Operational Services Supervisor

The parks and open spaces service is responsible for the maintenance of parks and open spaces, cemeteries, highways and semi-natural open space with assorted sports and play facilities within.
The services also provide grounds maintenance services to Traded Services incorporating schools and sports facilities. Wyre Forest District Council parks and open spaces are of a high standard, fit for purpose, and they are maintained to meet the needs of the district's residents and visitors.
The services main priority is to maintain a high standard across all parks and open spaces and service areas. In this varied and busy role your responsibilities will be to supervise the day-to-day grounds maintenance operation within their area including all parks, gardens, sports fields ( football, rugby, schools, cemeteries, and private business grounds). To ensure planned and ad hoc works are conducted in a safe manner following risk assessments and safe working procedures.
You will be responsible for leading a team of staff daily including weekends; identifying workloads within pre planned schedules and allocating tasks to individuals, ensuring work standards are maintained.
As the Parks and Open Spaces Supervisor you will be responsible to line manage staff including productivity, timekeeping and performance. You will be dealing with public enquiries and site issues passed on by parks management team. You will provide improvement work proposals to key parks locations and assist with flower bedding designs and any parks and 7 open spaces improvement schemes, and work with greening and biodiversity strategies.
The role not only includes front line management but also managing work schedules and ad hoc works and managing herbicide and pesticide usage. The role will also include attending various meetings with users of sports facilities, neighbourhood forums and volunteer and friends' groups.
Additional Information

• This job includes duties that may require a substantial amount of physical effort and mobility on a frequent basis.


• Flexible approach to working hours, able to work outside normal office hours if necessary, including a requirement to be available for evening meetings.


• Agreed working arrangements for Bank Holiday and Christmas apply


Wyre Forest District Council is an equal opportunities employer

Attached documents
20240823 Role Profile Operational Services Supervisor - Parks & Green Spaces.pdf

Whatever your role within Wyre Forest District Council, every day you will be working to benefit people living in the area. The District is a mix of urban rural, market and riverside town communities covering 195 square kilometres. The three main towns of Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn and several surrounding villages including Arley, Rock, Chaddesley Corbett and Wolverley make up the district. Over 100,000 people live here and you can help shape our district's future as part of our circa 350 strong workforce that strives to make a difference in making sure the services we offer meet the aspirations and needs of our local community., To find out more about Wyre Forest District Council, or the area we serve please visit our website at www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk, 'Like' us on Facebook www.facebook.com/WyreForest/ or follow us on Twitter @WyreForestDC.

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