Job Description

Reporting to the Facilities Manager and working as part of a small team, you will provide a complete porter and messenger service for the Council. The Facilities service is office based and operates from Grafton House, Ipswich. You will be working for a well-established, trusted employer and will have the opportunity to develop your career.

About you

We are looking for someone to join the Facilities team who is hard working, methodical and dedicated who brings energy and enthusiasm to the service.  This role involves a variety of duties including running the postal service for Grafton House & Council outstations.  Setting up meeting rooms, accepting deliveries, dispatching mail and checking the electric pool car fleet on a weekly basis.  

Working with the Assistant Facilities Officer and assisting team members can be regarded as standard, but the role is varied, rewarding and by no means routine.  In addition, Facilities maintain the operational running of the records store, providing internal customers with access to securely stored records.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience in health and safety related areas to ensure safe working practices are followed.  They will also be expected to be self-motivated, flexible and have good interpersonal skills to engage well with customers, staff and members of the public.

Candidates will hold a current, full and clean driving licence for ad hoc driving deliveries where required and be able to undertake manual handling tasks. 

You will work 37 hours per week, start times will vary on a weekly basis to cover the Facilities service that normally operates Monday to Friday, 0700 – 1730 hours.  You will be educated to GSCE level in English and Maths or equivalent and will be required to undergo in-house training and e-learning to enhance your skills for the role e.g. Health & Safety, fire, manual handling and GDPR.

This post is offered on a fixed term basis for 6 months as a secondment.

As well as a good salary, we offer a career average pension scheme, generous holiday and sick pay entitlements, subsidised parking, public transport discounts, free swimming, cycle purchase scheme, plenty of personal and professional development opportunities, flexible working, hybrid working opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity to work with great colleagues.

For more information about this role please contact Julie Houchell on 07736 826310 or via email Julie.houchell@ipswich.gov.uk

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification to find out more about this role:

Job Description and Person Specification

The selection process will be an interview.

The assessment interview process will be carried out remotely via Skype for Business, Microsoft teams or in person.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview candidates who meet the essential criteria prior to the closing date and / or to close the opportunity to applicants once we receive sufficient applications.

Closing date: 28th June 2023. Interviews commencing from 3rd July 2023.