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Ref no:
458024
Published:
03/02/2026
Closes:
17/02/2026
Location:
Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Heritage Way, Coatbridge, ML5 1QD
Salary:
£30,467 - £33,142 per year (plus additional payments for non-core hours)
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF

NLC7 £30,467 - £33,142 (Plus additional payments for non-core hours)

35 hours per week (following a three-week pattern including weekends, and occasional evening working)

North Lanarkshire Council is seeking to recruit a Site Supervisor to oversee our Museums & Heritage site team and care for the buildings and grounds. You will be expected to be flexible in your approach to accommodate our varying work demands. The successful candidate will be responsible for supervising staff and volunteers, identifying and reporting repairs, and ensuring health & safety across all museums. In addition, the successful candidate will be required to identify and programme preventative work, support events and exhibitions, support the conservation of large objects, liaise with contractors, and carry out safety checks.

The successful candidate must have good communication skills, be competent in a variety of Microsoft applications with a knowledge health and safety legislation. They must also be capable of carrying out a maintenance programme. You will also participate in and deliver tool box talks and safety updates to staff.

Experience of supervision, maintenance planning is an essential requirement along with a knowledge of basic repairs, grounds maintenance, and painting and decorating.

If successful you will be responsible for providing a safe environment for everyone in museums and will ensure this achieved as efficiently and economically as possible.

The work pattern for this role will be 35 hours per week following a three-week pattern including weekends, and occasional evening working. The successful candidate will be required to participate in our recall to work for alarm call outs. A driving licence is essential.

You will require to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member through Disclosure Scotland and obtain a satisfactory membership check prior to commencing in this role.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you.

Work Pattern will be 35 hours per week following a three-week pattern including weekends, and occasional evening working.

Location: Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life

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.

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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.

North Lanarkshire Council has reached its current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship and, as a result, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

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 01698 403151.

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.***

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