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Porter (Full time, fixed term up to 12 months duration)

Salary

£24.9k - £25.448k

Min Experience

0 years

Location

Newport, Shropshire

JobType

Contract

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About the role

Harper Adams University is a unique and pleasant place to work. We take care of our colleagues, respect and value all our staff by providing an excellent holiday package, enhanced pay for Bank Holiday working and access to an excellent pension scheme, as we know it takes a strong and diverse workforce to maintain the kind of success we've achieved. Due to the continual growth of our award-winning global reputation and the expansion of our campus we are seeking to enhance our excellent and well-respected in-house Security and Portering team to ensure continued success. The role is key to providing an excellent customer service to the university community. The role will be based at the beautiful rural location at our Newport campus. You should have a reasonable level of physical fitness to carry out portering duties. The successful applicants would ideally have experience in working in an Education or similar environment which provides day time and night time accommodation for people aged 18 plus but this is not essential as full training will be provided. Most important is to enjoy working with people have a positive can-do attitude and the ability to work both as part of a team as well as with limited supervision using your initiative. You will be confident and outgoing with both excellent customer care and communication skills. You will be a responsible, credible individual who will work to a high standard, operating at all times with integrity, discretion and honesty when dealing with sensitive issues. You will be working on a 37-hour week Mon-Fri either 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm. Full on-site training will be provided you will also be expected to attend any training courses deemed necessary to aid you whilst carrying out your duties. A full driving license is essential for this role.

About the company

Harper Adams University is a unique and pleasant place to work. We take care of our colleagues, respect and value all our staff by providing an excellent holiday package, enhanced pay for Bank Holiday working and access to an excellent pension scheme, as we know it takes a strong and diverse workforce to maintain the kind of success we've achieved.

Skills

communication skills
customer service