Streetscene Multi Skilled Operative

Would you like to be involved in keeping our streets clean?

Office work not for you?

We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to join our Streetscene team. If you want to join our team taking pride in delivering high quality services for the resident's business and tourists of the New Forest. This great opportunity working across the forest and coastal areas based within the new forest.

Do you enjoy working outside?

The role is varied and interesting based at our Lymington depot carrying out a variety of street cleansing duties. Full driving licence up to 3.5 tonnes required. Any additional driving qualifications up to 7.5 tonnes, CPC, spraying licence or traffic management would be beneficial.

As part of your day, you will be carrying out a mixture of planned and additional works collection of fly-tipped waste, servicing of bins and other duties related to the street scene service as required including carrying out of building cleaning or clearance operations. A high degree of physical effort is required as lifting of bins and other heavy objects are part of this role.

As part of our duty of care to all our employees, please be advised that this post is subject to pre-employment health screening.

Disability Confident
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With our head office based in Lyndhurst in the heart of the stunning New Forest National Park, the Council is an excellent place to work and thrive. We work together to provide a wide range of highly valued services to our community.

We are working on some exciting and pioneering initiatives and projects, including tackling climate change, supporting the Solent Freeport (to unlock significant investment, create thousands of new jobs and level up our important coastal communities), promoting regeneration of our Town Centres and an exciting fresh approach to modern and innovate working through our Transformation Programme.

We believe that all our employees make a valuable contribution to the work of the council and that's why we encourage a trusting and open culture where each employee is supported and respected equally.

We also recognise the value of a highly motivated and engaged workforce and we actively promote a good work/life balance.

If you're ambitious and passionate, are driven to deliver, and want to be part of our team, we welcome your application.

We are proud of our new values for 2024, please watch this short video to find out more. LEAF Learning Empathy Ambition Fairness (youtube.com)

£23,914 - £25,241 per annum
23 days leave plus an additional 5 days for 5 years' continuous service
Local Government pension scheme
Payment of professional or registration fees where these are required
Employee Assistance Programme
Wide range of employee discounts at high street retailers, including supermarkets, stores, and restaurants
Cycle to Work scheme which could save you around 40% on cycles and accessories

It is a requirement of this post to complete a Basic DBS check.