Resort Maintenance Assistant

East Suffolk Council; Lowestoft; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

East Suffolk Council seeks a dedicated Resort Maintenance Assistant to manage seafront facilities, ensuring high standards and efficient operation. This part-time role requires flexibility, excellent communication skills, and will involve weekend work. Join a dynamic team making a difference in the community.

Benefits

Generous leave entitlement (25-31 days)

Local government pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Tailored learning and development

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Discounts on various products and services

Qualifications

• Office experience required.
• Awareness of health, safety, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain resort facilities and identify maintenance work.
• Manage bookings and handle payments.
• Assist in the administration of services for customers.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Education

Office experience

Job description

• East Suffolk Council - Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0EQ
• £25,584 - £27,269 per annum, pro rata (Band 3)
• 18 hours per week (annualised hours)
• Part Time
• Permanent

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Council's Asset Management Team as a Resort Maintenance Assistant.

Your role

You will join the Resort Team within Asset Management. You will assist in the management of the seafront resort in Lowestoft area and the efficient running of the Beach Office and assets and services provided to customers. The service is responsible for providing facilities that are fit-for-use and well presented for customers.

Day-to-day, the work will include maintaining facilities to agreed standards and identifying maintenance work to the resort assets, carrying out minor repairs where possible. You will need to make and maintain records and document relating to the role (computer-based). You will work as part of a small team and will have key-holding responsibilities, be involved in administration relating to bookings including website system usage and other processes such as in-person electronic payments from customers. You will need to help best present the huts, beach office and associated areas. The work will involve some lone-working, using your initiative while following set response processes.

Please note, the role will include weekend working as part of standard week. The post holder will be required to attend to suit hut bookings and the service need throughout the year with highest demand during main season.

The hours are 18 hours per week (annualised), variable over the year to meet the seasonal demands of the role. Core working times will include working Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Bank holiday working will also apply. The working base will be the Lowestoft beach office.

What you will need

You will be flexible to respond to the demands and requirements of the seasonal services represented by the service area and have excellent communication skills, care, attention to detail and accuracy. You will hold office experience and have awareness of health, safety and welfare, maintenance and repair.

Why work for us?

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube) .

Here are some of the main benefits:

• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays)
• Local government pension scheme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
• Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.

Find more information about what we offer in our benefits brochure (pdf) .

The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

For more information

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Steven Foulkes on 07557758182

Closing date: 16 June 2025

Interview date: TBC

How to apply

Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification (docx)

Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx) . Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).

Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.

For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (URL).