Stores Officer

UE04: £25,433.00 - £28,081.00 Per Annum.

Finance / Procurement / Stores.

Open Ended Contract - Permanent.

Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a reliable individual, with honest work ethic to join the Stores Team to deliver a high class, customer focused stores service in our stores at Kings Buildings Campus. Common tasks will for the role will be, receiving goods on our ERP systems, locating goods in relevant stores location, picking orders, supporting the delivery of the item(s) to customers and assisting with courier parcels. You will be expected to provide excellent customer service to users of the stores including students, staff, academic and research community, whilst using relevant University systems and processes. You will have a good knowledge of Health and safety procedures and adhere to them in your day-to-day role.

The vacancy at the Kings Building Campus of Edinburgh University is an attractive opportunity for the successful applicant to work for one of the world’s top 20 Universities. The successful candidate will work as part of a team of stores officers on campus across 4 stores servicing multiple buildings. You will report to the Stores Leader for the Campus, and will be part of a stores community across the University, consisting of over 25 members of staff. As part of a team, the successful applicant must be flexible and able to work at all of the stores locations on campus as required.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Ability to follow procedures and policies.
• Good interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Good written, IT, numeracy and oral communication skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to assess, apply initiative and know when to escalate issues to senior colleagues if unable to resolve day-to-day problems which may arise.
• Understanding of relevant Health and Safety legislation and compliance requirements.
• Provide excellent customer service
• Use problem solving skills effectively to solve queries.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary of £25,433 - £28,081
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 22 nd January

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Interviews will be held TBC.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.