About the role
To provide street cleansing services focused in Wellingborough Town Centre area, litter-picking, street sweeping, bin emptying and other duties as required. Ensuring high standards of cleanliness are maintained throughout the Town on land within our control.
What will you be doing?
Duties include:
- Litter-picking – Removal of all litter items from designated area
- Street sweeping – Manual or mechanical to remove detritus from designated area
- Weed removal – from designated areas.
- Emptying of litter/dog bins from designated area
- Operating a Mechanical Equipment as required
- Dealing with members of the public (customer service).
- Meeting targets and time scales.
- Carry out basic care and maintenance to vehicles, plant, tools and equipment as required. To include daily checks and vehicle cleanliness.
- Complete paper work as instructed.
- Comply with NNC duties in respect of equalities, health and safety, data protection, freedom of information, and other relevant statute.
- Undertake learning and development as agreed in personal development reviews in order to meet service and individual targets.
- Comply with the Employee Code of Conduct
- Carry out other duties from time to time, provided they are within the general level of responsibility of the post and within the abilities of the post holder.
- Observe and continually promote equalities and customer care in compliance with NNC policy and expectations.
- Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety, and welfare of you and other persons and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety
- To report accidents/incidents to supervisor/manager as required.
- To lock and unlock locations as required.
- To understand and follow requirements of COSHH in relation to the cleaning chemicals used.
- To remain flexible to allow cover for team members holiday and short term absence in all areas of cleansing.
- To observe and continually promote equal opportunities and customer care in full compliance with company policy and expectations.
- To ensure that reasonable care is taken for the health, safety, and welfare of you and others person and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety.
- The post holder may from time to time be required to carry out other duties provided they are within the general level of responsibility of the post and within the abilities of the post holder. This could include market, multi storey car park
- Undertake learning and development as agreed in job chats/appraisals in order to meet service and individual targets.
About you
Demonstrable experience of working in a physical role.
Evidence of having worked as part of a team.
Ability and willingness to work in all weathers.
Ability and willingness to utilise mechanical equipment.
Ability and willingness to be trained on and subsequently use all street cleansing equipment.
Ability and willingness to deal with the public (customer service).
Evidence of basic knowledge of employee obligations with regard to Health and safety.
Basic Literary and numeracy skills.
Experience of litter, fly-tipping and bin emptying.
Our benefits
We offer:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (27 days, rising to 32 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
About us
We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.
Our priorities are:
- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected do they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services
Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.
Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.
We are undertaking consultation with the Trade Unions on terms and conditions and the future NNC pay structure and during this time are appointing new employees on interim spot salaries. You will be advised of the outcome and any impact on your role once this work is complete.
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