Porter - Facilities & Environmental Services
Location
Nuneaton, Warwickshire | United Kingdom
Job description
What's involved with this role:
Temporary Porter - Facilities & Environmental Services
Reference no: Nuneaton 5246047
Pay rate: £12.18 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday to Friday, 06:00 – 18:00
This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: NUNEATON, Warwickshire
A Porter is required to provide a comprehensive, cost-effective and customer-focussed porter service for the Town Hall to support the activities and opening hours of Council services delivered from these buildings.
Key responsibilities:
Be responsible for locking and unlocking the main entrance doors and setting and disarming the security alarms at the Town Hall.
Test the fire alarms weekly at the prescribed time and maintain the associated records.
Receive goods, deliveries and distribute them and their associated documentation to their relevant destinations in the Town Hall.
Clean the Council Chamber, Committee Rooms, Committee Room toilets and the Mayor’s Parlour/kitchen/bathroom and set up furniture for meetings in the Council Chamber and Committee Rooms.
Check toilets in the Town Hall daily and replenish supplies as necessary.
Collect litter, twice daily (morning and afternoon), from areas around the perimeter of the Town Hall. Dispose of litter collected at a recognised disposal point.
Collect and transfer recyclables, office waste and redundant materials to their collection/disposal facility.
Move office furniture and other items within the Town Hall as required.
Carry out any day-to-day building maintenance and minor repairs to office furniture and fittings.
Carry out any other duties as required commensurate with the post.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via
[email protected] by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
NVQ Cleaning and Support Services, or equivalent desirable.
HSE approved First Aid Certificate, or equivalent desirable.
Experience:
Experience of working as a Porter/Caretaker desirable.
Experience of cleaning in a commercial environment desirable.
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Skills & Abilities:
Good communication skills, both oral and written.
Good customer liaison skills.
Physical ability to lift/carry furniture, deliver parcels etc.
Ability to carry out general building maintenance and minor office repairs, including working at height from appropriate access equipment.
Flexibility to work anti-social hours.
Knowledge of powered cleaning machines, tools, materials and chemicals desirable.
Good motivation, resilience and personal enthusiasm.
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
Ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality at all times.
A patient, honest and caring approach in dealing with members of the public and colleagues.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
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Job Ref: Nuneaton 5246047
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.
We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.
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£12.18 per hour
