Some key information
- Based at County Hall, Taunton
- Permanent role of 14.5 hours/week, working Thursday 8am to 4.30pm and Friday 8am to 4pm
- Salary is £9,563 - £9,869 per annum for 14.5 hours per week
What will I be doing?
The Facilities Management Team provides premises management, health, and safety statutory checks, assists with incident control, financial and procurement administration. We act as first point of contact for building users. We are a busy team, and each day brings interesting challenges and tasks.
We currently have a vacancy for enthusiastic and motivated Facilities Caretaker who is resilient, have excellent technical, administrative and customer service skills and a natural problem solver to join our small, high profile facilities management team.
Although we are looking for someone who has experience in a health and safety environment or a similar role, we are seeking people with transferable skills and backgrounds.
- Are you reactive, flexible and have a can-do attitude?
- Are you a reliable individual and team player who can work with minimal supervision?
- Do you have good communication skills, written and verbal?
- Do you have a keen eye for detail?
If you are answering Yes to the above, this role is perfect for you!
What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?
We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:
- Have experience in a similar role, with basic building maintenance knowledge.
- Take pride in your work, have great work ethic and want to play your part in creating a welcoming and safe environment.
- Have experience of using Word, Excel and Outlook.
You’ll be joining a small friendly team of staff providing a caretaking and basic maintenance and repairs service, as well as admin support across our facilities management sites. As a Facilities Assistant your varied duties will include:
- Caretaking duties - including opening County Hall and securing it in the evening, regular health and safety checks and assisting with Incident control.
- Carrying out portering duties, such as moving furniture.
- Carrying out minor repairs to furniture, office fittings and occasionally office fabric, straightforward carpentry and construction in relation to our offices.
- Assisting in the post room – sorting, scanning, franking & delivering mail
- Weekly Health and Safety Tours, Legionella checks, emergency lighting checks, panic alarm testing, fire alarm testing and evac chair checks.
- Providing front office cover support for Facilities Management – answering phones, emails and walk-in enquiries from internal customers.
We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.
We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.
What's in it for me?
We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.
We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:
- We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
- Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Staff discounts in gyms.
- Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
- Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
- A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
- My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more
Anything else I should know?
The salary is £9,563 - £9,869 per annum for 14.5 hours per week
Experience in a health and safety environment or premises management role is preferred but not essential as training will be given.
If this role is customer facing you will need to speak fluent English.
If you are interested in finding out more before applying, please get in touch with Louise Smith (01823 355352)
