Grounds Maintenance Operative Driver

3 weeks ago


Luton, United Kingdom Luton Borough Council Full time

Our ambitious **Luton 2040 Vision **- that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty - is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council - and that means our workforce Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

**Salary: £21,189 - £21,575 a year**
**Hours per week: 37**
**Contract type: Permanent**

**About the role**:
We have an exciting opportunity for you to use your talent within our Parks Service where you will performing a range of horticultural and grounds maintenance. This would include grass cutting within the public realm.

You’ll be responsible for maintaining Parks and open space throughout Luton to a specified and agreed standard. Undertaking a range of horticultural and/or grounds maintenance and/or Sports turf duties.

The ability to use your initiative is expected to achieve the specified standards and to ensure that the various targets and deadlines are met.

**About you**:
You’ll need experience of using grass-cutting machinery and some gardening experience. Being a team player is very important as well as working alone being able to use your initiative and make good judgement calls.

You will need to be polite and deal with a wide range of people tactfully. It is important you are able to follow verbal and written instructions.

We do ask that you are able to walk across often-uneven ground whilst performing this role and have a current valid category B driving license. This is to be able to operate ride on machinery and to transport staff and equipment to various sites.

This is a public facing role so you will need to show off your ability in speaking English fluently

**Additional Information**:
We offer a wide range of benefits including generous pension scheme, annual leave and flexible working arrangements to name a few.

**Application process**:
**Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.**

**Job details**:
Job reference
- REQ0002175

Date posted
- 13/11/2023

Application closing date
- 27/11/2023

Location
- Luton

Salary
- £21,189 - £21,575 a year

Package
- + benefits

Contractual hours
- 37

Basis
- Full Time

Job category/type
- Blank



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