It is taking on staff in the Inverness and Lochaber area in a bid to increase efficiency and reduce the cost of carrying out repairs and maintenance to council buildings.
Cllr Alister Mackinnon, who chairs of the council鈥檚 resources committee, said: 鈥淲e have listened to feedback from our local communities and this project to expand our in-house building trades team stems from views gathered from stakeholders in our proactive engagement programme. The enhanced in-house trades鈥� team will provide employment opportunities, sustainability and importantly, achieve greater efficiencies in carrying out council repairs and maintenance.鈥�
The nine external posts advertised today on the My Job Scotland website include two joiners, two electricians and one plumber for the Inverness area and a joiner, an electrician and two plumbers for Lochaber. There are also opportunities for internal promotions to the post of team leader in Inverness and Lochaber.
MacKinnon added: 鈥淭hese posts have opportunities for career progression and could be of particular interest to self-employed trades people who are looking to benefit from a regular income. We are also very open to a more flexible approach to part time hours which could make these posts also attractive to someone with a pension who may want a regular income top-up or someone with child care or carer responsibilities.鈥�
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