Facilities support assistant

Beighton; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Sheffield City Council invites applications for a Facilities Support Assistant in the Housing Fire Safety Compliance Team. The role focuses on carrying out compliance services across the residential estate and working with contractors to maintain safe, high-quality buildings for residents in Sheffield.

Applicants should have knowledge of fire safety within buildings, strong communication, and IT skills. The post offers flexible working opportunities and a supportive, values-driven environment

Qualifications

• Good communication and problem-solving attributes with enthusiasm, confidence and organisation.
• Knowledge of building-related Health and Safety and statutory duties in buildings management.
• Experience using IT systems to undertake key tasks in building activities.
• Strong team working ethos to provide value and consistency.
• Commitment to resident wellbeing and inclusive service delivery.
• Open, honest approach and willingness to listen to feedback.

Responsibilities

• Carry out compliance services around buildings across the residential estate.
• Support contractors and service providers to deliver a compliant service.
• Ensure fire safety and statutory functions are performed to the highest standard.
• Promote resident safety and engagement as part of service delivery.

Skills

Communication

Problem solving

Teamwork

Health and safety knowledge

Statutory duties understanding

IT systems literacy

Resident engagement

Diversity & inclusion

Open and honest approach

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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Housing Fire Safety Compliance Team as a Facilities Support Assistant. This role will allow you to have a lasting impact on the Health, Safety and Wellbeing or our residents and make a significant impact in keeping people safe in their homes.

This is a diverse role which presents a challenging and rewarding opportunity. We are seeking a dynamic Facilities Support Assistant to carry out compliance services around a range of buildings across the residential estate. This role is essential to ensuring the smooth functioning of our buildings, providing safe, good quality and compliant residential buildings for the residents of Sheffield City Council (SCC).

This will include supporting a passionate team of people as well as contractors and service providers and delivering a cost effective, customer-focused compliant service provision which places resident safety and engagement at the heart of what we do.

Given the nature of this compliance role, you must have a good knowledge and experience of fire safety within buildings to ensure the service carries out all its statutory functions to the highest standard.

The person we are looking for must possess the following attributes:

• Good communication and problem-solving attributes along with being enthusiastic, confident and well organised.
• Knowledge of building related Health and Safety and understanding of statutory related duties in relation to buildings management.
• Skills in the use of IT systems to undertake key tasks in building activities.
• A strong team working ethos to promote a strong service provision that offers value and consistency.
• To help us to put people at the heart of what we do to ensure we effectively listen to and support our staff and the people that use our sites. We also need people who will help promote wellbeing along with challenging discrimination.
• To be open and honest in the 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 and would like to work in a team that’s driven and passionate about our residents, then this is an opportunity for you to be part of an organisation and team to be proud of.

For an informal discussion contact:

Operations and Development Manager- James Armitage

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 our Sheff 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.