Facilities Assistant

Date Posted: 12/19/2025
Req ID: 46486
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Music
Department: Faculty of Music
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number:

Description:

About us:
The Faculty of Music is Canada's largest and most renowned university-based music program for professional musical training, creation, performance, education, and research. Home to a diverse and dynamic community of scholars, performers, composers, and educators, the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music offers a supportive community in one of the world's most diverse and dynamic cities. We provide a superb learning environment, an internationally renowned teaching faculty, multiple performance halls, and an outstanding music library collection. With degrees and diplomas available in numerous areas of study, our array of courses and programs provides our 900 students an exceptional opportunity to explore various fields within music. With over 600 concerts and events annually, the Faculty is an exciting and vibrant place to work, study, and visit.
Our faculty members include musicians who perform on the world's most prestigious stages and record formajor labels, scholars who present at leading international conferences and publish with top presses, educators who offer workshops and masterclasses at universities and conservatories worldwide, and composers whose works are performed by renowned ensembles and commissioned by acclaimed musicians and arts organizations.
Your opportunity:
Under the direction of the Director, Facilities and Performance Spaces, the incumbent is responsible for providing support functions in a wide variety of areas throughout the Faculty of Music's buildings. The Facilities Assistant will help coordinate small renovation projects, respond to incidents and notify the appropriate staff, supervisors and/or authorities, troubleshoot and resolve routine maintenance requests, and maintain a shift log of incidents, accidents, security sweeps and other activities.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Conducting routine building inspections
• Identifying and reporting facility repair and/or maintenance needs
• Handling minor repairs
• Identifying and resolving minor building security issues
• Preparing incident reports
• Verifying inventory of equipment
• Paying close attention to occupational safety precautions

Essential Qualifications:

• College Diploma (2 years) or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum three (3) years of facilities support experience, preferably in an academic environment.
• Experience conducting routine building inspections and identifying and reporting facility repair and/or maintenance needs.
• Experience handling minor repairs.
• Strong knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Office suite, including SharePoint.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to correspond clearly and effectively through e-mail.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and problem solvingskills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proactive customer service orientation.
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks, prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and the promotions of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Ability to manage small renovation projects is an asset

Tobe successful in this role you will be:

• Approachable
• Courteous
• Possess a positive attitude
• Resourceful
• Tactful

Closing Date: 01/09/2026, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band $63,963. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $81,797. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.