Facilities and Operations Officer - Towcester, United Kingdom - Towcester Town Council

Description

• To agree, set and maintain planned maintenance regimes for Council properties.
• To provide regular review reports to the Council on the condition of its premises.
• To manage day to day operational issues arising with the Town Council's occupied buildings.
• To oversee the work of Council's contractors to ensure this work is carried out to specification and in the correct, safe and timely manner.
• To monitor facilities and equipment to ensure safe working practices in line with Health & Safety regulations.
• To promote safe working practices;
• To ensure safe and secure storage of materials and equipment;
• To carry out operational risk assessments;
• To adhere at all times to the policies and instructions of the Council.
• To ensure seats, litter bins, dog waste bins, notice boards, bus shelters and other street furniture are maintained.
• To work with the Town Clerk to maintain the facilities asset register for audit and insurance purposes.
• To set contract specifications for works to Council's premises.
• To undertake all other tasks that fall within the remit of the role.

• To undertake monthly inspections;
• To respond to related enquiries;
• To attend regular meetings with representatives of the Towcester Allotment & Gardener's Association;
• To maintain the Town Council's Allotment Waiting List;

• To make arrangements with Funeral Directors for burials/interments in the Brackley Road Cemetery;
• To maintain accurate records for the Brackley Road Cemetery;

• To liaise with the Council's contractor to address all actions arising from the weekly inspections and annual ROSPA inspection of the Council's play equipment;

• To address reports relating to the maintenance of the Council's open areas;
• To liaise with the Council's contractors to ensure all trees/shrubbed areas and regularly inspected and managed in accordance with the Council's maintenance plan for open spaces.

• To oversee the Council's Christmas tree/lights scheme and summer flags/floral displays schemes.

Towcester Town Hall, The Sawpits Centre, Towcester Youth & Community Centre, Brackley Road Cemetery Chapel & Cemetery Lodge, Richmond Road Public Conveniences (leased from West Northamptonshire Council).

Towcester Recreation Ground, Riverside Walks, Saxon Fields & Belle Baulk open areas, Sawpits Green, Nicholas Hawksmoor Pocket Park & Tove Wetland Pocket Park and various open areas within the residential developments across the town.

• New community building and sports pitches on the Persimmon/Bloor Homes SUE Development.

• Demonstrate good organisational skills, the ability to prioritise workloads and set personal deadlines;
• Summarise and record data accurately and concisely;
• Plan and work efficiently under pressure;
• Exercise judgment confidently;
• Be practical and handson with the ability to manage issues in

• Establish and maintain a good working relationship with colleagues;
• Work effectively in a team environment;

• Respond to changing demands/circumstances at short notice, including out of normal working hours;
• To meet new challenges imaginatively;
• The possession of a valid driving licence and the ability to use the applicant's own vehicle in connection with their employment, for which reimbursement will be made;

• Assimilate information clearly and quickly;
• Act with initiative and imagination when circumstances demand;
• Ability to undertake risk assessments and necessary functions under Health and safety legislation;

• Prepare reports and information clearly and concisely;
• Demonstrate a level of literacy for writing letters, reports and property particulars;
• To present reports and information to others in a concise and understandable manner;
• Demonstrate an understanding of lease agreements and associated legal documents;
• Understand, interpret and communicate with a wide range of people;

• Exercise tact, diplomacy and discretion;
• Deal confidently and sympathetically with members of the Council, members of the public, contractors and other staff members;

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of current IT