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JOB DESCRIPTION Employment status and working hours Fixed term for 12 months, part time for 22 hours per week. In this role your weekly working pattern will be Monday to Thursday inclusive from 17:30 to 21:30 and Saturday 10:00 to 17:00 (Saturday includes a one hour unpaid lunch break). Days and times may be subject to variation dependent on need and academic calendar. Organisation structure Chief Operating Officer, The London School of Architecture. Your line manager will be Eimear Marley, Operations Lead and you will have direct interaction with Lee Ivett, Head of School. Place of work Your full working week will be spent at The London School of Architecture (The LSA) office at 4 Beechwood Road, London, E8 3DY.
High level summary of job role You will provide essential out-of-hours operational and facilities support, to ensure The LSA studio remains a safe, secure and effective learning environment for our students. Working during evenings and weekends, you will support student access, maintain building security, undertake minor maintenance and repairs, and act as a key point of contact within the studio. You will work closely with students, the Head of School, operations team and external contractors to support the day-to-day operation, upkeep and health and safety compliance of the studio environment. Specific job role accountabilities and responsibilities Premises, maintenance and facilities support
Studio operations and facilities coordination
Studio supervision and student support
Health, safety and compliance
Other important features of the job role Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) criminal record check: Due to the nature of the working environment and to safeguard any children or young people on premises, you will need to undergo an Enhanced DBS check with the Children's Barred List. As a result and as part of the application process, you must disclose all and any past or pending cautions or convictions, whether spent or otherwise, unless it is either a protected caution or a protected conviction under the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). If you are offered the role, we will commence the online DBS check with you. Line management responsibilities: None. Budget responsibility: None. In this role you will liaise with the following: Internally – operations team, academic team, professional services staff, students. Externally – contractors, suppliers, maintenance providers
PERSON SPECIFICATION E = Essential person requirement; D = Desirable person requirement How the person requirement will be assessed: A = Application; I = Interview; T = Test or other assessment Please be aware that as part of safer recruitment and onboarding processes, we will seek original documentary evidence of the relevant academic and/or professional qualifications which you include within your job application. This is all part of our comprehensive pre-employment screening which also includes checking your identity, right to work, criminal record history (basic disclosure unless specified otherwise), and three years employment history. This is all part of our commitment to safeguarding our students. Keeping our students safe is a responsibility shared by everyone within the University. Qualifications and training GCSE Maths and English language Grade C or 4 or above (D, A). Manual handling training (D, A). First Aid or Fire Warden training (D, A). Previous experience Working in higher education (D, A, I). Experience in a maintenance role (E, A, I). Lone working (E, A, I). Behaviours and attitudes Alignment to the University’s core values and growth mindset approach, which reflect our culture. Refer to the specific behaviours within the Competency Framework (E, I) – summarised within the careers site. Skills, knowledge, other requirements Basic knowledge of health and safety legislation (E, I). Proactive approach, using initiative and identifying potential areas for improvement and/or development and methods of addressing these (E, A, I). Multitasking: able to effectively balance and deal with different tasks, and take ownership of tasks from start to completion (E, I). Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage concurrent workflows (E, I). Computer literate with digital skills including MS Office applications including shared calendars, Teams (D, I). Ability to work on own initiative (E, A, I). Ability to follow instructions and report back on completion (E, I). Strong attention to detail (E, A, I). Excellent time keeping (E, I). Commitment to delivering positive outcomes for our students regardless of your area of work within the University; we want our students to be successful (E, I). You must be prepared to undertake mandatory online training should you be appointed. The University is regulated by the Office for Students and Ofsted, and we have specific requirements and expectations around safeguarding, Prevent, and anti-harassment and bullying. This is all part of our Competency Framework requirements (E, I). Business travel within London if required (D, I).
PAY AND BENEFITS Salary: Actual salary £16,931 per annum (£26,936 Full Time Equivalent). Holiday: 26 days paid holiday (rising to 28 with service) plus paid bank/public holidays plus up to five paid closure days (typically between Christmas and New Year); all per holiday year Full Time Equivalent. Our holiday year runs from 1 August to 31 July. We also have a holiday buy and sell scheme in place. Sometimes the University does not need to close for five days per year and any balance (for example one day), can be used as a paid Wellbeing Day to take time out for your own physical or mental health. Pension and life assurance: Pensions auto-enrolment to the People’s Pension which is a default salary sacrifice scheme. You may opt out of salary sacrifice but remain in the scheme, or you may choose to opt out altogether. We provide life assurance (death in service) cover as standard to all employees. Family-friendly policies: Policies in place for all types of family-friendly statutory leave with enhanced pay available from day one of employment for some leave types. Access to Tax-Free Childcare (Government scheme). Wellbeing: Full access to the Employee Assistance Programme as well as the Thrive Mental Wellbeing app. Several employees are trained Mental Health First Aiders and can support staff. We have a wellbeing policy and we focus on five pillars of wellbeing. Sustainable travel: Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice schemes. Other health related benefits: Employer-funded Health Cash Plan (Simplyhealth) and voluntary dental insurance (Unum). Other valuable benefits:
APPLICATIONS - THINGS TO CONSIDER For an informal discussion about the role please contact Eimear Marley on 0118 467 2049 or email e.marley@ube.ac.uk. For any other enquiries please contact HR on 0118 467 2454 / 2433 or email recruitment@ube.ac.uk Did one of our employees recommend you? If you apply on the recommendation of an existing employee, please make sure to mention their name within your application. We're passionate about sustainability and we have a five-year strategic plan: We expect job seekers to be curious about who we are and what we do. We point you towards a couple of resources about who we are and sustainability. Closing date and next steps We will receive applications until the advert closes on Monday 19 October 2026 at 17:00. We will not consider late applications. Our ATS does not screen applications, we humans do. Applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date and occasionally, you may be invited to interview ahead of the closing date. Interview details Dates for interview will be advised to you later in the process. We'll ask you to tell us about any dates you cannot make, up to 4 weeks from the closing date; this helps us to plan interviews should you be shortlisted, prior to contacting you. Interviews are normally carried out over Microsoft Teams or Zoom. Depending on the job role and place of work, your interview may be at our Reading or London office. Please be prepared for a two-stage interview process, held on different dates. As part of the interview process, you will likely meet a member of the Senior Leadership Team. Note for internal candidates If you are an existing employee, we request you inform your current line manager of your intention to apply for this role. As this is a fixed term role, if you were (in the future) to be offered and accept this role, it would mean relinquishing your contractual permanent employment status with the University. Following the expiry of the fixed term period, your employment with the University would cease, unless an alternative role is secured. If instead you would like to apply for this role on the basis of it being a secondment (i.e. not relinquishing your permanent status), please discuss this with your current line manager. Only your line manager can consider and agree to a secondment because this impacts the resourcing in your current team. Please contact HR if you or your line manager need to discuss this further.
More about The LSA Founded in 2015, The LSA was the country’s first new independent architecture school for over 150 years. The LSA was set up as a positive and proactive response to issues in higher education that led to fewer students completing or continuing into the architectural profession. The ambition was to create a distinctive new model of architectural education that resulted in the greater engagement, and retention, of talented students from all backgrounds and financial means, underpinned and enabled by a professional Practice Network and focusing the school’s teaching on built environment industry and community-led thinking. Our vision is that people living in cities experience more fulfilled and more sustainable lives. Our mission is to continue to be the route of choice for talented students from across the whole of society by addressing barriers to the profession and construction industry. Our students are both critically engaged and highly employable. Our highly regarded Part 2 (MArch in Designing Architecture) is undertaken alongside a paid in-practice placement through the school’s established Practice Network of more than 300 architectural firms. The programme has secured recognition from the Architects Registration Board and the Royal Institute of British Architects at Part 2 level. As part of University of the Built Environment, we can realise our shared vision to foster a fellowship of built environment professionals working collectively to shape an accessible and sustainable industry.