Assistant Area Manager (Temporary) - REQ01983 - 384990

NLC 9 (£32,339 - £37,462) Pro Rata

Working as part of a team, you will assist the Area Manager and be responsible for the effective and efficient management of our cleaning, catering and janitorial services, ensuring the delivery of a high quality professional service that maximises resources, delivers outcomes and meets the needs of our customers and service users.

This is a challenging and rewarding role working through a period of change including areas of growth as well as delivering savings. You will have the ability to cope with multiple and competing demands and keep calm under pressure.

Educated to HNC level or equivalent, you will have moderate supervisory experience within a customer focused environment and have a good working knowledge or understanding of the current practices and procedures within the cleaning, catering and janitorial services.

With excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills, you will have a positive outlook, the ability to prioritise workloads, work towards deadlines and ensure service provision is maintained within your area.

You will have excellent IT skills, experience of monitoring budgets and be able to work on your own and as part of a team.

You will participate in focus groups when required in order to enhance service provision.

You will be required to travel throughout the area of North Lanarkshire and must have a flexible approach to your working hours.

This post will be temporary until 31st March 2025.

Work Pattern:

35 Hours Per Week 

Monday to Thursday - 08:45am to 16:45pm 

Friday - 08:45am to 16:15pm

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council

If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.

For more information on local authority careers visit the myjobscotland career hub

North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.

Click here to see our Recruitment Charter.

*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. 

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. 

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People. 

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link. 

Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone .

The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL 

***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***