Residential Services Assistant
| Posting date: | 09 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £23,478 to £23,751 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 January 2026 |
| Location: | Durham, County Durham, DH1 3LE |
| Company: | Durham University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 25001789_1765290155 |
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
Contracts are 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 to each position which is subject to change with two weeks' notice.
Within Residential Services there are 5 standard indicative shift patterns with a basic starting salary of £23,205 per annum. Depending on the shift pattern, an additional permanent allowance may apply up to £4,900 for weekend night shift resulting in a maximum annual salary of circa £28,000.
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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