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Concierge and Estates Officer - Multiple Locations across City
The City of Edinburgh Council
Easter Howgate, Scotland, United KingdomPosted 3 days ago£27,257 – £29,850Full-time
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Concierge and Estates Officer (High Rise Management & Factoring)
Multiple Locations Across the City
Salary: £27,257 – £29,850
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks
Working pattern: Day and shift positions available – please indicate preference
on application.
The City of Edinburgh Council has declared a Housing Emergency and wants to
ensure everyone has a secure, safe, warm place to call home, with access to
services and a culture that supports individuals and communities to thrive.
The Council provides services to all 50 high-rise blocks in the city, ensuring
they are clean, safe and well maintained. This is achieved by teams of Concierge
staff who carry out estate works in and around the multi storey blocks, carry
out a range of maintenance and cleaning tasks as well as operating CCTV
monitoring equipment and door entry to ensure the safety and the security of the
buildings and the areas where our tenants live.
We have exciting and attractive opportunities for proactive and positive
individuals to join the Housing Concierge and Estates team located in our
high-rise blocks within the city’s four localities.
We are looking for people who can communicate effectively with the public and
work with others in maintaining buildings, you need to be flexible and may be
required to provide cover at other blocks or move between roles throughout the
locality. The role involves daily aspects of physical activity and manual
handling.
Key duties of the post include:
• A requirement for a physical aspect of the role is essential.
• Excellent team working skills and willingness to support colleagues.
• Work as part of a team to ensure there are high standards of cleanliness and
hygiene in multi storey high rise blocks and surrounding neighbourhood areas
and that the building and neighbourhood are clean, tidy and fire safe.
• Be proactive in identifying and dealing with cleaning and repairs issues and
have an awareness of conditions for local people.
• Carry out a wide range of customer contact with tenants and liaison with
colleagues across various services to assist residents and ensure the safety
and security of the blocks.
• Where necessary, operate CCTV monitoring equipment and door entry and other
IT systems.
• Make sure the blocks are secure and only authorised people are allowed
access.
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with tenants and residents in the
blocks.
• Work as part of a team taking responsibility for shared workload including
collaborative working with others for bulky items and assist in covering
shifts, if requested or required.
If you are someone who enjoys new opportunities, and providing an excellent
customer service, we would love to hear from you. If you have any questions or
want to discuss the post, please contact hrmi@edinburgh.gov.uk.
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels
valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from
women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds,
people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people,
carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are
currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on
skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the
minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Find out more about our commitment to equalities
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4
[https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4]
As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place
to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're
recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and
experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview
process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect,
Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of
Edinburgh Council [https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours]
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually
increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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The City of Edinburgh Council
About Us
Are you keen to shape the future of Scotland’s capital city? The City of
Edinburgh Council is looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to work
with us and deliver key services across our capital city. We’re the second
largest local authority in Scotland with a workforce of over 19,000 who all play
a crucial role in maintaining and supporting vital services to over 500,000
residents. We offer an incredible variety of career opportunities across a broad
range of sectors. Join us and you’ll find a role where you can make a difference
and grow your career.
Our Culture
Our Behaviours, respect, integrity, and flexibility guide everything that we do,
and we strive to make sure all colleagues feel valued and have a sense of
belonging in the workplace. We want to make sure that we bring people into our
roles who demonstrate Our Behaviours and are dedicated and committed to our
purpose of serving our community. We are focused on delivering excellent
customer service to meet citizens needs and make the city a better place.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of
Edinburgh Council [https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours].
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We recognise the benefits that diverse perspectives, experiences and backgrounds
bring to our organisation, and we’re committed to employing a workforce that
represents the population of the city we serve. We particularly encourage
applicants from under-represented groups including women, LGBT+ people, racially
minoritised groups, people with disabilities and people who are neurodivergent.
As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we're delighted to announce
that we have extended our guaranteed interview scheme to include all applicants
who are or have been care experienced, and who meet the
essential criteria for
the post. This extends our current arrangements of being a Disability Confident
Employer, that guarantee an interview to applicants who meet the criteria for
the post and who declare a disability.
Happy to talk flexible working.
Colleague Support and Wellbeing
As outlined in our People Strategy 2024-27, we aim to nurture a healthy
workforce where we can all thrive. We offer regular events, initiatives and
learning opportunities covering a range of different health and wellbeing
topics.
We’re committed to supporting employees to achieve a healthy work life balance.
There are several policies in place to support this ranging from flexible work
options to career breaks. Our full suite of employment policies can be found
here.
We have a range of support options available including access to counselling, a
mental health support service, an occupational health service, speak up
supporters and a colleague listening service.
Reasonable Adjustments
We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible experience at work for
all our colleagues and we’ll work hard to ensure that we meet the changing needs
of colleagues throughout their time with us. We’re also geared up to support all
candidates who may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment
process. Candidates invited for interview, should let the hiring manager know
what they need, and they will do everything they can to accommodate your
request.