Part-time Porter x 3 (4 hours a day)

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

We are looking to recruit for 3 part-time Porters to join our department of Estates.

You will be responsible for the provision of cleaning, washing, sweeping, mopping, dusting, polishing and vacuum cleaning of designated areas to the required standard. The post holder will be associated with Portering duties but will form part of a team and be flexible to act in posts of both Porter and Cleaner as directed by the on-site manager/line manager.

You should be educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Maths and English and hold a manual handling training certificate. Good communication skills and experience of working in a post where there is a Porter handling environment in the higher education sector is essential.

The post is part-time 20 hours per week (4 hours a day) and permanent. Exact working hours will be confirmed at the time of interview.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 1 in the salary of £14.80 per hour - £27,010 per annum pro-rata (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.

Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website.

Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date.

Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable.

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.