Details
1111259
University of Warwick
31/05/2026
6 Months
36.5 hours per week - 36.5 hours per week Mon-Thurs 9.00am to 5.30pm, Friday 9.00am to 4.30pm. Flexibility to work weekends (UG/PG Student arrivals).
Not Applicable
Pay
£16.46
£1.99
Description
Role
To support the Disability Services, Estates Office, and Warwick Accommodation, with accessibility and inclusive environment-related activities in line with the University’s Social Inclusion Strategy.
Day-to-day duties will include carrying out surveys of University premises to check accessibility and determine appropriate adaptation solutions; liaising with occupants, tenants, building users and other stakeholders; carrying out inspections; working closely with project managers to ensure specifications, designs and completed works are compliant with statutory and University regulations associated with Accessibility and Inclusive Environment; raising awareness of requirements and promoting associated best practice across Estates and the University.
To ensure that the University is compliant with current standards including, but not limited to, the Equality Act 2010, Building Regulations and relevant British Standards (BS 8300) and the Estates Inclusive Design Guidance, whilst also giving consideration towards best practice to allow the University to move towards a best-in-class approach to accessibility and inclusion in our Estate.
Duties and responsibilities
- Attend visits to accommodation with Disability Services and students to ascertain adaptation work required in the summer for the new incoming student.
- As a member of the Accessible Student Room Adaptation and Allocation Planning Group, be responsible for ensuring appropriate work is undertaken as specified by the group and inspect to check the work is complete before Student arrivals, whilst informing the group of any plans for capital project refurbishments which may affect existing adapted rooms.
- Be responsible for maintaining and managing the Adapted Rooms with Allocations accessibility spreadsheet to ensure it is accurate following adaptations and summer projects.
- Disability Services and Accessibility Project Assistant required to be available during arrivals process including the weekend to meet any students with adaptations to ensure their needs are met.
- Raise dockets for adaptations or other works required in adapted rooms on the Estates Service desk and check dockets are completed satisfactorily, record information and follow up as required.
- Engage with the Warwick Accommodation summer projects/refurbishments to ensure accessible rooms have correct equipment installed to agreed specification and standards.
- Ensure accessibility equipment, such as patient hoists, is maintained and regularly tested in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions.
- Ensure that equipment arranged with DSA and delivered to site is installed in the correct room prior to arrivals. Make appropriate arrangements to store items for returning students, with liability disclaimer, and ensure porters are able to locate and return items correctly.
- During capital project refurbishments, ensure that existing accessible equipment such as desks, grab rails etc. are considered for reuse and removed and stored accordingly.
- Visit other areas of campus, i.e. teaching spaces, if student having access problems to review, as requested by Disability Services.
Skills and experience
Qualifications
- Educated to degree standard in a relevant Built Environment subject or equivalent professional experience.
Professional Qualifications
- NRAC accredited Auditor or Consultant, Professional qualification in relevant discipline or working towards accreditation/qualification.
Previous Experience
- Experience of providing accessibility advice and technical expertise at a similar level. Experience of providing specialist/technical expertise and advice for the successful delivery of accessibility and diversity-related initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience carrying out built environment audits, inspections and writing reports.
- Proven ability to make relevant technical solutions and the ability to assess the needs for reasonable adjustments within the context of priority-based budgeting.
- Proven track record of identifying areas for development or improvement, and in being able to recommend the resolution of complex issues.
- Experience of working in a large, multi-site organisation.
Knowledge and Skills
- Excellent, up to date knowledge of accessibility and inclusive environment principles in the built environment, including a clear and precise understanding of disability legislation and the Equality Act 2010, thorough knowledge about developments across the sector and/or statutory changes.
- Ability to identify needs of a wide range of people with different protected characteristics and assess the impact of Estates business on their needs, identify trends and recommend approaches to address these changes and implement them.
- The ability to work on several concurrent projects, on time, in budget, correct quality and to the satisfaction of end users.
- Ability to prioritise effectively the conflicting pressures of longer-term planning with short-term demands.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to influence senior management, teams, interest groups and contracting teams.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to remain up to date and advise senior management on policy/statutory changes or complex issues.
- IT literate - experience in Microsoft 365 packages, Web-enabled applications, database software and web-based collaboration tools.
- Awareness of Autodesk design and construction software including Revit and the 360 suite, as well as Site builder website editing would be an advantage.
- Ability to produce, deliver and interpret complex technical audit and compliance reports.
Location
Ability to work across the Warwick campus as required is essential, as is a willingness to work flexibly – including occasional out of hours work.
Additional information
Advert closes on the 10th May