Greenspace Development Officer
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade G. SCP 23 £32,076 to SCP 28 £36,648
Hours: 36 Hours per Week
Base Location: Hyde Depot, Park Road, Hyde, SK14 2LN
Closing Date: Sunday 7th April 2024
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
The Greenspace team at Tameside Council looks after a wide range of urban parks and countryside sites throughout the Borough. We work closely with the community, Greenspace Volunteers, and partners to deliver a wide range of regular maintenance tasks and one off projects. It is a varied role – one day project managing installation of new play equipment and the next working with volunteers carrying out woodland management in the countryside.
About You
You will have excellent communication skills and be able to confidently work with volunteers, contractors and elected Members. You will need knowledge of countryside management and/or grounds maintenance. You will be welcomed into a really positive team and will also need to work independently and use your initiative.
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role please call Nicola Marshall, Greenspace Development Manager, on 07814541623.
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Greenspace Development Officer
Location: Hyde Depot