Job Description
About the role
We are recruiting a StreetScene Mobile Operative to join our busy Honiton & Ottery St Mary team. The role will involve maintaining our outstanding environment predominantly through general grounds maintenance, grass cutting, and strimming. You will be working in our parks, sports pitches and open spaces. Additionally, you may be asked to undertake street cleansing (litter picking / emptying bins), maintaining and stocking public lavatories, general public realm maintenance, and other duties assigned by the area team leader.
About you
You will need to be able to work diligently with minimal supervision, including some weekends and on public holidays. You must have practical experience in a ground’s maintenance role, and you’ll need to be able to work seasonal hours (*41.5 hours in summer, 32.5 hours in winter – average of 37 hours per week). A valid driver’s licence is essential, and a category C1 C1E or C driving licence (or B licence issued prior to Jan 1997) would be a distinct advantage.
About us
Our recent Local Government Association Peer Challenge highlighted that ‘EDDC is a great place to work, with engaged staff and members’ and that’s certainly true! You will be part of a Gold Investors in People (IiP) organisation which works together with local people to create great value services an outstanding community, economy and environment in which people want to live, work, visit and enjoy now, and for future generations, with our wide range of health and wellbeing benefits, our highly flexible and collaborative hybrid Worksmart working arrangements as well as our commitment to continuous learning and development, you can be confident of joining a dedicated community of colleagues who are Happy, Healthy and Here.
If you enjoy working outdoors and share our passion for keeping East Devon clean and green, we would love to hear from you.
Apply
For more about working for East Devon District Council, visit https://eastdevon.gov.uk/careers/working-at-east-devon-district-council/
For any further information, please contact Barry Mason, StreetScene Area Officer on 07856 933470 or email barry.mason@eastdevon.gov.uk
Closing date: 16 November 2025 at midnight.
Interviews will be held during week commencing 24 November 2025.
To apply online, please visit https://jobs.eastdevon.gov.uk/itliveeddc_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=4869826SR6&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=173339BOqj