Warehouse & Portering Operative
| Posting date: | 04 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,215 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 December 2025 |
| Location: | Ormskirk, Lancashire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Edge Hill University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | EHS0211-1125 |
Summary
We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to our students’ experiences and give a first class service to our stakeholders and community.
Your main duties and responsibilities will include:
To provide a first-class service to our customers in undertaking set-up's/set-down's for events, to support with moves, including students, to understand stock control within our small, serviceable warehouse
Providing high standard of Cleaning and Portering service across campus
Manual handling of incoming and outgoing stock, picking and packaging of cages and the pushing and pulling of cages – this is a physically demanding role
For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact: Kelly Dobbins, Site Services Supervisor at Kelly.Dobbins@edgehill.ac.uk
About You
As Warehouse & Portering Operative, you will have:
Previous warehousing experience within Goods In, Goods Out and Stock Control environments
Understanding of COSHH, working knowledge of Health & Safety.
Previous work experience in a front-line customer service environment delivering excellent customer service, responding to customer requests and resolving issues.
Experience of working as part of a team, sharing responsibilities and working flexibly to a schedule of work.
Ability to perform DIY tasks as well as use and maintain industrial equipment e.g., vacuums, carpet cleaners etc.
Ability to work flexibly, under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Highly motivated and committed to positively engage with personal development
At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Rewards & Benefits
A minimum of 35 days annual leave per annum (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days)
Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.
Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and health & wellbeing resources
A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career
Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%
About Us
At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before.
Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.
Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world.
Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to our students’ experiences and give a first class service to our stakeholders and community.
Your main duties and responsibilities will include:
To provide a first-class service to our customers in undertaking set-up's/set-down's for events, to support with moves, including students, to understand stock control within our small, serviceable warehouse
Providing high standard of Cleaning and Portering service across campus
Manual handling of incoming and outgoing stock, picking and packaging of cages and the pushing and pulling of cages – this is a physically demanding role
For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact: Kelly Dobbins, Site Services Supervisor at Kelly.Dobbins@edgehill.ac.uk
About You
As Warehouse & Portering Operative, you will have:
Previous warehousing experience within Goods In, Goods Out and Stock Control environments
Understanding of COSHH, working knowledge of Health & Safety.
Previous work experience in a front-line customer service environment delivering excellent customer service, responding to customer requests and resolving issues.
Experience of working as part of a team, sharing responsibilities and working flexibly to a schedule of work.
Ability to perform DIY tasks as well as use and maintain industrial equipment e.g., vacuums, carpet cleaners etc.
Ability to work flexibly, under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Highly motivated and committed to positively engage with personal development
At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Rewards & Benefits
A minimum of 35 days annual leave per annum (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days)
Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.
Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and health & wellbeing resources
A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career
Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%
About Us
At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before.
Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.
Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world.
Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.
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