Campus Facilities Assistant

Grade UE03: £23,742 – £25,804 per annum

CAHSS / Centre for Open Learning

Full-time: 35 hours per week 

Open-Ended (Permanent)

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a Campus Facilities Assistant to provide professional facilities support for the buildings on the Holyrood campus, acting as a first point of contact for staff, students and visitors and assisting with health & safety checks across the Holyrood campus.

The University of Edinburgh’s Holyrood campus is home to Moray House School of Education and Sport (MHSES) and the Centre for Open Learning (COL).  It contains a wide range of specialist facilities including laboratories, workshops, art and music studios and sports facilities, as well as general teaching and office space, spread across eight buildings off Holyrood Road. 

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with an interest in facilities or operations to assist in the delivery of a facilities management service. We are looking for someone with good customer service, teamworking and interpersonal skills. The candidate should have basic problem-solving abilities, high confidence in a physically active role, and be comfortable providing first aid support. 

This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and open ended. The shift pattern for this role is fixed at 11:00 – 19:00, Monday to Friday, although this may change based on operational needs.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Experience in a customer service setting with a strongly developed sense of service delivery and customer focused approach 
• Ability to demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail and good level of accuracy in data entry
• Ability to work as team member whilst under pressure
• Confidence in carrying out a range of physical tasks, including regular manual handling across the campus

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Application Information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Cover letter

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
• We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success 
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 15 October 2025

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

If you have any questions about this position, please reach out to holyrood@ed.ac.uk.

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