Grounds and Cleansing Team Leader
- Employer
- Telford & Wrekin Council
- Location
- Addenbrooke House, Telford
- Salary
- £36,922 - £39,880
- Closing date
- 17 Sep 2021
- Reference
- TWC000004873
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Environment / Conservation
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- Flexible hours
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Waste, Neighbourhood Services & Performance
Grounds & Cleansing Team Leader
£36,922 - £39,880 per annum
NJC PO7
37 hours per week
As client to the Council’s appointed grounds and cleansing contractor the post holder is responsible for managing the locality team, providing guidance and reviewing work issued to the contractor is completed to satisfactory standards.
The post holder has a key role working collaboratively with external and internal stakeholders in relation to landscape, environmental and cleansing services.
Investigates and develops well considered responses to Cabinet Member and MP enquiries and more complex complaints from the public and Parish and Town Councils, taking the opportunity to evaluate and implement front line service improvements.
Develop and manage information for the public and work with communications on campaigns to promote public awareness and share news about the delivery of services.
For further information on the role please click on the job description and person specification which is available below.
Along with your application please also submit a supporting statement outlining how you meet the Person Specification.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Interview and Assessment
The Grounds and Cleansing team have been realigned to deliver operationally with a focus on delivering tangible outcomes through the delivery of programmes and projects and a focus on contract performance.
Applicants should prepare a ten minute presentation on:
- What actions, in the role of team leader, will you take to deliver this and how you will build capacity within the team.
Selection process:
Panel interview
Presentation (max 10 mins)
Please complete the online application form as CVs will not be accepted.
We are committed to equality and diversity.
Supporting documents
Job Description & Person Specificaton
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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.
At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.
Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.
In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here
You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here
If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk
- Website
- http://www.telford.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01952 380000
- Location
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Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom
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