Building Attendant 

The University of Nottingham has been providing an outstanding student experience for over 140 years and is a leading university of worldwide significance with established campuses in UK, China and Malaysia.

About the Role & Team:

This role will support the day-to-day running of any of our University Sites/buildings, including portering and setting up classrooms and meeting rooms across our campuses to meet customer requirements. You will be the first point of contact for visitors, providing information and assistance where required and will be responsible for locking and unlocking buildings and testing fire alarms. Please note this is a supportive post based at the City Hospital, but with the expectation to support at other campuses on request.

Other duties include the collection and delivery of internal mail, identifying and reporting maintenance issues, inspecting fixtures and fittings, and ensuring that excellent customer service is provided at all times.

About You:

It is essential for this role that candidates have experience of working in a similar customer-facing environment and have some supervisory experience. Ideally, you will also have experience of setting up meeting rooms, knowledge of testing fire and security alarm systems and have cleaning experience gained within a similar environment.

Hours of work are 10 per week, worked mainly Monday and Tuesday between 11.30am and 5pm which includes a 1/2 hour break. Flexibility will be required.

This post will be offered on a permanent contract for 52 weeks of the year. Arrangements for job share would be considered. Further details regarding the duties for the post can be found on the attached job role profile.

What we offer:

• Excellent holiday allowance of 27 days (pro rota), plus additional university closure days and bank holidays.
• Employee Assistance Programme/Counselling Service- 24/7 support. 
• Uniform provide plus the tools you need to do a great job. 
• We are committed to staff development/provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities. 
• Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work 
• Access to all range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more see our benefits website

Successful candidates will be expected to attend induction training courses which will run each month, Monday to Friday on University Park Campus. Further details will be given at interview.

The interviews for these posts are informal and will take no longer than 30 minutes.

For general queries please contact our Estates Recruitment email at bw-estatesrecruit@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Closing Date: 10 May 2026
Category: Operations and Facilities

About the Role/Team:

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and hardworking people, who have a keen eye for detail and take pride in their work and who enjoy cleaning in a variety of areas to join our team of sports facility cleaners at the David Ross Sports Village based at University Park.

Main duties will include cleaning a wide range of areas/spaces and providing general and specialised cleaning within the building (offices, toilets, bathrooms, changing rooms, staff areas/rooms, corridors, stairwells, fitness facilities, Clinic etc) and providing excellent customer service at all times, working either independently or as a part of a team.

About You:

This position entails providing both planned and reactive cleaning service across the building and supporting the local cleaning team with covering holidays, sickness, deep cleaning, and supporting with any urgent requests/inquiries assigned by Line Manager.

Previous cleaning experience within similar environment and ability to work independently and as part of a team are desirable but not essential as full training will be given.

Further details regarding the duties for the role can be found on the attached job role profile.

Hours of Work:

Weekend Post 1- 6 hours per week, 2 days out of 7 to be arranged (mainly Saturday and Sunday, working between 6.15am and 9.15am) Flexibility will be required.

Weekend Post 2- 6 hours per week, 2 days out of 7 to be arranged (mainly Saturday and Sunday, working between 1.00pm and 4.00pm) Flexibility will be required.

Weekend Post 3- 7 hours per week, 2 days out of 7 to be arranged (mainly Saturday and Sunday, working between 5.00pm and 8.30pm) Flexibility will be required.

These positions are offered a permanent basis working on a rolling contract 52-weeks of the year basis to include student vacation periods and will attract 15% pay uplift allowance for any hours worked at the weekend.

What we offer:

• Excellent holiday allowance of 27 days (pro rota), plus additional university closure days and bank holidays.
• Employee Assistance Programme/Counselling Service- 24/7 support. 
• Uniform provide plus the tools you need to do a great job. 
• We are committed to staff development/provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities. 
• Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work 
• Access to all range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more see our benefits website

Successful candidates will be expected to attend induction training courses which will run each month, Monday to Friday on University Park Campus. Further details will be given at interview.

The interviews for these posts are informal and will take no longer than 20 minutes.

For general queries please contact our Estates Recruitment email at bw-estatesrecruit@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted. Job Reference: NHE9013426

Closing Date: 17 Apr 2026
Category: Operations and Facilities

Salary: £24,084 to £24,701 per annum based on a 36.25-hour contract / pro rata if applicable. Posts initially offered at minimum salary point £12.78 per hour, with progression to higher salary point,£12.96 per hour via incremental pay rise.

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

About the role/team:

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and hardworking people who take pride in their work and have excellent customer service skills, who enjoy cleaning in a variety of areas.

Based at the DHL Pavilion and Lakeside Arts, main duties will include the cleaning of public areas (cafés, gallery, reception and box office, theatre, toilets, and any other circulation areas and duties allocated by the line manager/duty manager to include external toilets and providing both planned and reactive cleaning service and supporting cover with holidays, sickness and any urgent requests/inquiries assigned on the day on request.

About you:

As a member of our team, you will have a positive approach and be a colleague that the team look forward to working with, building strong relationships with others to accomplish tasks and shared goals and have a keen eye for detail and aim to deliver exceptional operational service/standards at all times.  

Previous cleaning experience within a similar environment is desirable. Full training will be given. Further details regarding the duties for the role can be found on the attached job role profile.

Hours of Work:

Post 1: 14 hours per week, working 2 days out of 7 to be arranged mainly Saturday and Sunday, between the hours 8am and 4.00pm on a 52-week of the year contract basis. Flexibility will be required.

Post 2: 7 hours per week, working 2 days out of 7 to be arranged mainly Saturday and Sunday, between the hours 8am and 11.30am on a 52-week of the year contract basis. Flexibility will be required.

These are permanent positions on a rolling contract with an additional 15% pay for hours worked over the weekend.

What we offer:

• Excellent holiday allowance 27 days (pro rota), plus additional university closure days and bank holidays.
• Employee Assistance Programme/Counselling Service- 24/7 support.  
• Staff development/provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities. 
• Reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work 
• Access to all range of benefits and rewards. - benefits website

Successful candidates will be expected to attend induction training courses which run each month, Monday to Friday on University Park Campus. 

Further details will be given at interview, which for these posts are informal and will take no longer than 20 minutes.

For general queries please contact our Estates Recruitment email bw-estatesrecruit@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk . Applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Closing Date: 13 Apr 2026
Category: Operations and Facilities