Space Utilisation Surveyors
Closing Date: 11/10/2026

Facilities undertake all property services on behalf of the University, including cleaning, landscaping, security, accommodation, hospitality, sport, capital development and general maintenance of the Estate.

Each year a utilisation survey of central teaching space is carried out, to help understand how rooms are used and inform strategic decisions on teaching space provision.

Surveyors are required to carry out occupancy headcounts in seminar rooms and lecture theatres.

The survey will take place over a one-week period (Week 5), during core teaching hours 9-6pm Monday - Friday.

Preferred Start Date: 2nd of November 2026

Expected End Date: 6th of November 2026

Hours per week:  Several 4 or 5 hour full shifts: 9 - 1 pm and/or 1 - 6 pm

Surveyors will: 

• Be provided with a list of teaching spaces and will visit each space once every hour.
  
  
• Carry out a headcount of people in the room and record the number on the survey sheet.
  
  
• Be available to work several 4 hour (9-1pm) or 5 hour (1pm-6pm) full shifts during Week 5 (Week commencing Monday 2nd November 2026)

The successful candidates will be: 

• Have good communication skills.
• Reliable
• Have good spoken English.
• Be confident dealing with people.
• Have good knowledge of campus.
• No experience necessary
• The role requires the post holder to be able to quickly move between rooms in different areas of the campus in several buildings and levels so a moderate level of physical fitness and mobility is required. 

• Decisiveness
• Emotional intelligence
• Time Management
• Verbal communication
• Organisation
• Perseverance
• Interpersonal sensitivity
• Exercising professional judgement
• Flexibility