Facilities Operations Assistant

Facilities Operations Assistant Student Success Professional & Business Support Grade 4 - £27,241 to £27,865 per annum (pro rata) depending on experience The role Working within the Sport Operations Team, you will be assisting the onsite Duty Supervisor to support safe and efficient provision of Sport Hallam facilities and services. As a Facilities Operations Assistant, you will play an important part in delivering excellent student and customer support to all our stakeholders. You will support day-to-day operations on a range of on and off Campus facilities. This will include: - Monitoring safe practice for indoor sports activities. - Setting up equipment for indoor sports activities and outdoor pitches. - Some basic domestic and housekeeping duties.
- Hospitality and front of house service. We are looking for someone who is proactive and will contribute effectively to a can-do culture. You will enjoy seeking solutions to problems and challenges, working dynamically and being flexible in line with service need. This role presents an opportunity to work with a wide selection of people including sports professionals and elite athletes, coaches, members of the community and complete beginners who are new to sport, fitness and or physical activity, so being personable and supportive to a diverse range of needs is essential. At the heart of our offering, you will need to demonstrate high standards of customer service, excellent communication skills and be able to work collaboratively across the whole staff team. Shift pattern This role requires the successful candidate to work regular patterns of shift work, at a variety of venues. ** Please see the job details document attached to this vacancy on our website for details of shift patterns currently available ** The sites are open between 06:45am – 10:15pm and cover for other team members may occasionally be required; this will be agreed between the team as needed. The Sport Services Team Sport Hallam sits within Student Success, responsible for operating four sport facilities including: • Sheffield Hallam Sports Park
• Sheffield Hallam City Athletics Stadium • City Gym
• Pearson Gym We also offer a wide range of sport and physical activity programmes and services for our students, staff and local community. With a team of approximately 45 contracted members of staff, with a further support team of 60+, you will become part of a workforce passionate about transforming lives through sport and physical activity. For more information please check out: We offer a diverse range of benefits and opportunities to pursue a rewarding and fulfilling career in a supportive environment. You will be contractually enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) one of the largest and most generous defined benefit pension schemes in the country. Find out more about the LGPS. If you are, or have been, a recent member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) directly prior to joining us, you can choose to opt out of the LGPS and remain in the USS. Please contact the Pensions team to discuss options available. Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, pregnancy and maternity, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.