Countryside Maintenance Officer

Shropshire Council; Shrewsbury; Vor Ort; GBP 18.000 - 26.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Shropshire Council is seeking a Countryside Maintenance Officer to join the Outdoor Partnerships Team. You will be part of the Service’s Maintenance Team delivering grounds maintenance and Rights of Way work across Shropshire.

The role may include habitat management and access improvements to council countryside sites, and involves working to create income through groundworks, path improvements, fencing and other tasks across departments.

Qualifikationen

• Good practical countryside skills focused on grounds maintenance and grass cutting machinery.
• Ability to work with Public Rights of Way and greenspace maintenance.
• Experience with seasonal or annualised hours working patterns.

Aufgaben

• Carry out grounds maintenance tasks and operate grass cutting machinery.
• Maintain Public Rights of Way and greenspace across Shropshire.
• Deliver habitat management and access improvements to council countryside sites.
• Undertake groundworks, path improvements, fencing and related tasks as needed.
• Support seasonal site management with hedges, line marking and general upkeep.

Kenntnisse

Grounds maintenance

Grass cutting machinery

Practical countryside skills

Tools

Grass cutting equipment

Jobbeschreibung

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.

Attached documents

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