Service: Roads and Infrastructure
Closing Date: Monday 23rd June
A vacancy has arisen for a Seasonal Driver 2, you will be required to drive throughout Argyll and Bute, one of Scotland's most beautiful areas.
Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.
The successful candidate will be expect to undertake driving duties, be responsible for allocated vehicles requiring specialist driving skills and to perform non driving duties as required within Amenity Services. You will, either individually or as a member of the team, undertake duties concerned with the removal of glass from a variety of locations. These duties will require the use and operation of the usual range of associated manual and mechanical tools and equipment.
An LGV Licence (Large Goods Vehicle) minimum Cat C, Licence (previously HGV Cat 2 Licence) is essential to this post.
This is a seasonal post, for 4 months. The hours worked are 37, on a 4 days on and 4 days off basis including Saturday and Sunday from 06:00 - 15:45.
Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.
We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.
Learn more here Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.
Applicants should note that:-
1. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order, as amended, applies to this post.
2. This is a temporary post which may be filled on a secondment basis by an employee wishing to gain experience/career development and will be at the discretion of the employee’s director.
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