Hertfordshire County Council
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Job Title: Site Officers - Gypsy and Traveller Service
Starting Salary: £32,578 opportunity to progress to £35,570 pa per annum
Hours: 37
Location: Hertfordshire/Covering 11 sites
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources
About The Team
Join our highly regarded Gypsy & Traveller service within a leading local authority.
We are a busy operational team that works on a range of maintenance projects for our tenants, who live on our 11 residential sites across Hertfordshire.
Our team makes a real difference to our residents by providing a maintenance service to their plot, the sanitary facilities and surrounding areas.
The 11 sites are in the following locations:
- South Mimm
- Cheshunt
- Hatfield
- Hemel Hempstead
- St Albans x 3
- Stevenage
- Tring
- Watford x 2
About The Role
Main base is Stevenage, although your day will be planned around the needs of the sites. We are a county wide service.
As well as the store at Head Office, each gypsy and traveller site has an equipped site office where you can prepare for your day and access materials needed.
Work is varied - carrying out fence repairs, plumbing fixtures to maintaining brick work and pre planned maintenance.
Maintaining tidiness in public areas, and to encourage tenants to keep their plots presentable.
Carrying out reactive/ emergency maintenance as well as planned improvements on our residential sites.
You will have access to a manual vehicle and a fuel card to travel to sites.
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Day in the life of a Gypsy and Traveler Site Maintenance person
About You
Essential:
- Work Record of general maintenance skills and experience.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
- A full manual driving licence.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Organisational Skills/ Time management.
Desirable:
- A building qualification in either Electrical, Plumbing, or Carpentry.
- Competent with Microsoft IT packages to manage training records, emails, and electronic calendar.
- Good record keeping skills.
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.
This job role is within the Operational Services, level 8 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Operational services
To hear more about this opportunity please contact gypsy.services@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
Interview Date: This is an on-going advert, so applications will be considered as and when received and interviews arranged.
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How To Apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
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Additional Information
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Driving Required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
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