Location
Oxford City Centre
Category
Facilities Admin
Pay Rate
£14.98 + holiday pay
Vacancy Type
Full-time (temporary)

About the role

We are seeking a proactive and hands-on Accommodation & Facilities Assistant to support the day-to-day running of a busy residential site. This is a varied role combining maintenance, customer service, and administrative responsibilities, ensuring a safe, well-maintained, and welcoming environment for residents.

Key Duties

• Carry out basic maintenance and minor repairs, including painting touch-ups, fixing fittings, and resolving issues such as blocked drains and sinks.
• Conduct routine building inspections, weekly fire alarm tests, and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) checks, ensuring all records and logs are accurately maintained.
• Maintain clean, safe, and accessible communal areas, entrances, pathways, and bin stores, ensuring high standards are consistently met.
• Manage contractor access, including signing contractors in and out, delivering site inductions, and reporting any concerns to the Site Manager.
• Support residents by handling enquiries, assisting with check-in and check-out processes, preparing accommodation for new tenants, and carrying out viewings for prospective residents.
• Use internal systems to log, monitor, and track maintenance requests, communicate upcoming works to tenants, and support the smooth delivery of site operations.

Selection Criteria

• Practical and hands-on, with experience of basic maintenance tasks
• Organised and able to manage a varied workload
• Confident communicator with a customer-focused approach
• Able to identify issues and take appropriate action or escalate when needed
• Comfortable using internal systems and carrying out basic administrative tasks

Vacancy ID: 22658

Please be aware that all candidates need to be able to start work immediately and must be able to work on site if required to do so.

Further information can about the Temporary Staffing Service can be found on our website https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/temporary-staffing-service
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