COMM ENT 5495 G2 - Assistant Facilities Officer (600367) - 5495-481201594

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by Tuesday 15 September 2026 at 11:55pm. Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents. INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE.

Location: Council Offices, Floor 7, Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0AA Hours: 37 hours per week Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday 8am - 4.30pm and Friday 8am - 4pm Salary: £33,027 - £33,432 annual salary   Community and Enterprise resources are looking to appoint Assistant Facilities Officers to the 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. 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 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. View the Assistant Facilities Officer job profile 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 Scotland Act 2020.

This post is considered a Regulated Role with Children, in respect of the Disclosure Scotland Act 2020. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made. Please refer to  http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk  for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Overseas Criminal Records Check An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of 12 months in the past 10 years. Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned.

The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending cr