St. Clare's, Oxford - Job vacancies

Please see Notes for Job Applicants for general background information on St. Clare's.

Background to the post

St. Clare's main sites are the Banbury Road campus and the Bardwell Road Centre. St Clare's offers residential accommodation to its students in properties near the Banbury Road campus and the Bardwell Road Centre.

Reporting relationships

The Porter will report directly to the Senior Porter.

Main duties and responsibilities

General Duties

To lock and unlock the College, set and disable alarms, to carry out checks on College vehicles as set out on the Security schedule.
To lock and unlock classrooms on the main site and to re-arrange classroom furniture as and when required.
To monitor property including residential property for open windows/doors.
To ensure all fire doors are kept closed at all times. The Fire Log-books must be kept up to date.
To challenge any unauthorised visitors or persons acting suspiciously, and to record details of any such persons.
To change tapes on security cameras and to ensure that the equipment is functioning properly.
To ensure a presence is maintained on the main site for security reasons.
To ensure that the central establishment keys and the central residential keys are kept secure at al times.
To be on call for the alarm company.

Reception

To distribute student mail.
To answer telephone calls during the evenings and on weekends and to take and pass on messages.
To assist visitors during the evenings and at weekends, to assist new student arrivals and to assist during special days, ie open day/graduation.
To distribute parcels received at the College.

Vehicle maintenance

To ensure the College vehicles are checked daily and topped-up with fuel.
To ensure vehicles are serviced in accordance with the servicing log.
To take and record bookings for the College vehicles as requested.

Any of the above if carried out during the evenings or at weekends should not compromise site security.

Cleaning

To ensure that the staff room is tidy and that used crockery is washed.
To ensure the porter's lodge area is kept tidy and clean at al times.
To ensure that areas surrounding buildings are maintained in a clean and tidy conditions
To tidy up the hall after College functions.
To assist with the St. Clare's recycling scheme.

General maintenance

To assist in general maintenance as required, general handyman duties, painting, cleaning out drains and gutters, moving furniture and luggage, driving College vehicles including minibuses, picking up and delivering stores.
Setting up chairs etc in the hall or other areas as requested.
Setting up classrooms as requested

General

To deal with any problems or student queries that may arise during the evenings and weekends.
To act as the senior person on site when dealing with student problems during out of work hours, seeking guidance from Senior Staff on call when appropriate.
To represent the College to students, parents and visitors,
To carry out any other duties as directed by the Senior Porter and Estates Manager.

Terms & Conditions

40 hours on a weekly rota, to include day, evenings and weekend shifts. Salary range £17,099 - £19,723 per annum. Contributory pension, Life Assurance Plan, 17 days holiday plus Christmas break and free meals when working.

Please apply by short letter, enclosing a full CV to include names, addresses and telephone numbers of two referees to:

Les Allen, Estates Manager
St. Clare's, Oxford
139 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 7AL

Email: recruitment@stclares.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 517368

Closing date for applications: Monday 9 June 2008
Appointments will be subject to enhanced CRB check and satisfactory references.