What does a Youth and Play Facilities Support Officer do at Southwark Council?

To support the Youth & Play teams with day to day facilities operational tasks related to the service buildings, sites and installations (including IT) so that they are good working order, safe, secure for both staff and visitors and compliant with relevant health and safety legislation.

To liaise with the corporate facilities management (CFM) team to provide efficient and effective building related facilities services ensuring the youth and play sites’ working environment fully supports the council’s modern ways of working.

1. To support the youth and play teams on all site-based facilities management tasks to ensure that facilities used by both staff and service users are safe and in working order.
2. To ensure that buildings are staffed at key times, including school holidays, and support the teams through reception and administrative support.
3. To liaise with CFM on planned inspection and audit programmes, scheduling contractor appointments, facilitating access, supporting in the completion in any identified remedial actions.
4. To respond promptly and confidently to emergency or urgent property management issues as they arise, seeking to resolve them as quickly and as cost effective as possible.
5. Working with your line manager, ensure that the Youth & Play managers are regularly briefed on all operational building compliance, works or repair progress.
6. Support the Youth & Play Service in the provision of high quality and timely administrative support, financial processing and ordering, property-related management and performance data inputting.
7. To liaise and consult with the CFM Service Desk and technical teams order to help facilitate the completion of repairs and remedial works.
8. To ensure that all Health and Safety regulations, statutory legislation and council policies are adhered to by the Youth & Play Service through visual checks and required recording, and support contractors while working on or in Council property.
9. Welcome visitors to our buildings, help keep public spaces welcoming and tidy, and notice boards up to date.
10. To manage and coordinate bookings, deal with enquiries, maintain a schedule of weekly usage (both internal and external partners) and grant access to third party bookings for the various sites.
11. To undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade of the job as may be requested from time to time.

Additional salary details

Benefits and more information:

In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.

Part time role. Flexibility across the week.

Recruitment timetable

Closing date 02/03/2025

Shortlisting date: tbc

Interview date tbc

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