Systems Administrator - GLA13333

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for a Systems Administrator to join our Alarm Receiving Centre on a permanent basis.

NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.

If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.

Position Details

The NRS Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) is a National Security Inspectorate (NSI) Gold Accredited CAT II ARC.  Having achieved Quality Assurance ISO 9001:2015, BS 5979:2007 and BS 8484:2011 Clause 6 certificates. It also holds membership of the BSIA (British Security Industry Association) for delivery of Security Systems and Alarm Receiving Centres.

The Systems Administrator will be responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of the various monitoring systems within the Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC).

Working under the direction of the Service Manager and requiring excellent customer service and organisational skills to support Senior Monitoring Officers, Monitoring Officers and clients, the successful candidate will have the ability to function successfully in both team and independent work environments.

Good IT skills and excellent organisation skills are essential requirements of this role.

Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Job Description for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.

Contract Details

Weekly Hours: 35 hours

Work Pattern: Monday - Friday

Annual Salary: £28,714.76 - £33,448.52 on an incremental scale

 Key Pre-Employment Information

As part of the pre-employment checks for this post the successful candidate will have to undergo a BS7858 Security Screening check which will involve a 5 or 10-year career history check, a financial probity check and criminal record screening. This will be completed in addition to the Council’s own standard pre-employment checks, which will be detailed to the successful candidate following interviews.

 Benefits of working with us

Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. If you’re successful in your job application, you’ll have access to these benefits which include:

• 26 days (182 hours) paid annual leave, rising to 29 days (203) hours after 5 years’ service (pro rata to shift pattern and start point in year)
• 5 days (87.5 hours) paid public holidays each year (pro rata to shift pattern and start point in year)
• Local government pension scheme
• Life and Personal Accident Insurance
• Occupational Sickness Pay
• Staff Benefit Scheme
• Glasgow Credit Union

For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/vacancies

Application Packs

The following alternative Application Packs can be requested in other format for example, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone . Packs will be posted out to you 2nd class within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request. Please note the closing date of the job advert if requesting this to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return to us.

Further Information

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