Leicester City Council
Cleansing Operative Driver
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Reference: REQ7314
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Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
Help keep streets clean and tidy for residents and visitors to Leicester. Cleansing Services provide street cleaning operations to maintain a clean environment across the city. We work in the heart of the communities to ensure local areas are clean, safe, and free from environmental issues. We take pride in the work we carry out and in providing an attractive place to live. You'll be provided with the necessary equipment to carry out the role efficiently, as well as a uniform. You'll be able to walk approx. 10 miles a day, in all weather conditions and be able to work different shifts. This is a full-time, permanent position working 37 hours per week. The hours of work are between 5.15am to 20.30pm, Monday to Saturday on a rota basis. The team are based at Castle Park Depot, 90 Leycroft Road, however you'll be required to work across the city. It is essential that you have a full category B driving licence.
What You’ll Be Doing
In your designated area, you’ll remove litter, leaves, detritus, illegal dumping, dog fouling, graffiti- street washing, and empty litter bins. During winter months you’ll support with snow clearance. Maintaining health and safety whilst working on the streets, you’ll report any environmental conditions such as hypodermic needles, asbestos, and hazardous waste to your Team Leader.
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What You’ll Need
You’ll be able to carry out cleaning duties, using chemicals and equipment. You’ll be physically fit to be able to undertake continuous manual work and walk for long periods of time. You’ll have good communication and interpersonal skills to be able to work effectively in a team and respond politely to members of the public. With a positive attitude and enthusiasm, you’ll be committed to keeping our streets clean.
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 discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.
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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.
If you’d like to have a chat before applying, feel free to contact Sam Mullet on 07712 410590 or email sam.mullett@leicester.gov.uk
This is an open advert therefore we will complete the short-listing soon after receiving your application. If short-listed, you'll be called for an assessment and/or interview thereafter.
Region: Central
Location: 90 Leycroft Road - Cleansing Services
Salary: GBP25,583- GBP25,989 Per Year
Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): GBP35,437.77
Contractual hours: 37
Basis: Full time,
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