Environmental Operative

Riverside; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading not-for-profit housing association seeks an Environmental Operative to manage grounds maintenance and enhance community environments in Carlisle. The role involves various tasks including litter picking and reporting environmental issues, requiring strong communication skills and a clean driving licence. Join Riverside to make a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

Competitive pay & generous pension

28 days holidays plus bank holidays

Flexible working options available

Investment in learning and personal development

A wide range of benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in Environmental Services / grounds maintenance.
• Clean driving licence required.
• Ability to undertake manual work.

Responsibilities

• Undertake grounds maintenance work including grass cutting and litter picking.
• Report health and safety breaches to the supervisor.
• Provide community insight and feedback.

Skills

Environmental Services

Customer Focus

Communication Skills

Manual Work

Basic IT Skills

Education

Horticultural Course

Job description

Job Description

Job Title:Environmental Operative

Contract Type:Permanent

Salary: £23,202.51 per annum

Working Hours: Full Time – 35 Hours

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday

Location:Carlisle

If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don'tmeet all the essential criteria on the job description.

The difference you will make as an Environmental Service Operative

In this role you will undertake a range of grounds maintenance work within your assigned region to landscaped areas, gardens and open spaces owned by the Group. Ideally in this role you will provide community insight, reporting any environmental issues, community safety or resident feedback to the Environmental Supervisor as appropriate and in line with the agreed escalation route, you will also ensure work activities are compliant with the organisation’s policies and procedures as well as external statutory and regulatory obligations.

About You

We are looking for someone with:

• Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience.
• Ability to undertake manual work.
• Customer focussed with excellent communication skills.
• Clean driving licence
• Basic IT skills including Microsoft Office.
  
  

Why Riverside?

At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.

We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.

Working With Us, You’ll Enjoy

• Competitive pay & generous pension
• 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Flexible working options available
• Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
• A wide range of benefits
  
  

Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:

We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Role Profile

• Undertake general maintenance to hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivations.
• Provide a rapid flexible response to the removal of fly tipping, rubbish removal and graffiti removal.
• Maintain safe working practices at all times when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery.
• Report health, safety and environmental breaches and issues to the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in line with the agreed escalation route.
• Apply ‘Our Riverside Way’ within the environmental offer by delivering excellent levels of customer service at all times.
• Provide community insight, reporting any environmental issues, community safety or resident feedback to the Environmental Supervisor as appropriate and in line with the agreed escalation route.
• Maintain effective relationships with colleagues on each of our contracts.
• Undertake personal development and training to keep up to date with all relevant legislation.
• Work collaboratively and flexibly across all teams within the organisation.
• Ensure work activities are compliant with the organisation’s policies and procedures as well as external statutory and regulatory obligations.
• Respond flexibly to any necessary changes in work priorities and undertake other duties when required to support the effective operation of the service.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and procedures.
  
  

Essential

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience.
• Ability to undertake manual work.
• Customer focussed with excellent communication skills.
• Clean driving licence
• Basic IT skills including Microsoft Office.
• Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements
• It is a requirement that the role holder holds a current, valid UK driving licence.
  
  

Desirable

• Successful completion of a horticultural course.
  
  

About Us

Riverside is one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit social housing and regeneration organisations, owning or managing around 75,000 homes from Irvine to Kent. We are a leading provider of supported housing services, particularly for those affected by homelessness, and our track record of transforming lives and revitalising neighbourhoods dates back over 90 years. We have plans to build over 15,000 affordable homes over the next decade.

Our ways of working

Commitment to Diversity