Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Onsite Worker
Salary: Grade C £24,790 - £25,584 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Location: Broad Marsh Bus Station & Car Park (part of Corporate & Civic Sites)
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .
About The Role
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our Caretaking team in order to help maintain and assist with Caretaking & Cleaning at the Broad Marsh Bus Station and Car Park.
We are looking for candidates who enjoy working in a busy environment, as part of a team and who are able to communicate at all levels, with all members of the community.
Experience in basic maintenance and cleaning is desirable but not essential as training will be given. Duties will include: a focus on the external area of site using electrical cleaning machinery ie. buffing machine and wet pick-ups, jet washing, mopping etc and basic maintenance ie. painting, basic repairs, compliance such as fire alarm testing, water flushing and temperature checks etc.
You will play a vital role as part of a small team of Caretakers across the city. However, this post is predominantly one where you will be expected to work using your own initiative and program your daily routine to meet the needs of the site. Protective clothing and other PPE will be provided as required.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Basic knowledge of repairs and maintenance
- Basic IT skills
- Basic understanding of different cleaning methods and equipment
- Basic awareness of Health and Safety
- Able to communicate at all levels
- Experience of being part of a team with a flexible approach.
You can find the job description for this post
here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact us via email at
[email protected]Closing Date: 2nd July 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
