An exciting opportunity has arisen for two part-time Stores Assistants within the Institute of Photography.
Reporting to the Stores Manager, the key focus of this role is to provide support to students who are seeking to loan equipment, the safe and appropriate storage of technical equipment, accurate and timely data input into the booking system and ensuring that the technical stores area is kept tidy and well maintained. Attention to detail is crucial to keep the equipment in perfect working order. You will also be required to provide demonstrations to students, teaching staff and external customers.
Health & Safety is a key focus and as such you will be required to adhere to Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times, also when appropriate and necessary, to both challenge and guide all users of our service to ensure their compliance in this regard.
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who have experience of working within a technical / stores environment and ideally have a flair for maintaining and repairing technical equipment. You will be a customer focussed individual with excellent communication skills, key to this role is the ability to engage with students.
We would like to hear from you if you have the following skills/experience:
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to work under your own initiative and within a team
- Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with all users of the technical stores area
These positions are offered on a permanent, 20 hours per week, 36 weeks per year basis.
The Stores are open Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm and Saturdays 9am to 5pm.
The hours for each role are below, with flexibility required to allow for additional stores cover and training needs.
Position One:
Monday to Friday 4pm – 8pm
Position Two :
Wednesday 3pm – 7pm, Thursday and Friday 2.45pm- 7pm and Saturday 08.45am – 17.15pm (with one hour unpaid lunch on the Saturday.)
For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.
Contact
[email protected] with any questions about the vacancy or to request an informal discussion before applying.
The closing date for the position is Wednesday 9 September 2026.
In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer excellent benefits, including:
- Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%.
- 28 days + 8 days bank holiday.
- Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached)
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay/Adoption Pay
- Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker)
- Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme
- Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme
Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www.falmouth.ac.uk/jobs. Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.
A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by Falmouth Staffing Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Falmouth University. Employees of Falmouth Staffing Ltd work alongside Falmouth University colleagues in the delivery of Falmouth’s strategic vision and will adopt Falmouth University’s HR policies and procedures in full.
Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.
