An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Housing Fire Safety- Compliance Team as a Facilities Officer (FO).
We are seeking a dynamic Facilities Officer to oversee the operations of a number of buildings and services across the Residential estate. This role is essential to ensuring the smooth functioning of our Buildings, providing Safe, Good Quality and Compliant buildings for the residents of Sheffield City Council (SCC).
As a Facilities Officer you will be working as part of a busy team, ensuring buildings are compliant with statutory legislation. This will include supervising a range of buildings and service providers. Overseeing and delivering a cost effective, customer-focused compliant service provision.
You must have a sound knowledge and experience of the relevant legislation and the ability to read and interpret the law and guidance to ensure the service carries out all its statutory functions to the highest standard.
The person we are looking for will require or have ability to have:
1. Good communication and problem-solving attributes along with being enthusiastic, confident, well organised.
2. Knowledge of building (housing) related Health and Safety and understanding of statutory related duties in relation to building management.
3. Skill in the use if IT systems to undertake key task in building activities.
4. Put people at the heart of what we do to ensure we effectively listen to and support our staff and the people that use our sites, help wellbeing along with challenging discrimination.
5. To be open and honest approach to your work by fostering an environment that supports people in speaking up and bringing diverse ideas to what we offer, along with seeking out feedback on the way we work.
If you feel you can play a part in developing and delivering effective services, this is an opportunity for you.
For an informal discussion contact either;
Operations and Development Manager- James Armitage (email: Tel: ).
Service Manager-Luke Simpson (email: )
Sheffield is a great place to live, play and work. Being centrally located in the UK and with great road, rail and air transport links, the city stands between the beautiful outdoor adventure opportunities in the Peak District National Park to the West and the Entertainment, sporting, shopping and industrial sector in the East.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.