Janitor - ABC13889

Aberdeen City Council; Aberdeen City; Sur place; GBP 27 000 - 33 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working

Résumé du poste

Aberdeen City Council is seeking a role focused on safe maintenance and frontline service delivery for educational properties. The post involves collaboration with multiple council services and external contractors to ensure secure, well-maintained buildings.

The ideal candidate may have a trade background or prior building management experience, with willingness to obtain required qualifications for pool safety and strong health/fitness for frontline duties.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications are required, however a trade background and/or previous building management experience is desirable.
• Ability to work in collaboration with colleagues across multiple services.
• Ability to operate and maintain building systems and security equipment.

Responsabilités

• Provide the safe and efficient running of Aberdeen City Council’s educational properties.
• Collaborate with Integrated Children’s and Family Services, Facilities Management and Building Services teams.
• Demonstrate teamwork and initiative in daily frontline maintenance tasks.
• Operate access control, intruder/fire alarm and CCTV systems; use janitorial equipment as needed.

Connaissances

Trade background

Building management experience

Teamwork

General building maintenance

Security management

Access control systems

CCTV systems

Description du poste

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link and the Job Profile attached. These explain the job role and the type of person we're looking for.

Duration: Permanent, Full Time

R

oles that

require

PVG Membership

Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023

, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will

be required

to meet the cost of the PVG membership

.

This applies

only

to roles with a

full time

equivalent salary of £30,000 and above

.

(Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 10 and above (currently

16.50

per hour)

The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members

, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.

Job purpose/about the role

The purpose of the role is to provide a critical support service which

will enable the safe and efficient running of Aberdeen City Council’s

(non 3Rs) educational properties. This will require team members to

work in collaboration with colleagues from within our Integrated

Children’s and Family Services, from the other Facilities Management

services which operate in our schools and with Building Services

colleagues and/or their sub-contractors to achieve the required

outcomes.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

No formal qualifications are required, however, a trade background and/or previous

building management experience is desirable.

Either has or is able to achieve within 6 months of commencement, completion of a

recognised qualification for the safe maintenance and operation of swimming pool

An appropriate level of health and fitness to carry out manual frontline service

delivery tasks.

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

Working both as part of a Team and having the ability to use one’s own initiative.

Knowledge of general building maintenance

Security management of multiple buildings

Ability to operate access control systems, intruder/fire alarm/sprinkler systems and

CCTV systems

Competency and/or previous experience in the use of all Janitorial/Cleaning service

equipment and materials provided.

Ability to operate boiler plant to include heating, hot water and swimming pool

plant

Manual handling and Working at Height processes

About Us

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. For further information, please see our

Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Recruitment pack.

Flexible Working

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a gold award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families:

[e-mail]. We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

• have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
• looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.