4 months contract with a Local Authority Job Summary: • The primary purpose of this post is to assist in the provision of horticultural and grounds maintenance services acting as an ambassador for the Council in the course of your job whilst interacting with members of the public. Required to carry out grounds maintenance operations across the district for the duration of the growing season. Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample): • With the service managers participate in the formulation of detailed Team objectives. • Ensure the effective and efficient implementation and delivery of Council services and the achievement of the Council's objectives. • Contribute to co-operative working across service areas. • Assist in ensuring the Team's services are responsive to community needs and that equal opportunity and health and safety issues are identified and addressed effectively. • Assist in ensuring effective external and internal working relationships are established and maintained relevant to the work of the service. • Ensure effective and accessible communication with staff, service users, the general public and others as appropriate. • Work as part of a team to ensure Council policies are implemented and objectives achieved in an effective and efficient manner. • Ensure health and safety and site regulations are adhered to by all service users, the general public and others as appropriate. • To be responsible for the general upkeep of verges, parks, woodland and public land within the Bath & North East Somerset Council area. • To be responsible for carrying out horticultural and associated operations (for example, planting, pruning, seeding, hedge trimming, grass cutting, clearing leaves and litter picking/emptying park litter bins): ground maintenance (for example, basic setting out and marking of sports areas and upkeep of artificial/synthetic pitches) and where appropriate chemical control under direction. Assistance to higher graded ground operatives/team leaders in more skilled tasks may also be given (for example assistance with propagation and nursery care of plants, site preparation and construction). • To be responsible for the operation and maintenance of a range of tools and equipment as well as the use of powered hand tools and light plant, including the operation of tractor-mounted equipment could be required • If the postholder is an allocated driver, to drive and be responsible for a vehicle, including ride on mowers or tractors. Relevant training will be provided. Duties will include vehicle checks routine maintenance (for example oil and water checks) and cleaning the vehicle. Also completing any vehicle log books/tachograph requirements. • Undertake, in addition activities largely utilising craft skills: for example, interpretation of plans, site preparation and setting out of pitches, tree care and propagation including carpet and annual bedding. • To have a reasonable level of communication skills to enable them to liaise with customers, clients & management. • Responsible for the health and safety of themselves and the team, complying with all relevant legislation. • Responsible for the safe use, storage, recording of chemicals to meet the requirements of all relevant legislation. • Having charge of and being responsible for resources of a significant nature (ride on mowing machines, pedestrian mowers, mechanical grounds maintenance equipment (such as spikers, scarifiers, etc.), powered and manual hand tools, etc.). • Responsible for completing and submitting all paperwork attributable to work schedules and assigned tasks, using mobile devices to assist in service delivery, logging issues and giving feedback, following instruction and using electronic maps. • Employees at this level would be expected to work with minimal supervision and to accept responsibility for the direction of the work of trainees, agency staff and/or other employees assigned to them. Skills/Experience: • Good grounds maintenance and gardening equipment knowledge with the ability to obtain new skill sets when training is provided. • Knowledge and understanding of technical standards, safe working practices and legislation for service areas. • Understand our Values and behave in a way that is consistent with them. • The ability and flexibility to work across and support a wide-range of services within the Council and the ability to work with other partner or commissioned organisations. • Ability to make analytical reasoning and recommendations about particular areas of work. • Ability to engage with customers and contractors within the relevant codes of practice. • Clear and concise communication skills. • Team Working cooperation and flexibility, follows principles of integrated working, sharing best practice and information to develop self and others. • Planning & Organising Prioritises work, organising work for self and others to avoid or minimise peaks and troughs. C • Code of Conduct demonstrates the behaviours set out in the council’s code of conduct. Additional Information: • Full time role: 37 Hr/week from 7.30 to 15:30. • Vocational qualification or experience to level 2 relevant to the service user group or equivalent. • Driver must have a clean category B or above license.