Facilities Assistant

Beighton; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Beighton is hiring three part-time Facilities Assistants to join our team supporting the Town Hall and regional sites in Sheffield. The roles involve helping with building operations, security, cleaning, hospitality and customer-facing tasks across multiple locations.

Successful candidates will travel to various sites and may work shifts between 7am and 7pm. Training will be provided to develop skills, with inclusive employment practices and opportunities to contribute to a safe, well-managed

Qualifications

• Facilities management with understanding of building operations, security and compliance.
• Ability to work with the public and communicate effectively.
• Ability to gain an appropriate SIA qualification.
• Ability to perform general building operations, hospitality support, cleaning and security tasks.

Responsibilities

• Support building operations and security across multiple sites.
• Assist with hospitality tasks and customer-facing activities.
• Use IT systems to undertake key building tasks.
• Travel between Town Hall and regional sites as required.

Skills

Facilities management

Public communication

Adaptability

Travel flexibility

Customer service

Education

SIA qualification (security)

Tools

IT systems

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Contractual hours 18.5

Basis Part Time

Package 3 Permanent positions1 x 18.5 hours over 2.5 days1 x 18.5 hours over 2.5 days1 x 22 hours over 5 days

Facilities Managment are looking to appoint 3 part-time facilitiy Assistants to join us, to contribute to the Facilities Managment team's drive to provide buildings that are clean, warm, safe and fit for purpose.

There are two part time rolls for the Town Hall/City centre and one based regional sites accros the city.

The Town Hall is one of Sheffield City Council's presitigious buildings, the focus of civic life in the city and hosts a variety of events including conferences, formal dinners and weddings.

The regional role will be based at Manor Lane Depot which is one of the city's largest multibuilding depot's that supports services accross the city, but may also work across other sites in the locality.

Suucesfull candidates may be required to work at any location sp we are seeking individuals who are flexible and can travel to a range of sites. Hours of work may cover from 7am to 7pm.

The succesfull candidate will ideally have to demonstrate, with training, ability to develophold, gain knowledge, experience and skills in:

• Facilties Managment with an understanding of building operations security and complience.
• Working with Public and ability to efffectivley communicate.
• Ability to gain an approriate SIA qualification.
• Ability to physically undertake the delivery of general building operations, euipment set up, hospitality support, complience, cleaning, grounds maintenence, security functions and customer facing related activities.
• Ability to use IT systems to undertake key task in building activities.
• Ability to put people at the heart of what we do to ensure we effectivley listen to and support our staff and the people that use our sites, help wellbeing along with challenging discrimination.
• Ability to have open and honest approach to your work by fostering an environment that supports people in speaking up and bringing diverse ideas to what we offer, along with seeking out feedback on the way we work.

If you feel you can play a part in developing and delivering effective services, this is an opportunity for you.

If you would like to find out more details of the posts, please telephone:

Jonathan Robinson 07587 163120

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on ourSheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyoneand where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.