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Residential Services Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 16 June 2025
Salary: £23,478 to £23,751 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 16 July 2025
Location: Durham, County Durham, DH1 3LE
Company: Durham University
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 25000665_1750088392

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Summary

The Role

Residential Services Assistants (RSAs) cover multiple areas of a College and work in a supportive team carrying out legal compliance checks such as Legionella, security patrols to ensure the safety of buildings and residents. Responsibilities also include; setting up meeting rooms, undertaking minor repairs and maintenance tasks and ensuring larger scale maintenance issues are reported to Estates & Facilities. During out of hours, RSAs are the first point of contact for all welfare and buildings issues, and provide emergency response and reception cover, liaising with appropriate College/Duty Officers and staff.

Specific Role Information

The role is up to any 5 days from 7 which may include bank holidays, nights and weekends. All contracts are 35 hours a week, full time and permanent. An indicative roster is assigned which is subject to change with two weeks' notice.


Who to contact for more information

If you would like to have a chat or ask any questions about the role or if you are struggling to complete the application process, the Systems and Administration Team would be happy to speak to you. .

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