Strategic Lead (Food & Facilities)

Job Description

Support the Head of Facilities and Property Management in leading developing and co-ordinating the delivery of catering services and associated food policy areas across the council as well as leading other Council direct facilities services including cleaning, janitorial and school crossing services. Maintain high standards of service delivery and lead the direct operational teams to achieve best value, an efficient, sustainable, safe and customer focussed service in order to assist with the promotion, delivery and integration of the key objectives in relation to the Facilities and Property Management Service Plan, Transformation Strategy and the Community Plan.

Responsibilities

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

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This post is classed as a politically restricted post under the provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as amended).

The Individual

This is a permanent full-time post. The admin base for this post is Council Headquarters, London Road, Kilmarnock.

Normal Office hours are Monday - Thursday 9am - 5pm & Friday 9am - 4pm

Annual Salary is £75,785 to £82,828.

The workstyle for this post is ‘Flexible’ - 50% -79% of your time in an office location/ multiple work locations. You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 2.5 to 4 days per week and only occasionally from home.It is the expectation that all office-based employees (with the exception of those working in schools) will work to the higher end of their allocated workstyle in terms of time spent in the office or at other work locations

If your application is successful at the longleet stage, you will be required to attend a Virtual Assessment Centre on 15th December 2026. Candidates who are successful in the assessment process will be invited to the final interview on 14th January 2027. Please note that we are unable to change these dates.

East Ayrshire Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups including Black and Minority Ethnic people, disabled people and LGBT people. We are also keen to decrease occupational segregation and so encourage women to apply for managerial posts and/or roles in which they are underrepresented. East Ayrshire Council is a Disability Confident employer and a Recruit with Conviction Ambassador.

If you require further information please contact
andrew.kennedy@east-ayrshire.gov.uk