Customer Service Advisor/Receptionist- Reading x1

Facilities and Services Officer needed in central Reading location. ASAP start and £14.50 per hour. THE ROLE- • Open / Close the building and maintain security levels (building sweeps for people on site when closing etc) • Management of reception desk and cover reception as part of a rota (to include weekends and evenings) • Monitor and maintain a high standard of health and safety by undertaking regular building checks and resolving or reporting any issues that arise • Maintain a high standard of service to the building users by proactively identifying areas requiring maintenance • Provide an excellent level of customer service at all times, including handling ad hoc enquiries from building users and other customers in a professional and courteous manner, either resolving or referring on to others as appropriate • Develop and maintain a trusted partner relationship with teams throughout the University and support administrative tasks that might be required • Daily completion of documented room checks to ensure all equipment works, nothing is missing, classes are clean and in the correct configuration, and there are no broken or damaged tables/chairs • Daily completion of documented building checks • Act as the first point of contact for facilities/building issues (building management, landlord and contractors) • Manage the Facilities Maintenance portal (log new reactive tasks, review jobs raised, monitor job progress) • Carry out basic repairs and maintenance to building fabric and equipment • Carry out basic PPM checks: fire alarm tests, fire extinguisher, lightning, fire doors etc. • Act as Health & Safety contact, First Aider and Fire / Chief Fire Marshal • Overseeing annual H&S & Fire audits and assist with Fire Drills and any other H&S-related matters; regular first aid box checks, defibrillator checks, site inductions • Management of personal emergency evacuation procedures (PEEP) • Provide a first-line response to classroom IT queries and troubleshooting issues and log issues with IT service desk • Assist faculty in classrooms as and when required, with basic IT troubleshooting • Manage and invigilate on-site Computer based assessments (CBA); schedule and facilitate • Report any safeguarding, compliance, data protection, student conduct and infosec issues to the relevant internal teams • Carry out any administrative duties in support of the role: (printing and uploading class register, displaying relevant classroom change signage, creating and printing QR codes) • Carry out documented security-related tasks: regular premises patrols, door code changes, reviewing and downloading CCTV footage, checking lanyards and QR scanning, challenging and reporting inappropriate behaviour, escalating security issues to management or local authorities • Create and issue staff and students lanyards • Ensuring all staff and students wear lanyards whilst on site • Be flexible and willing to work out of normal hours to deal with any ad hoc issues that arise and deal with them appropriately. Be prepared to provide holiday/sickness cover when required. This may include a change of timing or work location. • Perform other duties that may be required to enable the Facilities Management Team to deliver its agreed service level