Seasonal Cleansing Operative

**Salary: £12.60-£13.05 per hour**

**Grade: CD**

**Contract type: Fixed Term - starting as soon as possible, to 02 November 2025**

**Hours: 37 Hours Per Week**

**Location**: Scarborough, North Yorkshire**

**Join Our Team: Cleansing and Refuse Operatives Scarborough.**

**A driving licence is essential.**

Do you enjoy working as part of a dedicated team committed to delivering high standards? We are currently seeking Cleansing and Refuse Operatives to join our teams in Scarborough and Whitby.

As a Refuse/Cleansing Operative, you will play a vital role in maintaining the cleanliness and appearance of public spaces. Working as part of a supportive team, your duties will include litter picking, emptying street bins, graffiti removal, and cleaning public conveniences. You will help ensure that our pavements, footpaths, and pedestrian areas remain clean, safe, and welcoming for residents, businesses, and visitors.

In small crews across your designated area, you will also collect residual waste, garden waste, food waste, and recyclables from domestic properties. The role involves moving bags, wheelie bins, and recycling bins, and operating a lifting mechanism to load waste into refuse vehicles. Health and safety are central to everything we do—you will assist drivers in safely navigating the streets of North Yorkshire, helping to protect both your team and the wider community.

This is a front-line role in the North Yorkshire Council, and you will be one of the key representatives of the council's commitment to quality services. Early starts and weekend working may be required to meet operational demands.

Additional responsibilities include supporting activities during flood events by distributing sandbags and assisting with the investigation of illegal waste dumping to aid fly-tipping prosecutions. You will also receive training to work behind a refuse collection truck to further support operational needs.

**Key Details**:

- Shifts are five days per week, including one weekend day
- Shift times range between 6:00 am and 10:00 pm
- An additional £30 payment is provided for each weekend day worked

If you take pride in your work and are ready to be part of a hardworking team, we would love to hear from you.

**What you will bring**:
All you need is effective interpersonal and communication skills, a commitment to delivering a high-quality standard, and the ability to work with others within the team. A clean driving licence is desirable.

**Working for us**:
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially make life a bit easier. From career average employer contribution Local Government pension scheme, generous leave entitlements starting at 28 days increasing to 34 days after 5 years plus bank holidays, green car and cycle schemes, travel loans, shopping and gym discounts to name but a few. You can find more information on the range of benefits we offer within our total rewards brochure.

**Key Documents**

Job description: Cleansing Operative.docx

Total Rewards Brochure

**Key dates**

Closing date: Thursday 03 July 2025

Interview date: within 1 week of closing date.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.

**Seasonal Cleansing Operative**

**Salary**:£12.60 - £13.05 per hour

**Posted**:23/06/2025

**Closing date**:03/07/2025

**Closing time**:23:59