Facilities Officer

2 weeks ago


Maidstone, United Kingdom Maidstone Borough Council Full time

Job reference

001926

Date posted

29/01/2024

Application closing date

11/02/2024

Location

Maidstone

Salary

Grade 6 - £23,498 - £25,158

Package

Blank

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Clerical

Attachments

Blank

Job description

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Facilities Management team to help manage and maintain the buildings owned by the Council.

Our teams provide facilities and property management to ensure that buildings are safe and fit for purpose, that Council staff can carry out their duties in a comfortable clean environment.

You will be working in a busy Facilities Management team who have customer service at the core of what they do. You will also get to provide support to the team who deal with building surveying and maintenance. We ensure that the buildings owned by the Council are performing to their best.

This is a full-time position.

About Maidstone Borough Council

Maidstone Borough Council is a confident organisation with ambition and aspirations to deliver high quality services to our residents and local businesses. We strive to make the borough an attractive place for all and secure a successful economy. We continue to build on our strengths - assets, knowledge and expertise and our track record for innovation and improvement to create a financially sustainable future so that we can continue with our undiminished plans.

We will only achieve the results we are aiming for through the talents and hard work of all our people. You are encouraged to become part of our vision and in return you can expect support, training, and fair reward from us. We will give you the opportunity to develop the skills to do your job well and create a positive working environment where your ideas about improving how we do things are valued and we manage the changes needed for new ways of working well.

At Maidstone Borough Council we recognise the importance of flexible working and the benefits this can bring to both our staff and the Council. We know that by offering employees a range of flexible working opportunities we can positively impact their wellbeing and engagement, and drive productivity in return. As such we have developed a highly flexible hybrid working policy, alongside our flexi time and flexible working policies, enabling staff to shape their working patterns around building a greater work life balance.

Our Offer:

- A range of benefits including:

- Highly flexible hybrid working opportunities
- 7am to 7pm flexi time to suit personal circumstances for most roles
- Generous holiday entitlement which increases after 5 years LG service plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional leave.
- Additional 3 days leave given to enable a close down of the offices between Christmas and New year.
- Free parking
- Range of flexible working opportunities to accommodate people’s home/work life balance including compressed hours, 9-day fortnight, part time.
- Invitations to staff events to celebrate success and support wellbeing that include holistic therapies and outdoor activities
- Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential & independent information and access to counsellors
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with valuable life cover and financial protection for your family.
- Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
- Season Ticket Loan - to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
- Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand-new car. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.
- Annual flu vaccine
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff benefits discounts on leisure, eating out, holidays and shopping
- Excellent learning and career opportunities for committed individuals
- A professional fee payment, if required for the role

About You:
You will be an enthusiastic and proactive individual with an interest in facilities management and property management.

You will have good verbal and written communication skills and be good at interacting with different people. You will be able to meet exacting deadlines and be focused on customer service.

Selection Process:
Maidstone Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employee and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to discuss this position, please contact David Guest, Property Services Manager on 01622 602016.

Job Description & Person Specification

Interview Date: 19 February 2024



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