Head Porter and Health & Safety Manager

Head Porter and Health & Safety Manager
Hours of Work: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum, depending on experience
Based: Cambridge

The Role

The role of Head Porter and Health & Safety Manager is a senior leadership role, crucial to College life with a wide ranging remit. Reporting to the Bursar, this role makes a vital contribution to the smooth running of the College, through collaboration across a varied and diverse community, and a large estate. As well as managing a welcoming hospitable first class front of house function based at the three Porters Lodges on the main College sites, the Head Porter and Health & Safety Manager is responsible for security and safety across the College's estate.

About Us

This is a wonderful opportunity to work for the second oldest of the 31 Colleges in the University of Cambridge. Regarded as one of the most progressive and informal, Clare is renowned as a College that achieves academically at the highest levels, whilst also being welcoming, forward-thinking, and inclusive.

Located in the heart of Cambridge city centre, the College is extraordinarily beautiful and famed for its gardens on "the Backs" (the famous backs of the Colleges that overlook the River Cam). Our gardens are widely renowned as some of the best in Cambridge and are valued by all members of the College, as well as our guests. Clare s Old Court, a Grade I listed building, is the centre of the College and is unique among the ancient Cambridge Colleges in having maintained its architectural integrity over the course of its history.

Salary and Benefits

The annual salary will be between £50,000 and £55,000 DOE. In addition to this the post holder would be eligible for a bonus every year, meals on duty and uniform is provided. We also offer membership of a defined pension contribution scheme, a Healthcare cash plan and parking.

The closing date is 12pm on 24 February 2025
Interviews will be held on the 4 March 2025.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Clare College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Clare College is committed to treating all job applications on their merit irrespective of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, marital status or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or gender, where any of these cannot be shown to be a requirement of the job concerned. Recruitment, selection and promotion procedures will be monitored to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.

No agencies please.