Vacation Assistant

Vacation Assistant

Accommodation, Catering and Events / Properties & Residential Services

Grade UE02: £21,978 - £22,134 per annum plus 5% premium band for flexible working

Fixed term contract: 3rd June 2024 – 8th September 2024

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Positions available: 4

The Property & Residential Services team are looking for Vacation Assistants who are enthusiastic about delivering excellent standards of customer service.

The Opportunity:

To support the property team to setup and operate a range of accommodation for summer students, festival performers and guests, ensuring that these areas are prepared for guest arrivals and maintained to the required standards of hygiene and cleanliness. To assist the Domestic Team Leader and Operations Manager by checking and ensuring work is completed by cleaning teams as required and to the high standard.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Excellent customer service.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent decision-making skill.
Excellent problem-solving skills.

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As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
  

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note:

The closing date for applications is 24 April 2024

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Interviews will be held within 2 weeks of the closing date.