Facilities Officer
Sheffield City Council HQ
Sheffield, UK
Published yesterday
Facilities Management
Full time
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Housing Fire Safety- Compliance Team as a Facilities Officer (FO).
We are seeking a dynamic Facilities Officer to oversee the operations of a number of buildings and services across the Residential estate. This role is essential to ensuring the smooth functioning of our Buildings, providing Safe, Good Quality and Compliant buildings for the residents of Sheffield City Council (SCC).
As a Facilities Officer you will be working as part of a busy team, ensuring buildings are compliant with statutory legislation. This will include supervising a range of buildings and service providers. Overseeing and delivering a cost effective, customer-focused compliant service provision.
You must have a sound knowledge and experience of the relevant legislation and the ability to read and interpret the law and guidance to ensure the service carries out all its statutory functions to the highest standard.
The person we are looking for will require or have ability to have:
For an informal discussion contact either;
Operations and Development Manager- James Armitage (email: James.armitage@sheffield.gov.uk Tel: 07747768659 ).
Service Manager-Luke Simpson (email: Luke.simpson@sheffield.gov.uk )
Sheffield is a great place to live, play and work. Being centrally located in the UK and with great road, rail and air transport links, the city stands between the beautiful outdoor adventure opportunities in the Peak District National Park to the West and the Entertainment, sporting, shopping and industrial sector in the East.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide pay slip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page .
We are seeking a dynamic Facilities Officer to oversee the operations of a number of buildings and services across the Residential estate. This role is essential to ensuring the smooth functioning of our Buildings, providing Safe, Good Quality and Compliant buildings for the residents of Sheffield City Council (SCC).
As a Facilities Officer you will be working as part of a busy team, ensuring buildings are compliant with statutory legislation. This will include supervising a range of buildings and service providers. Overseeing and delivering a cost effective, customer-focused compliant service provision.
You must have a sound knowledge and experience of the relevant legislation and the ability to read and interpret the law and guidance to ensure the service carries out all its statutory functions to the highest standard.
The person we are looking for will require or have ability to have:
- Good communication and problem-solving attributes along with being enthusiastic, confident, well organised.
- Knowledge of building (housing) related Health and Safety and understanding of statutory related duties in relation to building management.
- Skill in the use if IT systems to undertake key task in building activities.
- Put people at the heart of what we do to ensure we effectively listen to and support our staff and the people that use our sites, help wellbeing along with challenging discrimination.
- To be open and honest approach to your work by fostering an environment that supports people in speaking up and bringing diverse ideas to what we offer, along with seeking out feedback on the way we work.
For an informal discussion contact either;
Operations and Development Manager- James Armitage (email: James.armitage@sheffield.gov.uk Tel: 07747768659 ).
Service Manager-Luke Simpson (email: Luke.simpson@sheffield.gov.uk )
Sheffield is a great place to live, play and work. Being centrally located in the UK and with great road, rail and air transport links, the city stands between the beautiful outdoor adventure opportunities in the Peak District National Park to the West and the Entertainment, sporting, shopping and industrial sector in the East.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide pay slip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page .