Safety Team Member

Unite Foundation; North East; On-site; GBP 31,000 - GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading student accommodation provider in the North East of England is seeking a Safety Team Member. Your role will involve ensuring the safety of students and employees, responding to emergencies, and providing excellent customer service. You will be patrolling properties and reporting incidents. Ideal candidates should have strong communication skills and the ability to work under pressure. This position offers a competitive salary and numerous benefits, including a bonus scheme and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

33 days' paid holiday

Generous pension scheme

Healthcare Cash Plan

Wellbeing platform

Gym benefit

Enhanced Family Leave

Employee Life Assurance

Discounts portal

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Calm under pressure, approachable, and fair.
• Confident working alone and comfortable in a team.

Responsibilities

• Patrolling properties to keep students and employees safe.
• Acting as the first response to incidents and emergencies.
• Helping students who are locked out of their rooms.
• Providing outstanding customer service.
• Reporting on incidents electronically.

Skills

Excellent communication and listening skills

Calm under pressure

Confident working alone

Approachable and fair

Team player

Job description

Hours and Rota

42.5 hours per week. Safety Team Members work 5 night shifts out of 7 between the hours of 10/10.30pm and 7/7.30am. Shift pattern variations may apply.

Salary

£31,255 - £33,152 per annum (depending on experience), plus bonus and benefits.

The role

Join uS and be part of our friendly team. Your top priorities will be ensuring the safety of our students and employees, whilst delivering excellent customer service. From responding to emergencies, handling disputes and making our students feel at home, no two nights will be the same! As a Safety Team Member you will have the opportunity to make a real impact at work, enriching lives with meaningful interactions.

What you’ll be doing as a Safety Team Member

• Patrolling multiple properties to keep our students and employees safe
• Acting as the first response to incidents and emergencies
• Helping students who are locked out of their rooms
• Providing outstanding customer service to our students
• Reporting on incidents electronically

What we’re looking for in you

• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Calm under pressure, approachable and fair
• Confident working alone and comfortable working as part of a team
• Most importantly, as a Safety Team Member you’ll share our values and passion for creating a Home for Success

What You’ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company’s success
• 33 days’ paid holiday, inclusive of bank holidays and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme – employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK’s largest provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 23 leading university towns and cities, with over 70,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion

We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn’t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students

Employees, students, and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We’re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we’re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what’s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, all new employees in this position will be required to undertake a basic criminal record check prior to commencing employment. The cost of this check will be incurred by Unite Students. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory criminal record check result.

If this position sounds exciting to you, we would love to receive your application!