Multi Skilled Operative

Ashford, England, United Kingdom

12/20/2024

Role Responsibility

The Operational Office estate team provides exceptional customer service to our professional clients, KCC staff and members of the public that attend our estate. We are committed in providing a high standard of office facilities and environment to our staff, helping them have the right tools and space to be able to carry out their service for the Council.

We are seeking a Multi Skilled Operative to support the smooth operation and upkeep of the office environment.

The post holder will be responsible for performing a range of duties related to maintenance, cleanliness, and support services to ensure a clean, organised, and welcoming workspace for employees and visitors.

Our Offer

• Full induction
• Training and development opportunities
• Annual leave allowance of 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years service (plus bank holidays and an extra day off at Christmas)
• Excellent local government pension scheme
• Opportunities to develop in your career
  
  

Duties

• Responsible for maintaining the tidiness of the office premises, including external car parks, common areas, meeting rooms and work spaces.
• Provide assistance with small maintenance jobs and office moves within the office as instructed, ensuring the work is completed in a timely manner.
• Assist staff with setting up meeting rooms/conference areas, and other spaces for events or large meetings by arranging furniture, equipment, and supplies to ensure they are in proper order and ready for use in time for the event/meeting.
• Assist in receiving large deliveries to the office, such as paper, and ensure these deliveries are delivered to the specified area within the office when required.
• Maintain the cleanliness of office equipment such as printers, photocopiers, and scanners to ensure they are in working condition. Report any equipment malfunctions promptly to the correct team.
• Adhere to health and safety guidelines, regularly checking the building is a safe and secure working environment ensuring that any safety hazards, accidents, incidents or building issues are reported in a timely manner.
• Assist with emergency procedures and evacuation drills when required, ensuring staff are directed to the muster points and report to the Building Officer.
• Responsible for delivering a customer centered approach and displaying customer focused, professional and empathetic behaviour. Provide excellent service putting the customer at the heart of every aspect of the work.
• Responsible for identifying opportunities that will drive innovation, ensuring new ways of working are embraced by consistently looking at the current way of working to see how this can be improved.
  
  

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For More Information On This Role, Please Contact

Reece Birkill

Reece.Birkill@kent.gov.uk

07890 890 883

About The Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

Job Description & Person Specification

• Multi Skilled Operative JD.pdf