Facilities Assistant

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team:

The Facilities Assistant plays a key role within the Stadium Facilities Management team, helping to maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for all visitors and staff.

This role is customer-focused and involves a wide range of cleaning and support tasks that are essential to the smooth running of the stadium and associated hospitality services.

Hours: 12 hours per week Saturday & Sunday 6am – 12pm

Your Contributions:

As a Facilities Assistant, you will be responsible for carrying out a variety of cleaning duties both inside and outside the stadium, ensuring high standards of hygiene are consistently maintained.

This includes;

• Routine cleaning of public and staff areas, as well as the deep cleaning of specific spaces when required.
• Restocking hygiene products in toilets, changing rooms, and other designated areas, and ensuring that all cleaning materials are stored and used safely, in accordance with COSHH regulations.
• The role involves regular manual handling tasks, such as moving furniture and equipment to enable effective cleaning, and the safe use of various cleaning tools and machinery.
• Provide support to the hospitality department and contribute to the maintenance of on-site vending machines, ensuring they are cleaned in line with manufacturer instructions.
  
  

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.
  
  

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Bruce Reardon bruce.reardon@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on WC 8th September

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!