Operational Area Lead

Tameside Council; Tameside; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Tameside Council is seeking an Operational Area Lead to manage, support and motivate multi-discipline frontline services which include Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance across the Borough.

The post is based at Hyde Depot with a 36-hour working week; it may involve out-of-hours work as required. A full driving licence and the ability to work outdoors in all weathers are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering street scene services including cleansing and grounds maintenance.
• Full current driving licence; ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontline Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance teams.
• Drive improvements and efficiency projects across services.

Skills

Street cleansing

Grounds maintenance

Health & safety

Service improvement

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade G. Scale 23 - £35,570 to Scale 28 - £40,444

Hours Per Week: 36

Base Location: Hyde Depot, Park Road, Hyde, SK14 4JT

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

Tameside’s Operations and Greenspace Service is seeking to recruit an Operational Area Lead, to manage, support and motivate multi discipline front line services which include Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance.

About You

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and well organised individual to form part of the Management Team. You should have experience of a range of street scene issues, in particular around the delivery of Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance functions. This will include a wide knowledge of related health and safety issues, and experience of contributing effectively to service improvement and driving efficiency projects within a relevant field. You should have a successful record of developing joint working initiatives across teams and other Council Services, partners and community groups.

A full current driving licence and the ability to work outdoors and in all weather conditions are essential requirements of the post.

The nature of the post could involve working out of hours to meet the needs of the Service. The post will be based at Hyde Depot, although you will be expected to work across the Borough as necessary.

About Us

Come shape the future of Tameside with us!

Message from Julian Jackson, Director of Housing, Environment & Estates at Tameside Council.

“Since joining Team Tameside in September 2022, I’ve been proud to work alongside a hardworking and passionate team that’s making a real difference to our borough.”

“Our Place Directorate is at the heart of shaping Tameside, covering everything from planning and highways to parks, culture, arts, environmental services, and facilities management. Whether it’s keeping our streets clean, improving green spaces, or driving forward exciting regeneration projects, our work makes a direct impact on the lives of residents and businesses every day.”

‘’We’ve already delivered some amazing projects, like Ashton Old Baths, and are currently working on master plans for our town centres in Stalybridge, Hyde, with projects like Ashton Mayoral Development Zone, and Godley Green Garden Village also set to create new homes, jobs and commercial spaces. But it’s not just about developments, day to day it’s about making sure our core services are modern, efficient, and able to support thriving communities and safeguard our heritage buildings and assets for the future.’

To do that, we need passionate people to join us. If you want to be part of a team that’s driving real change, improving local services, and shaping the future of Tameside, we’d love to have you on board.

Come and be part of something great. Let’s build the future of Tameside together!’’

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.

For an informal chat about the post please contact Nicola Marshall, Greenspace Manager on 0161 342 3348.

Supporting Documents

Job Description & Person Specification