Facilities Management Officer

Local Government South East; Reading; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS

Life Assurance

Nursery salary sacrifice

Season Ticket Loan

Lease car salary sacrifice

Job summary

Reading Borough Council is seeking a Facilities Management Officer to deliver compliant, customer-focused facilities management services across council buildings in Reading. The role involves mobile work across sites, basic repairs, and safety duties with inductions for visitors and contractors.

The post emphasizes strong customer care, health & safety, and flexibility, including some evening or weekend work.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with the public and a strong commitment to excellent customer care.
• Ability to undertake basic repairs and maintenance work.
• Willingness to be trained in building compliance tasks.
• Flexibility to work across different sites and occasional evenings/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Carry out compliance and building checks in community centres and council buildings.
• Carry out health and safety checks and lead in emergency situations (first aid).
• Inductions for visitors and contractors to ensure safe access for repairs.
• Provide customer care to hirers and building users.

Skills

Customer care

Public interaction

Health & safety awareness

Flexible / adaptable

Tools

Driving licence

Job description

Reading Borough Council Are you looking for a rewarding new customer focussed role that offers flexible and family-friendly working options? You’ve found it – and plenty more. We are looking for a Facilities Management Officer to work in the Facilities Management (FM) Team providing facility services and compliance checks to the council community and other corporate buildings.

• Full Time
• Permanent
• Reading
• Posted 4 days ago
• £26,427 to £32,046 Per year £ / Year
• Closes: 1 November 2026

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

About The Role

You will work in a fast paced mobile environment in various buildings across the borough of Reading as part of the wider Facilities Management Team.

This role would be ideally suited to someone with experience of carrying out building compliance and other checks, some basic repairs in a corporate type buildings with great customer care attributes and an eye for detail or someone who would like to broaden their skill base into something different.

Your Main Duties Will Include

• To be carrying out compliance and building checks in community centres and other council buildings and either be trained or willing to undertake this training
• To carry out health and safety and other checks and lead in emergency situations such as first aid
• Provide inductions to visitors and contractors on site to provide access and facilitate specialist repairs are carried out safely.
• To provide customer care to hirers and building users.

About You

We are looking for someone with experience of working with the public and a strong commitment to excellent customer care. You will bring compliance or safety-related experience, along with a solid appreciation of the importance of Health & Safety, including practical experience of carrying out statutory compliance tasks in corporate buildings.

The role also requires the ability to undertake basic repairs and maintenance work.

Flexibility is essential, as you will need to work across different sites and hold a clean driving licence. The role may also involve some evening and weekend work on an overtime basis.

As some tasks are physically demanding, you should be comfortable with manual work. A commitment to further training and development is also important for this position.

You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

Benefits

Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:

• Work Together as one team – work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do.
• Drive Efficiency – show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential.
• Be Ambitious – be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way.
• Make a Difference to Reading – maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed.

Our offer

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

A Competitive Salary Alongside a Range Of Benefits Including

• Generous holiday entitlement – 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays – rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service, with the option to buy additional leave.
• A wide range of flexible working opportunities
• Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
• A nursery in our Civic Offices (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted, and a salary sacrifice scheme to help lower the cost of your nursery fees.
• Season Ticket Loan – a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work.
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.

To arrange a confidential discussion on this position please contact Flora Challis (Acting Facilities Manager) – [e-mail]

Closing Date: Sunday 1st November 2026

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Interview Setup: In person at the Civic Centre, Bridge Street, Reading, RG1 2LU