GLL is looking for a Facilities Assistant to work 18 hours per week at Lincoln Central Library supporting the Library Manager in ensuring the maintenance, repair, security and safety of our building is completed to a high standard.
As a Facilities Assistant, you’ll work as part of a team as well as on your own and have a good eye for detail. With an understanding of health and safety regulations, you’ll ensure the safety and security of staff and customers and the building by implementing or reporting repairs, when necessary, with minimal disruption. You will also provide occasional cover for the frontline library service.
You’ll need to have previous maintenance or construction industry experience. Technical qualifications such as building, plumbing, carpentry and/or decorating etc. would be desirable. Good IT, communication skills and written literacy are a must in this role as it requires a proactive approach and good problem-solving skills.
What you will need
Able to complete day to day maintenance jobs
Knowledge of how to use tools
Confident IT skills and knowledge
Excellent numeracy, literacy and communications skills
Team player
Strong communicator
A real focus on customer service
Professional in the workplace
The rota of this post is as below:
Monday 12.30pm - 5.30pm
Tuesday 1pm – 5pm
Wednesday 1pm – 5pm
Thursday 1pm – 6pm
Friday Off
Saturday Off
As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:
A part time (18hrs) permanent position with a salary of £24,459 pro rata (£13.03 per hour)
A Values driven organisation
Learning & development to support career development
Good Pension schemes
Discounted gym membership for you and your partner.
Industry leading rates of pay
opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
Health assurance
Career pathways and professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
25% off Red Letter Days
25% off Buy a Gift
20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
Ride to work scheme
Free eye tests and discounted glasses
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centers, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centers.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time work options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
We offer two different types of work arrangements:
A permanent employment contract - part time and full time
A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7-day-a-week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
So, whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.
However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.