Logistics Operative

r B28-00338 Professional Expertise Estates, Facilities, Accommodation and Safety Department Finance, Commercial and Estates (B28) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £29,882-£31,290 Contract Type Permanent Working Type On site Available for Secondment No Closing Date 06-Sept-2026

UCL is a world-leading university with a large and diverse Estate spanning more than 270 buildings. Our Logistics team provides essential goods receiving, storage and distribution services across UCL, helping departments operate safely and efficiently across our busy Bloomsbury campus.

The UCL Logistics & Mail Team manage all vehicle movements onto the Bloomsbury Campus. The team manage a vehicle booking in system to control vehicle access at all entry points. The Traffic Marshal team are responsible for marshalling all vehicles to uphold the Traffic Management Plan and to ensure pedestrian and other road users’ safety.

As a Logistics Operative, you will deliver and move stock, consumables, stationery and courier items across campus, maintain accurate delivery records and support basic stock control. You will also marshal vehicles and help manage safe traffic movement, operate fleet vehicles including cargo bikes and electric vans, and undertake daily vehicle checks.

We are looking for a reliable and safety-conscious individual with practical experience of safe working practices. You will be confident communicating clearly and politely with a wide range of people, able to work independently and as part of a team, and physically able to move heavy and bulky stock and work outdoors for extended periods when required.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits, some of which are below:

• 41 Days of holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme:
  Staff Support Service

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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