**Tameside Council**

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**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Salary**:Grade E. SCP 11 £25,979 to SCP 16 £28,282

**Hours**: 36 Hours per Week

**Base Location**:Pole Bank Depot, Stockport Road, Hyde, SK145EZ

**Closing Date**: Monday 25th March 2024

**Assessment Date**: To be arranged

**The Role**
- Operations and Greenspace are responsible for the delivery of a number of important front line functions relating to arboriculture, countryside, street cleansing, grounds maintenance, and playground services.
- We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and qualified individual to join our Countryside Estates operational team. The position will be as a Countryside Estates Ranger to work as part of a team to carry various greenspace management works across the borough, under the supervision of the Countryside Estates Supervisor. The main duties will be countryside management including hard and soft landscaping, grounds maintenance, woodland management and tree planting, driving relevant vehicles, traffic management and the operation and maintenance of all associated equipment.

**About You**

**About Us**
- At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
- We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
- Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
- For further information please contact Tony Hill, Arboricultural and Countryside Estates Officer, on 07971 285296.
- Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
- Click here to download the dscvr mobile app today to discover what Tameside has to offer.
- We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.
- Job Description and Person Specification.docx**Reference No: DPT520**

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£25,979

**contract**

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permanent

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full time

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