Heritage & Leisure Facilities Officer
| Posting date: | 16 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £34,434 to £39,152 per year |
| Additional salary information: | plus essential car user allowance |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 October 2025 |
| Location: | Tamworth, Staffordshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Tamworth Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: |
Summary
TAMWORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL
ASSETS
Heritage & Leisure Facilities Officer
£34,434 - £39,152 per annum
plus, essential car user allowance
Hybrid working contract
37 hours per week
Permanent
Set in the beautiful county of Staffordshire, Tamworth is a vibrant town with rich heritage. Located in the centre of Britain, with a growing population of over 77,000 people, Tamworth is a borough with much to be proud of. Our transport links, unique shopping experience, developing town centre, green spaces, leisure offer, including our cultural and wide-ranging outdoor events programme, as well as our heritage buildings, all help make it a great place to live, work, study, and visit.
In addition to all that Tamworth already has to offer, exciting times are ahead as we embark on a period of significant transformation. Multi-million-pound projects, such as the Future High Street Fund development will help to bring about lasting change and improvements in the future. This will assist with our mission to restore Tamworth town centre as the beating heart of the community, a place that people want to visit, rather than a place they have to visit.
Working for Tamworth Borough Council is more than just a job, it’s about making life better for the people who live and work in the Borough. We recognise that everybody who works at Tamworth Borough Council is key to successfully delivering its aims and objectives. We can’t do this without skilled and ambitious workforce working in a positive environment empowered to do their best.
We are seeking to appoint a confident and self-motivated individual with a construction and facilities management background to assist in maintaining the Council’s heritage, leisure and corporate assets.
The successful candidate will possess a HNC or equivalent in a construction discipline and will have experience of facilities management and building maintenance with a focus on public and heritage buildings.
You will have a good understanding of current regulations relating to all aspects of building safety and compliance; you will also possess a detailed understanding of procurement and construction contract management.
The role will see you managing repairs and routine and planned maintenance works, building safety works and building cleansing at various locations including Tamworth Castle, Tamworth Assembly Rooms, The Town Hall and a number of our corporate and leisure facilities. You will work closely with the buildings and premises managers to ensure that these important public buildings are maintained to a high standard and ready for significant public use.
In addition to the managing the general upkeep of these buildings you will also assist in the development of planned maintenance programmes and oversee capital investment projects.
You will require a full driving licence and will need to have access to a vehicle to carry out your duties.
We have an extensive benefits package including flexible working, a non-contributory health scheme, Local Government pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, discounted gym membership, and payment of professional fees (where applicable), for further details please refer to the application information document on our website.
Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, right to work in the UK check, medical clearance and DBS check.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Martin Harper, Head of Repairs at martin-harper@tamworth.gov.uk or Lucy Mitchell, Head of Asset Management and Planned Works at lucy-mitchell@tamworth.gov.uk
For further information and to apply please visit Tamworth BC Jobs.
Late applications and/or CVs will not be accepted. Agencies need not apply.
If you have any queries about the recruitment process, please contact recruitment@tamworth.gov.uk.
Closing date: 5th October 2025
Interview date: w/c 13th October 2025
In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. Therefore, you are advised to submit your completed application as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered. Following the closing date, the Recruiting Manager will shortlist, and you will be notified.
Tamworth Borough Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We operate two guaranteed interview schemes which support individuals who meet all the essential criteria to be guaranteed an interview for a vacancy. The Disability Committed Employer scheme supports applicants with a disability and the Veterans Guaranteed interview scheme supports those defined as veterans, military spouses/partners and cadet instructors.
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks are required for relevant posts.
We are committed to ensuring that people are not disadvantaged in accessing our services. We will make reasonable adjustments for those people that need further assistance, depending on the individual’s needs, further guidance can be found in our Reasonable Adjustments guidance Equality and diversity | Tamworth Borough Council.
Public facing roles are covered by the Fluency Duty as outlined in section 78 of the Immigration Act 2016, to serve the public it is vital that those working in public facing roles can communicate in English with members of the public receiving local authority services.
ASSETS
Heritage & Leisure Facilities Officer
£34,434 - £39,152 per annum
plus, essential car user allowance
Hybrid working contract
37 hours per week
Permanent
Set in the beautiful county of Staffordshire, Tamworth is a vibrant town with rich heritage. Located in the centre of Britain, with a growing population of over 77,000 people, Tamworth is a borough with much to be proud of. Our transport links, unique shopping experience, developing town centre, green spaces, leisure offer, including our cultural and wide-ranging outdoor events programme, as well as our heritage buildings, all help make it a great place to live, work, study, and visit.
In addition to all that Tamworth already has to offer, exciting times are ahead as we embark on a period of significant transformation. Multi-million-pound projects, such as the Future High Street Fund development will help to bring about lasting change and improvements in the future. This will assist with our mission to restore Tamworth town centre as the beating heart of the community, a place that people want to visit, rather than a place they have to visit.
Working for Tamworth Borough Council is more than just a job, it’s about making life better for the people who live and work in the Borough. We recognise that everybody who works at Tamworth Borough Council is key to successfully delivering its aims and objectives. We can’t do this without skilled and ambitious workforce working in a positive environment empowered to do their best.
We are seeking to appoint a confident and self-motivated individual with a construction and facilities management background to assist in maintaining the Council’s heritage, leisure and corporate assets.
The successful candidate will possess a HNC or equivalent in a construction discipline and will have experience of facilities management and building maintenance with a focus on public and heritage buildings.
You will have a good understanding of current regulations relating to all aspects of building safety and compliance; you will also possess a detailed understanding of procurement and construction contract management.
The role will see you managing repairs and routine and planned maintenance works, building safety works and building cleansing at various locations including Tamworth Castle, Tamworth Assembly Rooms, The Town Hall and a number of our corporate and leisure facilities. You will work closely with the buildings and premises managers to ensure that these important public buildings are maintained to a high standard and ready for significant public use.
In addition to the managing the general upkeep of these buildings you will also assist in the development of planned maintenance programmes and oversee capital investment projects.
You will require a full driving licence and will need to have access to a vehicle to carry out your duties.
We have an extensive benefits package including flexible working, a non-contributory health scheme, Local Government pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, discounted gym membership, and payment of professional fees (where applicable), for further details please refer to the application information document on our website.
Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, right to work in the UK check, medical clearance and DBS check.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Martin Harper, Head of Repairs at martin-harper@tamworth.gov.uk or Lucy Mitchell, Head of Asset Management and Planned Works at lucy-mitchell@tamworth.gov.uk
For further information and to apply please visit Tamworth BC Jobs.
Late applications and/or CVs will not be accepted. Agencies need not apply.
If you have any queries about the recruitment process, please contact recruitment@tamworth.gov.uk.
Closing date: 5th October 2025
Interview date: w/c 13th October 2025
In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. Therefore, you are advised to submit your completed application as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered. Following the closing date, the Recruiting Manager will shortlist, and you will be notified.
Tamworth Borough Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We operate two guaranteed interview schemes which support individuals who meet all the essential criteria to be guaranteed an interview for a vacancy. The Disability Committed Employer scheme supports applicants with a disability and the Veterans Guaranteed interview scheme supports those defined as veterans, military spouses/partners and cadet instructors.
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks are required for relevant posts.
We are committed to ensuring that people are not disadvantaged in accessing our services. We will make reasonable adjustments for those people that need further assistance, depending on the individual’s needs, further guidance can be found in our Reasonable Adjustments guidance Equality and diversity | Tamworth Borough Council.
Public facing roles are covered by the Fluency Duty as outlined in section 78 of the Immigration Act 2016, to serve the public it is vital that those working in public facing roles can communicate in English with members of the public receiving local authority services.
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.