Countryside Maintenance Officer

SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL; Pontesbury Hill; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL is seeking a team member for the Countryside Maintenance role within the Outdoor Partnerships Team in Shropshire. You’ll join the Service's Maintenance Team to deliver grounds maintenance, rights of way work and related tasks across the county.

The role involves seasonal grounds maintenance tasks such as grass cutting, line marking, hedge maintenance and site management, with annualised hours to fit the growing season and reduced hours in the off-season.

Responsibilities

• Grounds maintenance tasks including grass cutting
• Line marking and hedge maintenance
• General site management and rights of way maintenance
• Habitat management and access improvements on countryside sites

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to become part of the Countryside Maintenance Team, within the Outdoor Partnerships Team. You will work as part of the Service's Maintenance Team to deliver activities mainly focused on grounds maintenance, but also maintaining Public Rights of Way and other related tasks across Shropshire.

You may also work with the team to deliver habitat management and access improvements to our council owned countryside sites. This is part of the service's contracting role to create income into the service where we deliver groundworks, path improvements, fencing and many other tasks to other departments or organisations. The post is focused on seasonal grounds maintenance tasks such as grass cutting, line marking, hedge maintenance and general site management. Annualised hours are used to focus this work within the growing season with reduced hours in the closed season.

If you have good practical countryside skills, focused on grounds maintenance and grass cutting machinery; and have the passion to help manage Shropshire Council's varied network of rights of way and greenspace, we want to hear from you.

We would love to get to know you more so please give us a call if you would like to discuss this role or our team. You can contact us on 01743 791984 or [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Attached documents

• JD - Countryside Maintenance Officer.pdf
• Advert - Countryside Maintenance Officer.pdf
• PS - Countryside Maintenance Officer.pdf