Sanctuary Students provide safe and secure accommodation to thousands of students around the country. We believe that our strength lies in our dedicated staff who help students with their everyday needs.
Temporary Vacation Assistant
Dinwiddy House, Kings Cross, London, N1 9NF
GBP 13.98 per hour
35 hours per week
Sanctuary Students are looking to recruit enthusiastic and self:motivated Vacation Assistants to work at our Dinwiddy House accommodation in London. We use our accommodation over the summer period for conferences, summer schools and for accommodation bookings from members of the public.
Our offices are open from 08:00 until 20:00, Monday to Sunday and the successful candidate will work varied shifts between these hours.
The role of Vacation Assistant will include:
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Providing general administrative support to the management team
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Helping the Site Management team to ensure the smooth running of accommodation
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Welcoming and greeting new arrivals and all visitors on site and giving directions and acting as the first point of contact for our customers
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Carrying out administration duties such as booking in residents, accommodation inventory checks, and processing payments
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Transporting linen/kitchen sets around site
Skills and experiences:
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Some experience of undertaking general hospitality, administration and customer service duties
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Experience in understanding and following simple verbal instructions
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Excellent customer care and communication skills
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Basic user of Microsoft Office including Word and Excel
Why work for us?
Sanctuary Studentsmanages accommodation for over 11,500 students across England and Scotland. We work in partnership with universities to provide cost:effective facilities management and support services, as well as providing specifically designed and purpose built accommodation direct to students across the UK. We offer a range of accommodation from shared flats to self:contained apartments in some of the biggest university towns and cities in the UK, including London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
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GBP 13.98 per hour
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25 days annual leave (pro rata)
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A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
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Life Assurance
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Employee Advice Service including counselling
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Cycle to Work scheme
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Voluntary health plans
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Employee discounts
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Wellbeing support and tools
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Employee recognition scheme
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Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers' needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary's commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.
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