COMM ENT 2672 G2 - Assistant Facilities Officers (609598, 609599, 609600) at South Lanarkshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council · Hamilton, United Kingdom · Onsite
- Professional
- Office in Hamilton
INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE AND COMPLETE THEIR SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS EITHER VIA THE ME TAB ON FUSION PRIOR TO STARTING THE APPLICATION FORM OR BY CLICKING ON THE LINK AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS IN THE SECTION OF THE FORM TITLED “REVIEW SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS”.
ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by 27 October 2025 at 11:55pm
Location: Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0AA
Hours: 37 per week
Work Pattern: Monday – Thursday 8am – 4.30pm and Friday 8am – 4pm
Salary: £31,908 - £32,294
These posts are Permanent
Community and Enterprise resources are looking to appoint three Assistant Facilities Officers to the Menu Development and Service Development areas of their Facilities team.
Main accountabilities are to assist the Facility Officer in the promotion and development of Facilities Services. This will include assisting and contributing to service projects, including expansion of free school meals, menu development and adapted diets. Provide advice, guidance and support to Facilities Assistants within various geographical areas to ensure services are delivered to meet organisational and legislative requirements.
Main Duties:
- To assist the Facility Officer in the management of staff within various Geographical Areas.
- To Ensure compliance with Internal Audit cash handling procedures within schools by carrying out full cash audit including checking the completion of all financial paperwork and operating procedures.
- To carry out catering, cleaning and janitorial audits including checking compliance with organisational and legislative requirements. Ensuring immediate actions are verified and reporting findings to Facility Officer.
- To assist the Menu Development Team with ensuring that the Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) Regulations 2020 are adhered to including meeting criteria around Adapted Diets.
- To Liaise with client groups for individual requests for adapted diets. Attend pupil and parent councils, PTA, for feedback on cleaning, janitorial and catering services
- Participate in schools working groups such as health promoting groups, eco school groups and ensure that front line staff provides acceptable standards of customer care.
- To Assist Facility Officer with Service Developments including Digital Transformation of service and expansion of free school meals and school meal uptake.
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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 need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale you may automatically be 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.
Foreign Police Check
Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.
Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant
South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.
South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.
As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:
- Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
- To increase the value of their pension pot, Local Government Employees can opt to join the 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 and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave.
- Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
- Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)
Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.
About Company
Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant
South Lanarkshire Council / South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.
South Lanarkshire Council / South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is also committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.
Company
Our vision is for South Lanarkshire as set out in our Economic Strategy is to have one of the strongest and most dynamic economies in Scotland, where businesses, communities, and residents achieve their full potential and prosper.
We will achieve this through three key interrelated themes:
- People - skills, learning and employability
- Place - physical infrastructure and place
- Business - business development and growth