services and representative functions for UCL students. We have the widest portfolio of services of any student organisation in the country, managing UCL’s extracurricular programmes for sport, music, drama, dance, media, volunteering, academic societies and intercultural engagement; providing a wide range of fantastic social spaces; leading on student democracy and representation across UCL; and offering excellent student support services.
It's an exciting time to join our growing organisation as we lead the delivery of UCL’s groundbreaking new Student Life Strategy. This is enabling us to build more programmes to improve students’ mental and physical wellbeing, promote genuine equity for all, build students’ skills and confidence, develop their international connections and intercultural skills, and make a real contribution to our local community.
We support hybrid working. Excellent benefits including defined benefit pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement. We are proud of high levels of staff engagement and pride ourselves on being a great place to work. We will consider applications to work on a flexible and job share basis wherever possible. The role is full-time and permanent. This role is based at our Bloomsbury campus with flexibility to work from home on a 40/60 basis (40% working from the office).
The Facilities Co-ordinator is responsible for setting up and overseeing general facilities and health & safety activities, risk assessments, fire safety, incident management, planning building and facilities repairs for the Students’ Union. The Facilities Co-ordinator carries out a range of reactive and planned maintenance activities including electrical, mechanical, plumbing and joinery work at a skilled level, working independently.
This role forms a key part of our Operations team, led by the Director of Operations. Comprising of both front-facing and behind the scenes departments including Health & Safety, Cafes and Bars, Bloomsbury Fitness gym, Human Resources, Facilities and Systems, the team delivers core functions and central services for the Union, as well as providing a diverse range of quality facilities accessible to our 50,000 + members. The Operations team, and this role, are central to the successful delivery of our Strategic plan that will set out the path to becoming one of the best Students’ Unions in the UK, and more importantly a better students’ union for our staff and students.
Facilities Coordinator employer: University College London Students' Union - UCL
This charity supports over 50,000 members with a wide range of extracurricular programmes. Located at UCL's Bloomsbury campus, it offers excellent benefits like a defined benefit pension scheme. The Operations team plays a crucial role in enhancing student life and engagement.
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University College London Students' Union - UCL Recruitment Team
