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Actual closing date: Applications must be received by Wednesday 10th December 2025 at 11:55pm.
Location: Various Locations within South Lanarkshire
Hours: 35 hours per week
Work pattern: Monday - Friday 7am to 3pm or 11am - 7pm
Salary: £24,891 - £25,165 annual salary
Looking for a motivated individual to join a team of Council Officers with Facilities to cover various locations within South Lanarkshire.
The successful candidate will be flexible in their approach to work with strong communication skills, can prioritise workload, problem‑solve, be customer‑focused and have attention to detail.
Main Tasks As a Council Officer
Security
* Provide access and egress to the building, check there are no faults with building systems.
* Perform visual checks of areas to log any defects.
* Always be vigilant to security and possible breaches.
* Provide reception cover where required.
* Log and monitor C.C.T.V. as per S.L.C. policy.
* Provide additional security presence, if and when required.
* Report any incidents or near miss to the Management team.
Churn Management
* Liaise with Managers and colleagues for two‑person tasks.
* Check and provide room set‑ups.
* Manage churn within banqueting halls, offices and rooms.
Goods in
* Sort mail for departments.
* Liaise with delivery personnel.
* Perform banksmen duties as required.
* Daily porterage of mail.
* Daily portage of goods to departments—this may require heavy lifting; mechanical aids (York cages, trolleys) should be used.
Waste Management
* Litter‑pick the perimeters of the building.
* Manual or mechanical sweep of grounds.
* Collect and replenish blue bins from floors as per schedule, taking to kitchen.
* Check toilets throughout the day for stock levels of tissues and hand towels, replenish as required; empty bins if required.
* Recycling collection throughout building.
* Remove general waste, organic waste from all office bins as required (bags lifted from receptacles to above shoulder height when heavy or waist height when less than half full).
* Check all lift halls for black or cardboard throughout the day.
* Respond to special confidential waste uplifts.
Corporate Standards
* Follow SSOW for all tasks, including the wearing of PPE.
* Clean front doors of any marks daily.
* Mop entrance or use mechanical water uplift throughout the day if raining.
* Brush around front door and fire exits twice daily.
* Report and log any building defects, report to maintenance.
* Liaise with the PRP, Clerk of Works and maintenance teams.
* Deal with all requests from building users and the management team.
* Log all deliveries and deliver to building users.
* When required through public health: sanitising tasks & checking and filling hand sanitising stations throughout the day; stock‑control checks for levels of sanitizer and replenishing as required; reporting any broken units.
* Check and monitor cleanliness of areas.
* Manage pool‑car paperwork.
* Report any issues/ incidents/ near miss to line manager where a follow‑up is required.
Adverse Weather
* In adverse weather follow the Adverse Weather Plan for gritting.
* Ensure pathways are salted and clear of snow or ice.
Weekly Tasks
* Wash and clean glass entrances internal/external and remove cobwebs.
* Wash and brush out bin refuse areas.
* Perform facility safety checks and complete STOP HARM fire log book.
* Use mechanical sweepers, scrubber, dryer, carpet shampooers as needed.
You will be required to cover outlying council buildings.
Please apply online—All correspondence will be via your email address.
Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if needed, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may be automatically withdrawn from this position.
Canvassing of elected members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.
Overseas Criminal Records Check
Applicants born outside the UK or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of three months in the past ten years must provide an overseas criminal records check. The check must be translated into English, come from an authorised source, and confirm no pending criminal record proceedings.
Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant
South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. We are a Disability Confident Scheme Employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of this role. Veterans and service leavers are guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria.
Benefits
* Enrolment in award‑winning local government pension scheme.
* Opportunities to increase pension pot via Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.
* Up to 33 days annual leave.
* Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days).
* Occupational sick pay.
* Family‑friendly policies—flexible working, leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.
* Employee discounts—cinema, etc.
* Cycle to Work scheme, physiotherapy, employee assistance programme.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM; ALL CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.
To be considered for this vacancy you must complete the application form.
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