Facilities Technician - James Gillespie's Primary School

Facilities Technician – Fixed Term until 29/01/2027 – James Gillespie's Primary School

Salary: £27,257 – £29,850
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Hours:

36 per week

As a Facilities Technician with the City of Edinburgh Council, you will be part of the Facilities Management team, delivering essential janitorial, maintenance and security services across the council estate to keep properties safe for everyone.

• Trusted employer with security offered by permanent positions
• Flexible hours (from 10 to 36 hours)
• Sessional hours (school term only) available on some posts
• Paid annual leave (where applicable)
• Excellent pension scheme
• Opportunities to progress to supervisory level
• Employee benefits and colleague discount scheme
• Community connection – caring for community buildings used by families, friends and neighbours

• Day‑to‑day FM, janitorial and DIY operations across one or more buildings
• Small repairs and general maintenance
• Reactive cleaning and support for moves
• Basic security functions and grounds maintenance
• Equipment, furniture and fitting maintenance
• Building maintenance and services
• Cleaning / Tidying
• Grounds maintenance and securing premises and grounds

• Regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 – candidate must join the PVG Scheme or undergo an update check
• Overseas Criminal Record Check (for continuous period of 3 months or more outside the UK in last 5 years)
• Pre‑employment checks (PVG and Overseas Criminal Record check) satisfactory

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, 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 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.

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We are interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Part of the interview process will assess how you bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Happy to talk flexible working.