Facilities Technician - Kirkliston Early Years - 12452_1764147818

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government body in Edinburgh seeks a Facilities Technician to support staff and users in various council properties. The role involves maintenance tasks, operational support, and cleaning duties. Candidates must be prepared for pre-employment checks related to work with vulnerable groups. Commitment to workplace diversity is emphasized, and a behavioral assessment approach will be used during interviews.

Qualifications

• Ability to support staff, students, and community members.
• Experience with building operations and maintenance.
• Travel history outside the UK in the past 5 years may require a check.

Responsibilities

• Support operations and maintenance of the building.
• Reactive cleaning and litter picking duties.
• Setup of facilities/equipment for users.

Job description

Place

Facilities Technician Kirkliston Early Years

Salary: £26,337 - £28,835 (pro rata for part time)

Hours: 25 per week

7am - 12:00pm Monday - Friday

This post is to provide support to staff, students & members of the community within all types of Council properties.

To undertake all duties relating to the operation, security & maintenance of the building & surrounding grounds, ensuring facilities/equipment set up for users, reactive cleaning, portaging duties & litter picking duties. You will receive all the training required to carry out the Janitorial function.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

Requirements

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page: Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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