Estates Officer - Uttlesford District Council

Estates Officer

Full-Time, Temporary*

37 Hours per Week

£15 per Hour

Closing Date: Monday 30th June 2025  

Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be supporting Uttlesford District Council (UDC) in recruiting an Estates Officer on an initial 3 month contract with a view of a temp-to-perm contract.

As an Estates Officer for UDC, you will be joining a team of dedicated individuals responsible for the maintenance and upkeeping of a portfolio of selected multi-tenant buildings.

The Opportunity:

• Ensure the council buildings meet the needs of the people that work within them.
• Manage services such as facilities, cleaning and building maintenance
• Planning and Co-ordinating all Installations, Planned works and refurbishments

Duties may include but are not limited to;

• Setting up and clearing down rooms for events such as conferences
• Overseeing of cleaning and repairs of all buildings in portfolio
• Weekly testing or fire alarms
• Raising jobs for reactive maintenance with contractors
• Emptying rubbish bins
• To deliver the maintenance and management of the physical aspects of a building including the structure and fixtures.
• To ensure the buildings meet health and safety and that facilities comply with legislation.
• To ensure all risk assessments are appropriate and up to date.
• Signing off contractors work once sufficient with Council standards
• To manage complaints about council facilities by responding within the corporate timescales and maintaining appropriate records.
• To assist in budget management to deliver the services within the specified budgets having made optimum use of the available resources, and ensuring
• Manage out of hours call out rota including evenings and weekends.

Experience You Will Bring:

• IT Literate
• Full UK Driving Licence with access to own vehicle
• Writing Risk Assessments
• Attention to Detail
• Excellent Organisational skills
• Ability to manage varied and complex work load
• Good numeracy skills with the ability to understand budgets, and report on data

Full training and the opportunity for further learning will be provided for the right candidate.

Uttlesford District Council is proud to be a disability confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

If you have any questions regarding this role or would like to hear more, please contact Ashleigh.Drake@essex.gov.uk OR EssexSharedServices@essex.gov.uk 

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