Parks and Green Space Officer
- Employer
- Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils
- Location
- Pershore
- Salary
- £29,269 - £33,024 per annum
- Closing date
- 20 Oct 2024
- Reference
- WMHDC/TP/146/186
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Horticulture and parks
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Working Pattern
- Standard
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Parks and Green Space Officer
37 Hours per week, Permanent Contract
£29,269 - £33,024 per annum
You will be part of a dedicated and committed parks and green space team of 6.
We are friendly, supportive and encouraging, always striving to improve our parks and open spaces.
It is our aim to add to the number of Green Flag awards achieved by our green spaces.
We are striving to increase biodiversity and natural assets in our parks and open spaces and increase their resilience to climate change while retaining their value for their users.
We are fortunate to have the funding to meet these objectives.
About you
The successful candidate will:
- Work as part of the dedicated Parks and Greenspace team managing parks including 5 with green flag awards, high standard Public Open Spaces including 1 with a green flag award.
- Work to improve and develop all areas under the Council’s control.
- Increase the biodiversity and use of Wychavon District Councils parks, public open spaces, verges and wildlife areas.
- Ensure Council’s contractors carrying out grounds maintenance, landscaping, tree and associated work deliver the highest quality service, comply with contractual and health and safety requirements.
What we can offer
Our staff are at the heart of what we do, and as a result we are always looking to recruit, develop and retain the very best talent we can find. So, as well as a rewarding career, we offer a range of attractive benefits, such as:
- Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions
- Generous annual leave entitlement with options to purchase additional annual leave
- Committed training programme and development opportunities
- Onsite nursery with 20% staff discount
- Discounted Gym and swim membership
- Health and Wellbeing support and a Free Employee Assistance scheme including access to counselling services
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Employee Discounts with a range of companies including EE and the Kaarp discount scheme.
We are an employer that values face to face communication, collaboration and connection, therefore all our roles have an office-based requirement with some agile working as part of the role.
To discuss the post or for further information, please call Jonathan Hulbert on 01386 565196
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Closing date: Sunday 20 October 2024
Interview date: Tuesday 29 October 2024
Please note if we experience a high intake of applications, we may close the role and interview for the position sooner than advertised.
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Working for us
Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils are rewarding places to work, with high levels of resident satisfaction and motivated staff who enjoy working for us. Located in south Worcestershire, both districts boast beautiful natural environments, a rich heritage and plenty to do and see. The districts are ranked the top two best rural places to live in the West Midlands and are amongst the top 30 in the country.
We pride ourselves on being progressive organisations spending time, energy and investment on what we know matters to our residents and communities – things like supporting our town centres and rural communities, creating jobs, keeping the streets clean, reducing our carbon footprint, helping people feel safe and preventing homelessness.
We are an employer that values face to face Communication, Collaboration and Connection, therefore all our roles have an office based requirement with some agile working as part of the role.
Working with you
Our staff are at the heart of what we do, and as a result we are always looking to recruit and develop the very best talent we can find. That's why, as well as providing a satisfying job, we offer a range of attractive benefits, generous holiday entitlements, a pension scheme, plenty of opportunities for personal development, and discounted gym membership.
We value skills and an ability to do a great job over identifying personal information and that’s why we anonymise all our recruitment until we reach interview stage. What you can offer us and how you will uphold our values and behaviours is really important to us and that’s what we look for during our recruitment process.
Our staff are our driving force, and it’s important our workforce reflects the communities we serve. More than 50% of our Senior Management Team is female, as is the majority of our Heads of Service.
We are a member of the Disability Confident Scheme and support the movement of change, to think differently about disability and apply this to how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people.
We value all our staff and are committed to eliminating unlawful discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity, and fostering good relations between people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Want to know more?
The two councils have a shared Chief Executive and a joint senior management team. Whilst they retain their own political structures and distinct identities, the joint management structure allows us to maximise the opportunity to deliver a wide range of good value services to our customers and communities, and operate and develop shared services, collaborative working and partnership arrangements with each other, with other councils and with key stakeholders
Whichever council you work for, you can be sure it will be an enjoyable place to work, you will feel valued and appreciated and have an opportunity to develop your career in line with your potential and expectations. Please click for more information on or Malvern Hills District Council or Wychavon District Council
- Website
- http://www.wychavon.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01386 565515
- Location
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Wychavon District Council
Civic Centre
Queen Elizabeth Drive
Pershore
Worcestershire
WR10 1PT
United Kingdom
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