Lodge Porter

Operational

Full-time, permanent

£28,355 plus £1,730 Oxford weighting, night shift premium and paid overtime

41.3 hours per week on average

Deadline: Tuesday 23 September 2025

St Antony’s College is recruiting for a Lodge Porter. The Porters’ Lodge operates 24 hours a day 365 days of the year, and provides a reception, telephone call handling, mail distribution, health and safety, and security service for the College. As the first point of contact for visitors, the Lodge Porter is key to providing a professional service and welcome to the College.

Working as part of a team of six, the Lodge Porter provides assistance and information to all visitors to the Lodge, operates the College telephone switchboard, checks in guests, receives cash and card payments, and processes lost property. The post holder ensures that the College’s security procedures are followed, operates and monitors CCTV equipment, ensures the safe custody of keys, cash and documents, monitors and responds to alarm system activations, and acts as a First Aider and Fire Marshal whilst on duty in the College. The Lodge Porter is responsible for receiving, sorting and distributing incoming mail, despatching outgoing mail from Centres and Departments, and re-directing mail to current and ex-members of the College, as well as overseeing the operation of photocopying and fax facilities within the Lodge. The post holder keeps up to date with events, conferences, and other activities within the College, and offers advice and assistance with audio/visual and associated equipment within meeting and seminar rooms.

To be successful in your application, you will have a friendly, welcoming and professional manner, and the ability to provide excellent customer service. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be able engage effectively with a wide range of people, and work well as part of a team. The successful candidate with have strong organisational skills, the ability to remain calm under pressure, and an understanding of how to deal appropriately with confidential matters. Sound computer skills will be essential, as will an enthusiasm for working in an international, multicultural environment, and a flexible approach to working hours and arrangements. Recent relevant experience, particularly in a front of house, reception, or security capacity, would be advantageous.

Working at St Antony’s College

This is a full-time post (41.3 hours per week on average).

The Lodge Porter will be paid £28,355 gross p.a. plus £1,730 p.a. Oxford weighting allowance. A night shift premium of £21 will be paid for each night shift worked, and overtime will be paid at double the normal basic rate. There is a probationary period of three months.

For more information, please see the attached job description.

We offer excellent employee benefits, including:

41 days’ annual leave including bank/public holidays. (It should be noted that holiday cannot normally be taken during term time and College staff work on bank holidays falling during term time)
Membership of the OSPS pension scheme
Free meals in College during normal working hours and when the Hall is open
Access to a car parking space in the College’s grounds if one is available.

How to apply

Please send a completed application form by email to recruitment@sant.ox.ac.uk by 9am on Tuesday 23 September 2025. Interviews are expected to be held on 30 September 2025.

Candidates will be shortlisted solely on the extent to which they meet the essential and desirable criteria of the person specification based on their application form. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and the right to work in the UK, as well as receipt of a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

St Antony’s College is an equal opportunities employer. Applicants will be asked to complete a confidential and anonymous online monitoring survey, which is not seen by the selection panel.

A privacy notice for applicants and information about how we use your data can be found at https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/about-st-antonys/how-we-use-your-data

Published date: September 2, 2025