Caretaker

The duties of the post, some of which will require physical effort such as standing for long periods, walking
distances, climbing stairs, bending, stretching and lifting, pushing and pulling and using cleaning and
maintenance equipment, will include the following:
1. Removing rubbish and recycling from buildings and external bins. Taking rubbish to Eurobins on a
daily basis.
2. Litter picking and general cleaning of areas directly outside of residential accommodation.
3. Cleaning communal areas including student common room, toilets, foyers, stairways, landings, lifts,
launderettes, shampooing carpets and other floor maintenance, taking and returning cleaning
machinery to secure storage. Ensuring machinery is kept in a clean and safe condition.
4. Collecting and distributing materials and equipment from internal stores and external delivery
companies, including manual handling of items such as mattresses, furniture and cleaning
products.
5. Cover Housekeeping staff duties as and when required.
6. Distribute student post.
7. Undertake weekly legionella checks and any other relevant health and safety checks that may be
required and recording this information for audit purposes as necessary.
8. Maintain door locks including, but not limited to, battery changes and reprogramming locks with the
use of the service terminals.
9. Assisting with distribution of laundry and equipment during Conference season.
10. Carrying out minor repairs to furniture and fittings, including the replacement of these where
necessary.
11. Ensuring that all machinery is kept in a clean and safe condition, reporting any faults directly to the
line manager.
12. Assisting with the training and mentoring of new and temporary members of staff within the team.
13. Flexibility in relation to University key events such as Arrivals Day, Visit Days, student 'move-out'
days, summer conference season, Christmas rubbish collection and any other key University key
accommodation events.
14. lssuing and collecting master keys as required, and ensuring their secure storage, in the absence
of the line manager.
15. Any other such duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Deputy Director (Services) or
their nominee .

Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
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