Facilities Support Officer
Guildford Borough Council are looking for the right candidate to fill the role of Facilities Support Officer. This newly created role will comprehensive Health & Safety and administrative support to the Facilities team. This will include maintaining a risk assessment and COSHH database for GBC, and ensuring that it accurately reflects what is found at sites throughout Guildford Borough Council.
The successful candidate will have to perform a number of varying admin tasks to support the Facilities team in delivering a safe and clean environment in which to work and visit.
Attention to detail, accuracy and the ability to work proactively alone or as part of a team are essential attributes for this postholder.
Job Profile
The key accountabilities of this role are:
- Access and accurately update all COSHH records held within the database, ensuring that the information we hold accurately reflects the substances held at each site.
- Comply with all Health and safety legislation for your area of work, ensuring that all health and safety risks are identified, managed and monitored as required.
- Support the continuous improvement of processes and procedures within the service using best practice from others where appropriate.
- To promote the use of the COSHH/Risk Assessment database throughout Guildford Borough Council, providing training and support as necessary.
- To evaluate tasks and processes throughout all GBC services and create an appropriate risk assessment (where necessary), ensuring that it is stored accurately in the database.
- To undertake any such task, commensurate with the grading of this post, as requested by the Facilities Team Leader.
About Guildford
Guildford is a regional centre for leisure, business, education, shopping and culture set in beautiful countryside that includes the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Guildford is a thriving market town and is a principal shopping destination with a vibrant night time economy. The town’s geographical location provides excellent transport links in all directions, London is just 30 minutes away on the train and the town is well-served by frequent bus routes and subsidised Park and Ride facilities. All of this contributes to a quality of life that attracts many people to live, work in and visit Guildford.
We are an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer and value diversity. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and post-holders to share this commitment. To fulfil this commitment we have robust systems in place for the safe recruitment of staff and volunteers.