Waste & Facilities Administrator

Hours per Week: 17.5

Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Monday 01 June 2026 (unless otherwise stated*)

Can you provide comprehensive, end-to-end administrative support to various teams within the Facilities Management section of the Campus Services Directorate and manage, maintain and manipulate data for a range of processes and systems? If so, this is a great opportunity for you.

With a broad understanding of the routine activities required to ensure the smooth and efficient administration of the Facilities Management section, you will be largely self-managed responding to students and colleagues from across the University as well as visitors and external contacts on routine matters, always ensuring a courteous and efficient response.

As Waste and Facilities Administrator, you can expect to be involved in:

• Providing administrative support to the Facilities Management section of the Campus Services Directorate, working proactively to deliver assigned tasks without prompting. 
• Providing support in the organisation of meetings, events, and committees ensuring they are run efficiently with timely minutes being produced and that outcomes/decisions are passed on for action.
• Liaising with staff and contractors as directed in respect of Facilities Management queries.

What will you bring to the role?

• Educated to GCSE English and Maths grade C/4 or equivalent 
• Previous experience in an administrative role and providing excellent customer service 
• Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office packages and using/ maintaining databases 
• Good attention to detail/accuracy 
• Experience of taking minutes.

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

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Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number CS-398-26-R.

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*Occasionally we may need to close a vacancy before the published deadline due to a high number of applications being received, therefore we strongly advise you to submit your application as soon as possible. (All vacancies will be open for at least one week.)

PLEASE NOTE: We prioritise applications from current University of Kent redeployees. We will let you know if this post is to be filled by a redeployee as, in this instance, your application will unfortunately not be taken forward.

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