Please note a full online application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered.

Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

Permanent contract, Full Time Post (37 hours per week)

Background of department/role

We are looking for a full-time Facilities Officer to join us as part of a team of 2, based at Medway campus.

The Facilities Officer role is split mainly with facilities functions but supporting the security area and the successful applicant will work within the Facilities Management and Housekeeping Services area of the university’s Estates and Facilities Services Department. The role will be required to meet the needs and expectations of students, staff and guests, delivering a flexible and professional service.

Applicants will be able to demonstrate their customer focused skills, combined with effective written and verbal communication skills. You must be able to maintain the highest personal professional standards representing the front-facing service of the University and to demonstrate the ability to deal with difficult and occasional stressful circumstances, to provide a clean, safe and secure environment.

A shift pattern of early and late starts is worked within these posts. Start and finish times may vary to maintain the overall flexibility within the Medway Campus, and occasional weekend work may be required to support student recruitment and other important campus events.

How will you work?

Shift patterns examples are 06.00-13.30 Mondays to Fridays or 13.30-20.00 Mondays to Fridays but flexibility required.

We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working shift patterns wherever possible, but there may be occasions when cover is required outside your normal working patterns such as weekend or bank holiday is needed.

Uniform will be provided.

How to apply

Start date for applications: 28th April 2025

Closing date for applications: 16th May 2025

Interviews are to be held: w/c 26th May 2025 (date to be confirmed)

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact nhr.facilities@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05415.

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.


Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you #yourCCCU.

Our university is deeply committed to shaping sustainable futures as a key part of its mission and values. If you share this passion, we encourage you to join us in making CCCU a more socially and environmentally conscious, sustainable place to study and work

Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.