Facility Assistant (Part Time) (Term Time) (St Margaret's HS) - REQ0706

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF

NLC3: £27,455 - £28,533 Per Year (Pro-Rata)

We are looking for a dedicated and customer‑focused Facility Assistant to join our team within one of our local establishments. In this role, you will play an important part in ensuring our buildings are welcoming, safe, and well‑maintained for all customers and service users.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing a high‑quality service to members of the public
• Supporting building control and security
• Carrying out cleaning duties to maintain a safe and hygienic environment
• Performing minor maintenance and repair tasks as required

To be successful, you should bring experience in a customer‑focused environment and be confident dealing with the public on a daily basis.

Essential Skills:

• Strong administrative abilities
• Good communication skills
• Competent IT skills

Desirable Experience:

• Previous work in a facilities management setting
• Experience carrying out security checks
• Cleaning duties and minor repair/maintenance tasks

Successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme before starting. This will be arranged by North Lanarkshire Council.

Important Application Guidance

To support your application and ensure fair shortlisting, you must provide a supporting statement .

In this statement, please clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria listed in the . Applications that do not address these criteria may not be shortlisted.

Working Pattern:

Your pattern of days and hours will be determined by your line manager to suit the exigencies of the service.

This position is on a term time basis of 39 weeks.

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council

If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.

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North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.

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*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

North Lanarkshire Council has reached its current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship and, as a result, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/.

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/.

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.

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The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL

***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***