Ecology Centre

7 months ago


London Borough of Islington, United Kingdom Veesupportservices Ltd Full time

Job Summary:
Public Realm Operative to work at the Ecology Centre with all aspects of gardening, pruning, maintaining pond area, working with volunteers, park rangers and other colleagues based at the Centre. Workplace may vary but main place of work will be at the Centre

**Duties**:
In recognition of the need for flexible working and for providing excellent customer care and quality services it has been agreed that the front line operations will be based on just three generic Job Descriptions, enabling (after appropriate training) the use of staff across the full range of services provided (i.e. Refuse Collection; Recycling; Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance in all Highways; parks or other similar locations.)

Operatives shall be required to perform tasks as called upon that fall within the skills range and may be required to receive training for semi-skilled tasks that are deemed reasonable.

Working as an individual or as part of a team to provide high quality customer focussed Environmental Services including all types of waste collection, street cleansing grounds maintenance and park keeping.

Working flexibly and within reason and in co-operation with other rounds or crews to complete allocated work schedules in the event of minor disruption or delays to ensure daily schedules are completed..

Personal commitment to the maintenance of high levels of customer satisfaction with the service.

Advising and encouraging the public in respect to environmental objectives, resolving day to day issues creatively and sensitively and acting as a good ambassador of the Council on the frontline service.

**Job Type**: Temporary contract
Contract length: 3 months

Pay: £14.96 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (required)

**Experience**:

- loader, sweeper or grounds maintenance operative.: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- NVQ Level 1 in either cleansing/waste /grounds maintenance (required)
- Enhanced DBS (required)

Work Location: In person



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