About the Role

The Porter/Driver role plays a vital role in supporting the smooth operation of the university campus by providing essential logistical, manual handling, and customer service support, including setting up meeting rooms and event spaces, driving duties and moving heavy furniture/goods.

Key Responsibilities

• Setting up, resetting and unsetting meeting rooms and event spaces for meetings, events, conferences, etc. This includes setting up marquees and gazebos.
• Providing a welcoming and helpful presence to staff, students, and visitors
• Delivering goods / print / stationery / equipment on campus and to regional centres / off-site venues
• Collecting and disposing of refuse including, confidential waste paper to recycling containers on site and, on occasions, hazardous waste
• Delivering to and setting up of office furniture around campus and regional centres / off-site locations
• Loading and unloading vehicles, either manually or using a forklift truck (where trained)
• Driving university cars, vans and lorries (up to 3.5 tonne) as required
• Carrying out routine vehicle checks and reporting faults to the Transport and Portering Manager
• Driving vehicles to and from vehicle dealerships for maintenance / repairs
• Adhering to all university policies and procedures, particularly those relating to Health and Safety, COSHH, and Manual Handling
• Being flexible re working hours including working overtime – mornings / events and weekends - sometimes at short notice in order to meet the needs of the business
• Participating in the porter / driver shift rota to allow duties to be carried out during university core hours
• Any similar or related duties required by management

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Good standard of general education (e.g. GCSEs or equivalent)
• Full UK Driving Licence (Category B) and a willingness to drive University vehicles including cars, vans and lorries up to 3.5 tonnes
• Good command of English and ability to give clear instructions 
• Able to use initiative to solve an issue/query or react appropriately in the case of an emergency. 
• The ability to use mobile digital technology such as smart devices (e.g iPhone/iPad)
• Good time management and reliability
• A flexible approach to changing demands of a service
• Ability to work overtime – mornings / events and weekends - sometimes at short notice in order to meet the needs of the business
• A strong understanding of Health and Safety regulations, particularly manual handling techniques
• Excellent physical fitness and ability to assess and undertake strenuous manual handling tasks safely
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with a diverse range of people

Desirable

• Trained in lifting and manual handling
• Forklift Truck Licence
• Driver CPC qualification
• First Aid at Work qualification
• Experience of working in a similar role in a service related field
• Commercial driving experience

Additional requirements

• Flexibility - including a willingness to working overtime when required
• Be able to work different shift patterns (if required) – Shift 1 is current requirement
  • 08:00 – 16:30 Mon – Thu & 08:00 – 16:00 Fri
  • 08:30 – 17:00 Mon – Thu & 08:30 – 16:30 Fri
  • 09:00 – 17:30 Mon – Thu & 09:00 – 17:00 Fri
• Understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential Requirements

Work location: On-site based at Walton Hall campus. 

How to apply:  To apply for this role please submit the following as separate documents;

• CV 
• Supporting statement, up to 1,000 words, you should set out in your statement why you’re interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job and person specification.

Flexible working: We are open to discussions about flexible working. Whether it’s a job share, part time, compressed hours or another working arrangement. Please reach out to us to discuss what works best for you.

We may close this job advert earlier than the published closing date where a satisfactory number of applications are received. We would therefore encourage early applications.