INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF
NLC3: £26,532 - £27,571 Per Year (Pro-Rata for Part Time)
The Community Facilities Caretaker plays a vital role in ensuring our Community Centres are welcoming, well‑maintained, and safe spaces for all. Reporting to the Assistant Area Manager, you will take pride in maintaining high standards of presentation, cleanliness, and security across our facilities.
We are looking for someone who enjoys working with the public and can communicate confidently and courteously with a wide range of service users, delivering excellent customer care at all times.
In this hands‑on role, you will use your initiative daily to identify maintenance needs, carry out minor repairs, and support the smooth running of the centre. Strong practical skills, along with the ability to complete paperwork and keep accurate records, are essential.
If you are enthusiastic, self‑motivated, and adaptable - someone who takes ownership of their work and enjoys contributing to a busy community environment -we would love to hear from you.
Important Application Guidance
To support your application and ensure fair shortlisting, you must provide a supporting statement. In this statement, please clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria listed in the job description. Applications that do not address these criteria may not be shortlisted
Working Patterns & Locations:
Working pattern according to rota. Your pattern of days and hours will be determined by your line manager to suit the exigencies of the service.
4 Posts: 37 hours a week.
2 Posts: 10 hours a week (weekends).
These posts cover the North Relief Area, primarily Airdrie, Cumbernauld, and neighbouring smaller localities.
Working here at North Lanarkshire Council
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
For more information on local authority careers visit the myjobscotland career hub
North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.
Click here to see our Recruitment Charter.
*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.
North Lanarkshire Council has reached its current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship and, as a result, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.
The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.
Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone .
The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL
***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***