Caretaker

North Ayrshire Council; Irvine; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government entity in Scotland is seeking a motivated individual for a caretaking role in Eglinton Country Park during the summer season. This position focuses on maintaining cleanliness, facilitating park lets, and managing maintenance reports. The role requires outdoor work in all weather conditions, with a need for regular weekend and evening availability.

Qualifications

• Must be able to work outdoors in various weather conditions.
• Prepared to work regular weekends and evenings.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a high standard of cleanliness throughout the park.
• Facilitate lets and report any maintenance issues.

Skills

Customer service orientation

Physical stamina

Job description

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually.

Eglinton Country Park is looking for a highly motivated individual to support our caretaking team during the summer season. The main focus of the role will be to ensure a high standard of cleanliness throughout the park, facilitate lets, and report any maintenance issues. This customer-focused role can be physically demanding, involves lone working, and working outdoors in all weathers. You must be prepared to work regular weekends and evenings.

For more details, see the attached Role Profile below.

North Ayrshire Council uses a behavioural-based approach throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion & Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.

For your information, if this post requires references, you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the outcome of the interview process.

PVG (Children)

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to confirmation of employment by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18), which will be deducted from your salary following employment commencement. For more information, visit https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/disclosure-scotland/. For further details on North Ayrshire Council’s policy, see Pre-employment checks (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

If you are the successful candidate, your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form, which will be sent to your email with a link to complete.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

In Building – More than 90% of time spent primarily at a single base or location.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: In Building.

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide - Workstyles (north-ayrshire.gov.uk). If you have any questions about the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at the interview.