Job Description

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 30 November 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 22 November 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 to £29,170.80

Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week

Location: Bankhead Central, Glenrothes

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.

Job Details 

The Car Parking Strategy & Operations Team is responsible for delivering Decriminalised Parking Enforcement (DPE) across Fife, ensuring compliance with Traffic Regulation Orders and supporting the safe, fair and consistent use of parking facilities. In addition to enforcement activity, the team manages and maintains car parks on behalf of Roads and Transportation Services, ensuring they are fit for purpose, safe to use and maintained to a standard that enables effective enforcement and supports positive user experience.

The Parking Attendants role includes:

• Monitoring driver behaviour.
• Completing routine and minor maintenance to parking equipment 
• Issuing Penalty Charge Notices to vehicles in contravention of a Traffic Regulation Order or legislation.
• Providing a professional front-line service and assisting members of the public.
• Travel throughout Fife which will include an extensive amount of walking.
• Lone working in accordance with existing procedures
• General inspecting and reporting of lining, signing and surface conditions while on patrol.

Shifts are 5 days over 7 pattern, with the earliest start time at 07:00 and the latest finish times at 19:00. Overtime may be available. Shifts will start and finish at Bankhead, Glenrothes with travel required throughout Fife during working hours. 

Any unsociable hours worked are paid at the relevant enhanced rate.

A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert.

The Person  

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience in a customer facing role and can demonstrate a professional approachable manner.
• Communicates clearly, confidently and calmly, including when dealing with challenging or confrontational situations.
• Can work independently, using their own initiative to make sound decisions while following procedures.
• Works effectively as part of a team and supports consistent delivery.

Further Information

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For further information please contact: Stuart Stevenson, Parking Co-ordinator, Car Parking Strategy & Operations. Email: Stuart.Stevenson@fife.gov.uk