What's involved with this role: Temporary Public & Green Spaces Operator Reference no: Exeter 5257424 Pay Rate: £12.00 per hour PAYE 34.50 Monday – Friday, 08:00 - 15:30 This opening assignment is for 3-4 months City: EXETER The purpose of the role is to undertake cleansing and grounds maintenance services to keep the city looking good. Key responsibilities: Responsible within an identified area and as part of a team for: Grounds maintenance and vegetation management tasks such as grass cutting, hedge trimming, shrub bed maintenance including pruning, and weed spraying etc often using powered pedestrian and hand held equipment Graffiti removal using chemicals or powered equipment Mechanical sweeping General maintenance of sports pitches, tennis courts and other outdoor sports facilities As demand dictates, removing litter, emptying litter bins, removing small amounts of graffiti, trimming or removing weed growth and overhanging shrubs, cleaning public toilets etc Respond to and resolve simple issues that arise on a daily basis and to highlight other issues to the Public and Green Space Team Leader. Report issues adversely affecting the look and feel of the public realm such as damaged street scene or greenspace furniture and signs, fly-tipping, stray dogs, dog fouling, abandoned cars, littering, illegal use of council land, bins left on pavements etc. Inform members of the public and businesses about your work and help them with their queries and complaints Undertake training on the safe use of equipment and safe working practices and to achieve consistently good performance. Take part in the exchange of ideas and participate in future improvements. Undertake work in a safe and effective manner at all times, following City Council policies and procedures, and to be responsible for your safety and that of the public. Qualifications: Good general standard of education to GCSE standard in two suitable subjects (Maths and English preferred). Relevant certificates for use of relevant types of equipment, eg LANTRA. Full UK driving licence Knowledge: Knowledge of health and safety regulations and requirements Experience: Experience of identifying and implementing practical on-site solutions within the Public Realm. Experience of assessing and implementing appropriate Risk Management to a range of differing locations and circumstances. Experience of specialist cleansing or grounds maintenance services activities. Experience of operating a wide range of specialist cleansing or grounds maintenance equipment such as large ride-on sweepers, hydraulically powered tractor mounted equipment and HGVs. Must have gardening/horticultural experience. Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation. Evidence of training in areas such as chainsaw operation and use of specialist machinery Skills & Abilities: Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite). Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application (and help us to help you) – please give full details within your CV document. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please