Job Description
Contract Type: Fixed Term for 1 year
Working Hours: 14 hours per week (
Ideally working on Monday and Friday, 7 hours per day)
Worker Type: Onsite Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £24,790 FTE (Level one) rising to £25,584 FTE (Level three) per annum (pro rata for part-time) - pay award pending
Location: The Oaks, St Anns, Nottingham, NG3 1GZ
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. In addition to competitive pay, generous 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
To help maintain and improve the appearance and structure of the building. To work as part of the staff team to meet general cleaning schedules. To take responsibility for monitoring specific health and safety checks and completing records, and undertake planned maintenance programmes such as painting and decorating, waste disposals, furniture assembly, and undertake minor maintenance repairs. To identify and report to the duty manager any potential maintenance repairs and security issues relating to the fixtures and fabric of the building.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Knowledge of the safe use and storage of any tools, equipment or materials used.
- A practical and knowledgeable approach to the safety of the building and its equipment.
- Experience of basic gardening and DIY, including experience of maintaining waste outlets, drains and other mechanical installations.
- Able to undertake routine domestic tasks and minor maintenance.
- Able to recognise the need for routine testing and recording of systems presenting a potential risk to health and safety of clients and staff, and good working knowledge of health & safety and building regulations.
- Ability to liaise with a variety of contractors and deliver information.
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
Please note that this role does not meet the relevant salary threshold criteria for Skilled Visa sponsorship, and therefore applicants requiring sponsorship are unable to apply.
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. Depending on the role, we offer different working arrangements, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean regarding how and where you work can be found on the
additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries, please contact Rachel Mclean, Assistant Service Provision Manager, by email at
[email protected] or by calling 0115 8762997.
Closing Date: 24th August 2025
Please note that there may be occasions when 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
By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.
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.
