Facilities Management Officer

at  Reading Borough Council

Job description
Are you looking for a rewarding new customer focussed role that offers flexible and family-friendly working options? You’ve found it – and plenty more. We are looking for a Facilities Management Officer to work in the Facilities Management (FM) team providing facility services and compliance checks to the council community and other corporate buildings.

You will work in a fast paced mobile environment in various buildings across the borough of Reading as part of the wider Facilities Management team. This role would be ideally suited to someone with experience of carrying out building compliance and other checks, some basic repairs in a corporate type buildings with great customer care attributes and an eye for detail or someone who would like to broaden their skill base into something different.

This is an exciting and varied role in a fast-paced environment. Your main duties will include:

• To be carrying out compliance and building checks in community centres and other council buildings and either be trained or willing to undertake this training
• To carry out health and safety and other checks and lead in emergency situations such as first aid
• Provide inductions to visitors and contractors on site to provide access and facilitate specialist repairs are carried out safely.
• To provide customer care to hirers and building users.

You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place. Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do.
Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential.
Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way.
Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed.