£12.71 per hour + £1.53 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
18 Sep 2026

Role & Department Overview

The ISS Campus IT team are looking for current Lancaster University Bailrigg campus students to support the University's centralized print service during term-time over this academic year. Typical duties will include checking printers for paper and toner levels, as well as filling paper and replacing toner. You will also be required to perform maintenance checks on Printers, as well as to update the print inventory and online information. 

This role will involve some manual handling work. 

Please submit a covering letter with your application outlining your suitability for the position. 

Start Date: 5 October 2026
End Date: 25 June 2027
Interview Date: 24 September 2026
Working Pattern: 8 hours/week
Location: On the Lancaster University campus

Job Description

Main Function: 

  • To assist the faculty IT teams in the smooth running of University Centralised Print Service. 

Major Duties:

  •  To monitor and maintain an agreed set of University Printers, including, but not limited to:
    •  Topping up Paper and Toner across Campus.
    •  Reporting any equipment found faulty.
    •  Assisting in the maintenance of ISS signage and posters
    •  Reporting back Stock Levels 
    •  Maintaining the cleanliness of the Paper stores. 
    •  Reporting any location changes of devices. 
  •  To meet regularly with the nominated Service Management Officer to discuss any problems and receive guidance.
  •  To undertake any other duties appropriate to the grading of the post as required by the nominated Service Management Officer or their representative.  

Minor Duties:

  •  To assist users in the use of printers.
  •  Provide training and assistance to Printer users.
  •  To undertake training offered by ISS 

Person Specification

  •  Current student at Lancaster University
  • Good working knowledge of Lancaster University Bailrigg campus
  • Reliability and good timekeeping with a flexible approach to working hours
  • Experience of working independently, including the ability to work on own initiative. 
  • Excellent communication and customer service skills, demonstrating the ability to convey messages accurately. 
  • The ability to communicate with academic and administrative staff, and with students from a wide range of backgrounds. 
  • Problem solving skills including diagnosis, collecting information, referring where necessary and logging incidents. 
  • Experience of prioritising workload to deal with a range of varied and competing tasks.
Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:
  • Collaboration
  • Decisiveness
  • Exercising professional judgement
  • Flexibility
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Multi-tasking
  • Organisation
  • Planning and organising
  • Problem solving
  • Self-motivation
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Verbal communication
 
 
 
You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however, hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
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Help and advice on making applications can be found on the Lancaster University Careers pages. Visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers.

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