Environmental Chargehand (Internal)

Environmental Chargehand (Internal); Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Aberdeen City Council is seeking an Environmental Chargehand to perform gardening, street cleaning and horticultural duties while leading a small team in public spaces across the city. The role requires a full UK driving licence (Class B) and the ability to work with limited supervision within a customer‑focused organisation.

You will contribute to environmental services, use Microsoft Office tools, and communicate clearly with diverse stakeholders, including the public, businesses and

Qualifications

• Full Class B UK driving licence.
• Experience in Environmental Services teams and practices.
• Ability to lead a team and deliver tasks in a customer‑focused organisation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication across diverse audiences.
• Strong organisation and ability to prioritise workloads.

Responsibilities

• Carry out general gardening, street sweeping and horticultural work as part of Environmental Operations.
• Lead a team to complete tasks and meet deadlines.
• Work across public parks, playing fields, cemeteries, landscaped areas and amenity spaces.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, partners and the public.

Skills

Driving licence

Team leadership

Communication skills

Organisation & prioritisation

Proactive working

Tools

Microsoft Office

Email applications

Job description

Job Purpose:

Location: Duthie Park,
Duration: Permanent, Full Time

Roles that require PVG Membership

Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will be required to meet the cost of the PVG membership. This applies only to roles with a full time equivalent salary of £30,000 and above. (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 10 and above (currently £30,030 per annum / £16.50 per hour))

The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.

Job purpose/about the role

The postholder undertake either individually or as a member of a team a variety of duties concerned with Environmental Operations including both general gardening or street sweeping work and horticultural work of a specialist nature in public parks, playing fields, cemeteries, landscaped areas, public open spaces, public roads, amenity areas and housing estates.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

• Must have a Full Class B UK driving licence

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

• Detailed working knowledge and experience of Environmental Services teams and
  practices.
• Working knowledge of a variety of IT packages including Microsoft Office and email
  applications.
• The ability to lead a team to achieve set tasks, delivering required results within a
  customer focused organisation.
• The ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written forms with a range of
  audiences including individuals at all levels within the organisation, businesses and the
  general public.
• The ability to organise and prioritise workloads to deal with simultaneous demands and
  to achieve deadlines.
• The ability to work proactively and with limited direct supervision, while at the same
  time recognising when matters need to be referred to a more senior post.

About Us

Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.For further information, please see our Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Recruitment pack.

Flexible Working

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact [e-mail].

Armed Forces

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a gold award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families:[e-mail]. We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

• have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
• looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.