Caretaker (2 Posts) (Various Work Patterns) (Weekends) (North Area Relief) - REQ07021 - 494334

North Lanarkshire Council; Motherwell; Sur place; GBP 27 000 - 29 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

27 days annual leave

6 public holidays

LearnNL learning academy

Résumé du poste

North Lanarkshire Council is seeking a Community Facilities Caretaker to ensure community centres are welcoming, well maintained and safe. You will be responsible for presentation, cleanliness, security and proactive maintenance work across facilities.

The role involves hands-on tasks, minor repairs, and strong admin duties, with a flexible 10–15 hours per week pattern to be set by the line manager. The role offers a pro rata salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience in building/equipment maintenance and basic repairs.
• Strong communication and customer-care skills.
• Ability to complete paperwork and maintain records.

Responsabilités

• Maintain Community Centres to high standards of presentation, cleanliness and safety.
• Identify maintenance needs and carry out minor repairs.
• Provide excellent service and communicate confidently with users.
• Keep accurate records and complete required paperwork.

Description du poste

NLC3 £27,455 - £28,533 (Pro rata)

The Community Facilities Caretaker plays a vital role in ensuring our Community Centres are welcoming, well maintained, and safe spaces for all. Reporting to the Assistant Area Manager, you will take pride in maintaining high standards of presentation, cleanliness, and security across our facilities.

We are looking for someone who enjoys working with the public and can communicate confidently and courteously with a wide range of service users, delivering excellent customer care at all times.

In this hands on role, you will use your initiative daily to identify maintenance needs, carry out minor repairs, and support the smooth running of the centre. Strong practical skills, along with the ability to complete paperwork and keep accurate records, are essential.

If you are enthusiastic, self motivated, and adaptable - someone who takes ownership of their work and enjoys contributing to a busy community environment -we would love to hear from you.

Work pattern:

10 & 15 hours per week. Your pattern of days and hours will be determined by your line manager to suit the exigencies of the service.

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council

If you're considering a career with us, you'll be keen to know what's in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you.

We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.

North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.

For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

North Lanarkshire Council has reached its current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship and, as a result, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention's Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity.

The following contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read - My NL.