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1098672
De Montfort University (Leicester)
30/06/2025
2 Months
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Business Dress
Pay
£16.05
£1.94
Description
Role
The Contracts and Services Officer is a pivotal role ensuring the safe, efficient, and compliant management of contractors and estates services across the College. The post requires strong organisational, communication, and record-keeping skills, as well as a commitment to health and safety, equality, and the welfare of students. Flexibility, professionalism, and a proactive attitude are essential for success in this role.
This is a full-time, all year round post - 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday - Thursday with a 4pm finish on a Friday.
If successful, you will be required to undergo a Standard DBS check, which will be carried out by the DMU Unitemps team.
Duties and responsibilities
Contractor Management
- Control of Contractors: Ensure Health & Safety is considered for each job, and only competent contractors are selected.
- Health & Safety Arrangements: Manage health and safety for contractors, including issuing permits to work, creating and updating risk assessments, and hazard notifications.
- Compliance Monitoring: Ensure all contractor activities comply with risk assessments and method statements, both before work starts and through ongoing monitoring.
- Contractor Selection and Induction: Oversee the selection, induction (including health and safety training), and ongoing management of contractors, ensuring compliance with value for money and tendering processes.
- Documentation and Evaluation: Ensure all documentation is received and logged post-completion, and evaluate work as per contract review processes.
Maintenance and Record-Keeping
- Central Records: Maintain central records of all regular maintenance and inspection works, ensuring timely and cost-effective completion in line with health and safety procedures.
- Approved Contractors: Manage the list of Approved Contractors to streamline quoting and tendering for regular maintenance.
Estates and Project Support
- Contracted Services Oversight: Support the Associate Principal in overseeing contracted estates services (e.g., catering, cleaning).
- Maintenance Planning: Assist the Estates Manager in planning short- and medium-term maintenance across the estate.
- Major Projects: Support practical arrangements for major building projects.
- Systems Harmonisation: Help harmonise contracts and services systems across college sites.
General Duties
- Policy Adherence: Ensure compliance with safeguarding, equality, and health and safety policies.
- Health & Safety Responsibility: Maintain health and safety standards within own areas of responsibility.
- Professional Development: Participate in professional development and review processes.
- Flexibility: Undertake other duties as required by the Principal, within the general scope of the post.
Skills and experience
Essential:
- Minimum of 2 A levels (or equivalent)
- GCSE English and Maths (grade C or above)
Related Experience
Essential:
- Experience in a premises role
- Experience with tendering and procurement
- Experience maintaining and developing data record systems
- Experience liaising with various stakeholders
- Experience writing reports
Skills & Abilities
- High accuracy and attention to detail
- Proficient with Microsoft Office, especially Excel
- Effective and sensitive communication skills
- Strong planning and prioritisation abilities
- Good written and oral communication
Attitude & Disposition
- Commitment to continuous improvement
- Alignment with college values (diversity, equality)
- Commitment to safeguarding and welfare of young people
- Flexibility, resilience, and calmness under pressure
- Open and approachable manner
Location
Central Leicester / Leicester City
Additional information
Unitemps is acting as an Employment Business, supplying temporary workers, in relation to this vacancy. Unitemps are based on the 1st floor of the DSU Campus Centre. Our friendly reception is open Monday to Friday 10am-4pm and the team are contactable on 01162078351 or Unitemps@dmu.ac.uk if you have any queries relating to Unitemps.
Unitemps DMU operates a monthly payroll - Please refer to the candidate information hub for DMU unitemps in relation to pay dates and further information - HERE
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