PS/1129/H - A2 - Facilities Assistant - Helpdesk Services

**Please note that this vacancy has now closed and is available to redeployees only; it will not be checked on a regular basis by the recruitment team. It is therefore essential that if you apply for this role, you e-mail BCHCareers@herts.pnn.police.uk to notify us that you have submitted an application. We will then process it for shortlisting. If you do not notify us by e-mail that you have submitted an application, it will not be picked up. Please also ensure that you notify your allocated Change Advisor of any redeployee applications that you have submitted.

Redeployees who apply will be given priority over any other internal applicants for permanent roles up until the point that an offer has been accepted either verbally or in writing.

If a role is not filled by an internal candidate and is advertised externally, redeployees will continue to get priority over external applicants until a successful candidate has received a final offer of employment.**

• Estate and Facilities Department
• Police Headquarters & Local Stations

Some of our most dedicated staff work within support roles and we are looking for Facilities Assistants to join our Estates and Facilities Department and 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 will have experience in undertaking a range of health and safety tasks including L8 water hygiene testing, fire and panic alarms, emergency lights and general health and safety tasks associated with the buildings 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 have the ability to undertake maintenance tasks associated with such equipment, and where necessary specialist training will be provided to undertake these tasks.

This role demands 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. A driving licence is essential for this role.

If you are interested in applying for the advertised role please ensure you read the attached information, including role profile, context sheet (if applicable) and recruitment information for applicants.

For an informal chat about the role, please call Stephen BRICK 07789754179 (mobile) 0170734(4268 (office)) or Liam SHINE on 01707 35(4174(office)).

If you are an internal applicant working within BCH (Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary or Hertfordshire Constabulary), please upload either your CV or a completed internal role summary form. This form can be found in the attached documents. Please note you will still be required to evidence against the minimum entry requirements.

If you are an external applicant, please ensure you upload your CV and evidence against the minimum entry requirements. To ensure the recruitment process is fair and equal, please do not include any personal details on your CV, other than your name. An internal role summary form should not be completed.

If you are successful at shortlisting, you will be required to evidence against all personal qualities and the entry requirements as stipulated in the role profile.

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

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

This force is a Disability Confident employer. Should you require any reasonable adjustments for your application process, please contact the HR Service Centre on 01438 757777 or the manager contact for this role directly. We also offer the guaranteed interview scheme; this means that all candidates with a disability covered by the Equality Act 2010, who meet the minimum entry requirements for the role, will be invited to attend an interview.

Please note that this advert will be live to redeployees throughout the recruitment of this advert. Any redeployee that applies will only need to evidence against the minimum entry requirements of the role profile. To do this if you are a redeployee, write ‘Redeployee’ in the other competency boxes and just complete your evidence against the minimum entry requirements in the relevant box. Redeployees will take priority over other candidates at any point during the recruitment process up until a final offer is produced and you will be notified if this happens.