Skilled Landscape Operative

Leicester City Council; Leicester; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicester City Council is recruiting a skilled Landscape Operative to maintain and improve public spaces across Leicester. Based at Beaumont Park Depot, you’ll work on parks, housing estates, highways and schools, helping to keep green and hard landscape features safe and accessible.

You’ll supervise a small team and operate with health and safety in mind, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 7:30–15:30. The fixed-term contract runs until 31 March 2027, with a generous leave entitlement and

Qualifications

• Experience in landscape construction or related construction work.
• Understanding of health and safety regulations relevant to the industry.
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Supervise team members, temporary staff and sub-contractors as required by the Team Manager.
• Work on sites including parks, housing estates, highways, schools and community centres, installing play areas and fences, establishing grass areas, meadows and planting schemes.

Skills

Landscape construction

Team supervision

Health and safety regulations

Job description

Reference: REQ8416

Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term until 31/03/2027 due to funding Are you an experienced skilled Landscape Operative who can help make our public spaces are safe for all residents to access and enjoy? Leicester is covered by a wealth of soft and hard open spaces that includes a range of parks, gardens, country parks, nature areas,168,000 individual trees and 111 hectares of woodlands, canal, and riverside, 260 play and outdoor gym facilities, sports facilities, highways, and housing green spaces totalling 1,250 hectares. It is widely recognised that quality open spaces contribute to residents' quality of life and improve physical and mental health wellbeing, with parks in Leicester attracting around 6m visitors per annum. Join our specialist Landscape Services as a landscape operative to ensure Leicester's green infrastructure is free of barriers to access, by helping to maintain its horticultural features as well as hard landscape features including buildings Primarily you’ll be based at Beaumont Park Depot within our Landscape Services section, however, you’ll be required to work on construction sites throughout Leicester working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday 07.30 – 15.30 pm.

What You’ll Be Doing

Supervise team members, temporary staff and sub-contractors as required by the Team Manager.

You’ll be working as part of a small team on a range of sites, including parks and green spaces, housing estates, the adopted highway, schools and community centres etc, for a range of clients both internal and external to Leicester City Council, e.g. installing new play areas, outdoor gyms, fencing and a range of hard surface features and establishing new grass areas, meadows and planting schemes. This will be using a range of equipment and hand tools daily and pesticides as required.

What You’ll Need

Prior experience in landscape construction or construction industry, being able undertake the full range of landscape industry and horticulture related tasks. With a full understanding of health and safety regulations and regulations related to the industry.

You will be able to work outside in all weather conditions and able to lift and carry heavy machinery and stock items.

The ability to supervise the work from other team members with good interpersonal skills in the workplace.

Able to undertake a range of manual and non- manual tasks relative to the operational area as required.

Appointment to this role is subject to a full UK driving license check.

What We Can Offer You

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation toLeicester, whereappropriate. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Tony Maxfield 0116 454 6299 or [e-mail]

Region: Central

Location: Beaumont Park

Salary: *GBP*27,274 - *GBP*29,071 Per Year

Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): *GBP*39,164

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time,

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term until 31/03/2027 due to funding

Are you an experienced skilled Landscape Operative who can help make our public spaces are safe for all residents to access and enjoy?

Leicester is covered by a wealth of soft and hard open spaces that includes a range of parks, gardens, country parks, nature areas,168,000 individual trees and 111 hectares of woodlands, canal, and riverside, 260 play and outdoor gym facilities, sports facilities, highways, and housing green spaces totalling 1,250 hectares. It is widely recognised that quality open spaces contribute to residents' quality of life and improve physical and mental health wellbeing, with parks in Leicester attracting around 6m visitors per annum.

Join our specialist Landscape Services as a landscape operative to ensure Leicester’s green infrastructure is free of barriers to access, by helping to maintain its horticultural features as well as hard landscape features including buildings Primarily you’ll be based at Beaumont Park Depot within our Landscape Services section, however, you’ll be required to work on construction sites throughout Leicester working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday 07.30 – 15.30 pm.

What You’ll Be Doing

Supervise team members, temporary staff and sub-contractors as required by the Team Manager.

You’ll be working as part of a small team on a range of sites, including parks and green spaces, housing estates, the adopted highway, schools and community centres etc, for a range of clients both internal and external to Leicester City Council, e.g. installing new play areas, outdoor gyms, fencing and a range of hard surface features and establishing new grass areas, meadows and planting schemes. This will be using a range of equipment and hand tools daily and pesticides as required.

What You’ll Need

Prior experience in landscape construction or construction industry, being able undertake the full range of landscape industry and horticulture related tasks. With a full understanding of health and safety regulations and regulations related to the industry.

You will be able to work outside in all weather conditions and able to lift and carry heavy machinery and stock items.

The ability to supervise the work from other team members with good interpersonal skills in the workplace.

Able to undertake a range of manual and non- manual tasks relative to the operational area as required.

Appointment to this role is subject to a full UK driving license check.

What We Can Offer You

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation toLeicester, whereappropriate. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Tony Maxfield 0116 454 6299 or [e-mail]