Facilities Management Officer

The Methodist Church in Britain; Normanton on Trent; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Bank holidays

Flexible working

LGPS pension

Life assurance

Nursery salary sacrifice

Season ticket loan

Lease car salary sacrifice

Job summary

Reading Borough Council is seeking a Facilities Management Officer to join the Facilities Management Team, covering council community centres and corporate buildings. The role focuses on building compliance, health and safety checks, emergency response, and site access for hirers and contractors.

The job involves travel between sites across the borough, with some evening and weekend overtime. Successful candidates will hold a clean driving licence and be willing to undertake manual tasks.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with the public.
• Compliance or safety-related experience.
• Practical experience of statutory compliance tasks in corporate buildings.

Responsibilities

• Carry out compliance and building checks in community centres and council buildings.
• Carry out health and safety and other checks.
• Lead in emergency situations, including first aid.
• Induct visitors and contractors and provide site access.
• Facilitate specialist repairs so they are carried out safely.
• Provide customer care to hirers and building users.
• Carry out some basic repairs in corporate buildings.

Job description

This Facilities Management Officer post sits in the Facilities Management Team at Reading Borough Council, covering council community centres and other corporate buildings. The work centres on building compliance and health and safety checks, leading first aid response in emergencies, inducting visitors and contractors, and dealing with hirers and building users. The role is mobile, moving between sites across the borough, with some evening and weekend overtime. A clean driving licence and willingness to do physically demanding manual tasks are essential.

What the job involves

• Carry out compliance and building checks in community centres and council buildings
• Carry out health and safety and other checks
• Lead in emergency situations, including first aid
• Induct visitors and contractors and provide site access
• Facilitate specialist repairs so they are carried out safely
• Provide customer care to hirers and building users
• Carry out some basic repairs in corporate buildings

What’s required

Experience

• Experience of working with the public
• Compliance or safety-related experience
• Practical experience of statutory compliance tasks in corporate buildings

Skills & knowledge

• Strong commitment to excellent customer care
• Solid understanding of health and safety
• Ability to undertake basic repairs and maintenance
• Flexibility to work across different sites
• Comfortable with manual work

Checks & eligibility

• Clean driving licence

Other

• Commitment to further training and development, including compliance training
• Willingness to work some evening and weekend overtime

What’s offered

• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service
• Option to buy additional leave
• Wide range of flexible working opportunities
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Life assurance of three times annual salary (LGPS members)
• Nursery at the Civic Offices with salary sacrifice scheme for fees
• Season ticket loan for rail or bus travel
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme