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.
Assistant Accommodation Manager
Dinwiddy House, London, N1
£30,349 - £31,946 per annum
35 hours per week
The Assistant Accommodation Manager will join our friendly team at Dinwiddy House in London. You will ensure exceptional customer service is consistently delivered and will assist staff with any escalations that may arise, whilst also maintaining a Health and Safety compliant environment. You will work in a challenging, fun and rewarding environment which will offer the opportunity for training and further development.
The role of Assistant Accommodation Manager will include:
1. Providing customer service at reception, welcoming customers and providing a good first impression
2. Reporting maintenance issues and liaising with relevant individuals to ensure repairs are completed and residents informed
3. Collecting rent from customers and monitoring the debtor list
4. Ensuring compliance checks are completed in line with legislation and policy
5. Supervising a team of General Assistants, providing guidance, support and promoting the development of staff
6. Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with internal and external customers
Skills and experiences:
1. Experience in a similar role in a customer service background is essential
2. Level 3 qualification or equivalent in business administration or customer service is desirable
3. Excellent communication and customer service skills
4. Previous experience with managing staff with the ability to lead, motivate and mentor, and provide clear guidance
5. Proven experience completing administrative tasks with the ability to problem solve
6. Proficient user of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and Outlook
Why work for us?
Sanctuary Students manages 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 for students across the UK in major university towns and cities including London, Manchester, Liverpool, and Glasgow.
Our Benefits:
* £30,349 per hour (rising to £31,946 per hour after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
* 25 days leave rising to a maximum of 30 days (plus public holidays)
* A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
* Life Assurance
* Employee Advice Service including counselling
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Voluntary health plans
* Employee discounts
* Wellbeing support and tools
* 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.
Building Equality and Diversity
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
Sanctuary Students is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.
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