Facilities Assistants - North West Edinburgh

Job Description

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Facilities Assistant (Claim to pay)
North West Edinburgh - various locations

Salary: £23,651 - £23,857 (pro rata for part time)
Hours: Various

Hours will vary - early mornings, evenings, weekends & out of term times, dependent on the needs of the business

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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