Facilities Assistant - Estates And Facilities

Based in Hemel Hempstead and Watford

Some of our most dedicated staff work within support roles and we are looking for Facilities Assistants this role forms part of the Estates and Facilities support function to policing services.  

This is an exciting opportunity to influence and be part of improving our service delivery to create further efficiencies and financial savings. 

The successful candidates should have experience in undertaking a range of health and safety tasks including L8 water hygiene, fire and panic alarms, emergency lights and general health and safety tasks associated with the building services.  These tasks will be part of a detailed planned maintenance regime that will tie in closely with the works being carried out by external contractors. All reporting of the maintenance will be via PC, therefore a sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office is required. 

It is expected that the candidate will have a basic understanding of building services and must be able to undertake general maintenance tasks associated with such equipment, and where necessary specialist training will be provided to undertake these tasks.

This role demands that you have a proactive approach to working as you will be the eyes and ears of the department when working out on the area estate and will be expected to be one step ahead of the game on fault reporting You will be working in a small group of up to 6 Facilities Assistants (FAs)  

There is a lot of lone working so the candidate needs to be self-motivated.

This is a mobile role and applicant must have a full driving licence and access to a car.

For an informal chat about the role, please call Stephen Brick on 07789754179 

All internal applicants must have successfully completed their probationary period in order to apply for this role. 

Internal applicants within Hertfordshire Constabulary, should upload either a CV or a completed ‘Staff internal role summary’ form, which can be found in the vacancy documents below. Please note you will be required to provide a statement no more than 500 words against the entry requirements as stipulated in the role profile. 

External applicants should ensure that your current CV is uploaded and provide a statement no more than 500 words against the entry requirements as stipulated in the role profile. To ensure the recruitment process is fair and equal, please do not include personal details on your CV other than your name. 

This vacancy is live to those at risk of redundancy and will remain open to redeployees until the conditional offer stage throughout the recruitment process. Any redeployee that wishes to apply should apply through the redeployment portal and provide a statement no more than 500 words against the entry requirements only. Please see attached role profile for guidance. Redeployees will take priority over other applicants at any point during the recruitment process up until conditional offer. 

This force is a Disability Confident Leader.  Should you require any workplace adjustments for your recruitment journey with us which you have not informed us of, please contact us on 01438 757777 or email us on careers@bch.police.uk and we will be happy to support you.  If you have a disability and you meet the minimum criteria for the position you are applying for, you will be entitled to an interview under the ‘Offer an Interview Scheme’. 

Everyone at Hertfordshire Constabulary takes personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish. 

It is recommended that you download and store a copy of the role profile as this will no longer be available once the advert has closed.

All applications must be submitted through our online recruitment website by clicking the apply button below.