Building Support Officer

Bolton Council; Bolton; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 12,000; Part time

Job summary

Bolton Council is seeking a Building Support Officer to help keep our facilities running smoothly and safely. You will handle building inspections, maintenance, and repairs, as well as assist with event setups and postal operations.

You’ll work closely with contractors, implement safety protocols, and provide great support to staff and visitors. This is a part-time, permanent role requiring a full manual driving licence and a practical, proactive approach.

Qualifications

• Experience in building maintenance or facilities management preferred.
• Full manual driving licence is essential.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out building inspections, maintenance and repairs.
• Assist with event setups and postal operations.
• Collaborate with contractors and implement safety protocols.
• Provide support to staff and visitors.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Driving licence

Job description

Grade C scp 5 £26,427 to scp 6 £26,847, pro rata £10,570 to £10,738
Contract: permanent
Hours: 14.8 per week over 2 days, 07:30am start - Monday and Tuesday
Essential requirement: full driving licence
Interview date: 27 November 2026
For further information about this role, contact: [e-mail]

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role

We are looking for a Building Support Officer to help keep our facilities running smoothly and safely. In this role, you will handle building inspections, maintenance, and repairs, as well as assist with event setups and postal operations. You’ll work closely with contractors, implement safety protocols, and provide great support to staff and visitors

About You

To succeed, you’ll need strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication, and the ability to manage multiple tasks. Experience in building maintenance or facility management is preferred, and a full manual driving licence is essential. If you’re practical, proactive, and ready to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or 'unbroken' service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact [e-mail]

Supporting Documents

• Job description and person spec
• Documents for Right to Work
• Top Tips
• Staff Benefits
• Our Values & Behaviours
• Privacy Notice