Coventry City Council
Trainee Pest Control & Dog Enforcement Officer
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Our Values
In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.
Our Values are:
- Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
- Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
- Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
- Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
- Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
- Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.
We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.
Job Role
Coventry city council is recruiting for 4 trainee pest control and dog enforcement officers to join our successful team. Providing pest control services for domestic residents and commercial customers across Coventry, Warwickshire and the surrounding areas.
Are you passionate about caring for your local community?
- Do you have excellent interpersonal skills which you are able to adapt to different situations?
- Are you able to prioritise and organise a workload, work under pressure and manage priorities with minimum supervision using your own initiative?
The successful candidate will be given full training and will be required to complete a RSH qualification in pest control and the relevant training for dog enforcement. Once fully qualified and certificates obtained the salary will increase from grade 3 to grade 5.
Under the general direction of the pest control manager and Senior Pest Control Officer you will deal all aspects of commercial and domestic pest control including:
- Providing commercial pest control services to our existing portfolio of customers to identify and secure new business opportunities to support the growth of the contract portfolio.
- Providing domestic pest control services to the residents of Coventry to identify and reduce infestation to maintain public health standards across the city.
- To undertake works in default to and remove household waste and carry out garden clearance work to when notices to carry out such work has expired.
- Assist and support dog enforcement work in the form of fixed penalty notices and dog fouling in public spaces and enforcement work with dog fouling in gardens and collection of stray dogs.
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Who are we looking for?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate person that cares about their local environment and will look at ways to ensure that public health standards are maintained by employing safe working practices when applying traps or baits to both domestic and commercial customers.
You should understand the principles of customer care and quality and have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels both orally and in writing with people from a range of backgrounds.
You will need to be able to:
- Effectively manage a demanding workload and deal with conflicting priorities.
- Use of the Microsoft Office software suite to produce word-processed documentation including letters and reports to a high standard.
- Influencing, persuading, and negotiating skills and the ability to deal effectively with conflict and aggression.
You must also hold a full driving license and the ability to travel around a wide area of the city to carry out district work.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.
We recognise that you might use AI tools to help with your application. While these tools can be useful, please make sure that all information you provide about your experience, skills, and qualifications is accurate. What matters most to us is hearing about your experience and the achievements that truly reflect you!
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Need help completing your application form? The Job Shop can support you. You can register online here for an initial assessment, or visit the Job Shop in person, please see their webpage for more information. For all other queries, contact Recruitment@coventry.gov.uk.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date(s): 12th - 13th August
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.
If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies
Coventry City Council
Attached documents
- 18.01.29.PCAW.JD.PS. Trainee Pest Control Officer (002) - Copy (002).pdf
- Coventry City Council Application Process (1).pdf
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