Streetpride Operative

About the team we are recruiting to
We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

The Streetpride Service is Coventry City Councils Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance Service. It has a responsibility and statutory duty to keep the City Clean, Green and attractive for all.

Keeping the City clean and green is a huge challenge and not one we can do on our own. The service is delivered by a flexible locally committed workforce who work well with the different residents, communities and partners ensuring a One Coventry approach by enabling people to do more for themselves.

The service operates out of 2 strategically based sites in the North and the South of the City and provides a cleansing service 7 days per week for 52 weeks of the year.

We currently clean 10’000 miles or road network each year and empty over 3’000 street litter bins each week.

The service is also responsible for delivering the Grounds Maintenance works across all our Parks and Open Spaces including our 5 Green Flag Parks and cuts approximately 6 million square metres of grass every 20 working days. That is the equivalent of cutting one thousand football pitches.

What is the job role?
As Streetpride Operative, you will be working as part of a team, you will support the maintenance and improvement of streets, neighbourhoods, parks, and open spaces by undertaking a range of street cleansing and grounds maintenance activities and ensure all work is carried out in accordance with the appropriate Safe Systems of Work.

**The duties of these roles will involve**:

- sweeping streets, emptying bins
- litter picking grassed areas
- removal of dead animals and undesirable waste e.g. dog fouling
- maintaining the grounds of highway verges and parks and public open spaces
- driving vehicles and using power tools such as strimmers and hedge cutters, and other various grass cutting machines.

Who are we looking for?
- be reliable and committed
- have a professional attitude and willing to take on the tasks and duties within the remit of the role and service area
- be physically fit and able to walk for long periods of time and work in all weather
- able to undertake a range of various labouring tasks involving bending, pulling, and lifting.
- customer-focused and able to remain a respectful, calm, and polite in environments where they may experience challenging behaviours or situations when assisting the general public and customers by responding to minor queries and complaints
- confident to take appropriate action to avoid formal complaints.

**In addition, you should have**:

- Knowledge of Health and safety in the workplace (incl. PPE)
- Basic Knowledge of horticultural operations
- Ability to operate basic hand and power tools
- Able to work flexibly across any shift if necessary
- A minimum of a Category B manual driving licence

We have a number of positions to recruit to. Some roles will be 37 hours a week 7 am until 3 pm, Monday to Friday. The other roles are 37 hours per week, working Thursday to Monday 7.00 am - 3.00 pm which attracts a weekend pay increment.

To find out more about this role please contact Gerry Bourke 02476 978046.

Interview dates: 30th and 31st May.

About Coventry
**Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.**

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

Our Values
It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation.

Our Values are: