The City of Edinburgh Council
Concierge and Estates Officer - Multiple Locations across City
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Concierge and Estates Officer (High Rise Management & Factoring)
Multiple Locations across City
Salary: £27,257 - £29,850
Hours: 36 per week
Day and shift positions available – please indicate preference on application.
About the Role
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.
Key Duties
- 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.
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About You
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
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Application Information
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View Concierge and Estates Officer job description https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/40375/concierge-and-estates-officer-cec227-jd
View Concierge and Estates Officer person specification https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/40376/concierge-officer-ps-14-07
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