COMM ENT 1952 - G1 Council Officer - David Dale House (600267) - 433498
| Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £13.64 to £13.79 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 August 2025 |
| Location: | Blantyre, G72 0JG |
| Company: | South Lanarkshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 433498 |
Summary
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”
Location: David Dale House, 45 John Street, Blantyre, G72 0JG
Hours: 20 per week
Work Pattern: Week 1 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 7.45am to 4pm and Week 2 Thursday and Friday 7.45am to 4pm. 5 days over 10 on a two week pattern
Hourly Rate: £13.64 - £13.79
Looking for a motivated individual to join a team of Council Officers within David Dale House, Blantyre.
The successful candidate will be flexible in their approach to work with strong communication skills and can prioritise workload and to problem solve, customer focused and have attention to detail.
Main tasks as a Council Officer are as below:
Security
- Provide access and egress to the building, check there are no faults with building systems.
- Perform visual check of areas to log any defects.
- Always being vigilant to security and possible breaches.
- Provide reception cover where required.
- Log and monitor C.C.T.V. as per South Lanarkshire Council policy
- Provide additional security presence, if and when required.
- Report any incidents or near miss to Management team.
Churn Management
- Liaise with Managers and colleagues for two person tasks.
- Check and provide room set ups
- Churn Management within banqueting hall, 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 can require heavy lifting and hand balling (paper 12kg per box average 20 boxes) (uniforms are lighter but in larger boxes) Council Officer must ensure mechanical aids are used e.g. York cages (32” x 26”, height 56”), sack trucks, trolleys.
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 and replenish as required. Empty bins if required.
- Recycling collection throughout building.
- Removal of 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 and tying off) using mechanical aids were possible.
- 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 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 sanitiser 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 there may be a need for a follow up required. i.e. to PRP, Management, accident report, unhappy customer or delay to service delivery.
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.
- Facility safety checks and complete STOP HARM fire log book.
- Using mechanical sweepers, scrubber dryer, carpet shampooer
You will be required to cover in outlying council buildings.
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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.
Legislative Information
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.
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.
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.
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