- Pay Rate:
£11.56 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 5 months
- Gosport, Hampshire,
PO12 1EB
Temporary Hostel Facilities Coordinator - Night & Weekend Staff
Reference no: Portsmouth 5231503
Pay Rate: £11.56 per hour PAYE
This opening assignment is for 5 months
Basic DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role
Candidates to work varied hours during Monday to Sunday - covering hours from 1700-0900. The hours can suit the right individual who is looking for part or full time hours.
The successful candidate will join our night & weekend team who can ensure the security of the hostels by controlling access into the buildings and monitoring CCTV and managing risks to the residents.
Key Receptibilities:
- Safeguard the security of the Council owned hostels by controlling access into the buildings.
- Be responsible for monitoring and managing risks to residents.
- Monitor and report entries of residents & visitors, and to report all resident contract breaches.
- Conduct a security check using CCTV and in house systems to ensure that the person seeking entry is a resident, or authorised visitor of the hostel.
- Permit entry to all authorised resident(s) and authorised visitor(s).
- To decline entry to all unauthorized resident(s) and visitor(s)
- Respond to health & safety issues.
- Identify and report all necessary repairs to the premises, and any Council owned furnishings, fittings and white goods.
- Respond to fire alarm emergencies.
- Talk to residents & liaise with external professionals in conjunction with the duties of the post
“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Skills & Experience:
- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Experience of lone working and ability to work on own initiative.
- An understanding of homelessness issues.
- Experience of controlling access to a building.
- Experience of working in a hostel.
- Experience of dealing with people with complex needs in difficult situations.
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.
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