Job Purpose:
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Job purpose/about the role
The postholder undertake either individually or as a member of a team a variety of duties concerned with Environmental Operations including both general gardening or street sweeping work and horticultural work of a specialist nature in public parks, playing fields, cemeteries, landscaped areas, public open spaces, public roads, amenity areas and housing estates.
The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:
1. Must have a Full Class B UK driving licence
The postholder is able to demonstrate:
2. Driving a wide range of vehicles, including 3.5 tonne tipper trucks, Ride on grass cutting vehicles, small mechanical sweepers
3. A working knowledge and experience of Environmental Services teams and practices.
4. The willingness to use The Councils digital platforms in relation to HR (CoreHr)
5. The ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written forms
6. The ability to organise and prioritise workloads to deal with simultaneous demands and to achieve deadlines.
7. The ability to work proactively and with limited direct supervision, while at the same time recognising when matters need to be referred to the Line Manager
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:
8. have a disability as defined by the Equality Act (all jobs)
9. looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
10. are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
11. have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
12. are New Scots* aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships
*"New Scots" are defined as refugees and asylum seekers who are in Scottish communities and include those who have been granted refugee status or another form of humanitarian protection, people seeking asylum, those who have been refused asylum, and those whose application has been refused but who remain in Scotland.
Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.