Sanctuary Students provide safe and secure accommodation to thousands of students around the country. We believe that our strength lies in our dedicated staff who help students with their everyday needs.
Vacation Assistant
Temporary Position from May to September
Glasgow - covering Kelvinhaugh Residences, Murano Street and Queen Margaret Residences
£11.44 per hour
35 hours per week
Sanctuary Students are looking to recruit enthusiastic and self-motivated Vacation Assistants to work at our accommodation sites in Glasgow. We use our accommodation over the summer period for conferences, summer schools and for accommodation bookings from members of the public.
The role of Vacation Assistant will include:
- Cleaning and maintenance tasks
- Helping the Site Management team to ensure the smooth running of accommodation
- Acting as the first point of contact for our customers
- Providing general administrative support to the management team
- Carrying out administration duties such as booking in residents, accommodation inventory checks, and cash handling
As important members of the team, you will ideally have some cleaning and customer service experience, but just as important is your willingness to help other team members and residents.
A flexible approach is required as you will work 5 days over 7 including some weekends and evenings.
Come along to one of our Open Days, bring along your CV and meet the staff from all three sites, learn more about the role and apply!
1st open day – Wednesday 10th April 2024 – 9am until 4pm (Location- Cairncross House, 20 Kelvinhaugh Place, G3 8NH)
2nd open day – Wednesday 17th April 2024 – 1pm until 8pm (Location- Murano Street Student Village, 13 Caithness Street, G20 7SB)
- Information and requirements will be provided for each site on the day – Queen Margaret Residences, Murano Street Student villages, Kelvinhaugh residences
- Short Interviews will be held at the open day
- A CV and Identification to be brought along by any interested candidates
Why work for us?
Sanctuary Students manages accommodation for over 11,500 students across England and Scotland. We work in partnership with universities to provide cost-effective facilities management and support services, as well as providing specifically designed and purpose built accommodation direct to students across the UK. We offer a range of accommodation from shared flats to self-contained apartments in some of the biggest university towns and cities in the UK, including London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
- 25 days leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays pro rata
- A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
- Life Assurance
- Employee Advice Service including counselling
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Voluntary health plans
- Employee discounts
- Wellbeing support and tools
- Employee recognition scheme
Closing Date: 1 May 2024
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
Building Equality and Diversity
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
Sanctuary Students is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.
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