Facilities Assistants (Nights)

Working arrangements

The working arrangements consist of four 12-hour night shifts, followed by four rest days.

A copy of the shift rota will be given to you by your line manager on appointment.

Pay details

The shift pattern gives an average working week of 42 hours

365 days divided by 8 days = 45.625 shifts of 38 hours = 2190 hours per year

2190 hours divided by 52 weeks = average 42 hours per week.

Some of these hours are paid at the “night shift rate” of time and a third and some are paid as contractual overtime at time and a half rate, as follows:

Plain time	18.25 hours	ie 18.25 pay hours
Time and a third	18.25 hours	ie 24.27 pay hours
Time and a half	5.5 hours	ie 8.25 pay hours
Totals	42 hours	ie 50.77 pay hours

This difference between 50.77 pay hours and 42 hours is paid to you as an allowance.

Annual leave

Full-time entitlement (ie those who work 36.5 hours per week, 7.3 hours per day) = 25 days + 8 bank holidays + 6 closure days = 39 days x 7.3 hours = 284.7 hours.

42 hour week worker = 42 hours divided by 36.5 hours = 1.15 FTE.

1.15 x 284.7 hours = 327.4 hours holiday divided by 12 hours = 27.28 ie 27.5 days.

4 days will be taken during the Christmas vacation.

Overtime

Wherever possible employees should cooperate in working reasonable amounts of overtime as necessary.  Whilst advance notice of overtime will normally be possible it is unavoidable that some overtime will occur at short notice due to sickness and emergencies.