Environmental Action Operative

Overview

Hours: 37 hours, Monday – Friday & 35 hours 4x3 shift roles (enhancement applies)

Location: You will be based at one of four operational bases across Leeds.

As an Environmental Action Operative, you’ll thrive on helping keep our neighbourhoods clean and tidy.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

As an Environmental Action Operative, you will bring to the role:

• Able to quickly learn new tasks and follow instructions/route sheets
• Able to use basic hand tools and equipment safely, efficiently and skilfully
• Able to work to deadlines to high standards in terms of time and work quality
• Able to work outdoors for long periods and in all weather conditions/at unsocial hours with appropriate protective clothing/equipment
• Able to carry out work which requires ongoing considerable physical effort possibly with some heavy lifting

As our next Environmental Action Operative, you’ll be a key member of a local Cleaner Neighbourhoods Team working together across an area of the city. You will carry out street cleansing functions including litter picking, fly-tip removal and some basic grounds maintenance. You may also help empty litter bins and assist with the collection of unwanted bulky items from households.

The job description and specification will provide more detail, but we want people who are able to carry out the types of physical work described above and enjoy the challenge of working outside and in all weathers.

Our teams work as part of an overall “Team Leeds” approach within the Council. It is important that you can work with Council and other public service colleagues to maintain clean and safe streets and open spaces. You will also support local communities, for example by assisting Litter Free Leeds volunteers with the collection of purple bags they have filled with litter.

You will be supported with relevant training and development opportunities, including manual handling/lifting, use of power tools, handling of hazardous materials and other health and safety issues. You will undertake all work in accordance with health and safety procedures and report defects or safety concerns to the appropriate supervisor/manager.

As a front-facing representative of the Council, it is important that you are friendly, customer focused and align with the Council values. You must be prepared to work from any number of zonal bases/areas throughout the City depending on the team you are placed in.

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

Please complete the online application form.

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We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility…