Location: Based at Netley
Contract: Full-time and permanent
Salary: Scale 4 (£26,106.00 - £28,653.00 per annum) plus a 14% shift allowance
Hours: Shift pattern on a 3-week rota
1. Week 1: Monday to Friday, 0700 – 1500
2. Week 2: Monday to Friday, 1000 – 1800
3. Week 3: Monday to Thursday, 1400 – 2200 and Friday 1200 – 2000
Closing Date: Sunday 12th October 2025 at 23:59
Make a difference where it matters most
The Office of Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) supports the Police and Crime Commissioner serving Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The OPCC provides a link between Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary (HIOWC) and the communities they serve through setting the budget and holding the Chief Constable to account in the delivery of an efficient and effective service.
Join our dedicated Estates Team and help maintain the buildings that support HIOWC in keeping our communities safe.
About the role
We’re looking for a proactive and hands-on Facilities Officer to help us deliver high-quality planned and reactive maintenance across a diverse police estate. You’ll be the eyes and ears on the ground – spotting issues before they escalate, engaging with building users, and ensuring our facilities remain safe, compliant, and fit for purpose.
This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same. From supporting building projects and relocations to supervising contractors and maintaining custodial facilities, you’ll play a key part in keeping our estate running smoothly.
What you’ll be doing
* Carrying out general building maintenance and compliance checks.
* Engaging with building users to promote good practices and prevent deterioration.
* Supporting relocations, refurbishments, and decommissioning projects.
* Supervising contractors and ensuring safe working practices.
* Maintaining postal services and supporting facilities management coverage across core hours.
* Ensuring health & safety and statutory compliance across multiple sites.
To view the full role profile, please click here.
What we’re looking for
* Experience in a facilities or maintenance role is desirable but not essential.
* Experience working in the public sector or hospitality industry is desirable but not essential.
* Computer literate and confident in learning new systems.
* A full UK driving licence is essential.
* An understanding of building systems, maintenance practices, and regulations.
* Excellent time management and communication skills.
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
* Flexible, professional, and customer-focused approach to duties.
* Eager to learn with a can-do attitude.
Joining our Estates Team will enable you to be part of a team that directly supports frontline policing, and to work in a role with a real purpose. You will also enjoy a supportive environment with opportunities to progress your career.
In addition to the competitive salary and highly rewarding career, our other benefits include but are not limited to:
* Generous annual leave allowance.
* Access to salary sacrifice scheme for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV).
* Blue Light card membership.
APPLY NOW
If you’re practical, proactive, and passionate about keeping buildings safe and functional, we’d love to hear from you!
Please follow the online application link to apply. You will be required to enter personal details, complete our pre-screen questions, attach a covering letter of no more than one page detailing your motivations for applying for this role, and answer the shortlisting question detailed below. Your answer should be no more than 400 words or equivalent characters to support 400 words.
1. Please explain why you believe you are suited to the role of Facilities Officer and what relevant skills you can bring to the position.
The Office for the Police and Crime Commissioner is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
Corporate Equalities Employment Policy: In order to combat indirect discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied to any for achieving equality of opportunity in its employment practices. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, disability, age, ethnic or national origin, marital status, creed, sexuality, trade union activity or responsibility for dependants unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.
In order to combat indirect discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied to which would have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group.
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