Contract Details
Fixed Term – 12 months
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: On-site worker
Salary: Starting Salary £40,777 (Level one) rising to £44,075 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)
Location: Eastcroft Depot, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AH
About the Role
We’re looking for a driven and dynamic Operations Manager to play a pivotal role within our Waste and Cleansing service during an exciting period of transformation. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future workforce, leading on recruitment, onboarding, training and probation management for a growing team. You will be at the heart of service delivery, providing visible leadership, supporting frontline teams, and driving high standards of performance, compliance and continuous improvement. This role offers the chance to make a real and lasting impact across the service over the next 12 months.
Requirements
* Strong understanding of people management practices, including recruitment, onboarding, probation management, performance and attendance management
* Demonstrable experience leading recruitment campaigns and using systems/processes to appoint frontline staff
* Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Excel, Teams), to support workforce planning and reporting
* Experience working within local authority or public realm services (waste, street cleansing, environmental services)
* IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent health & safety qualification
* Experience leading large-scale onboarding or service mobilisation activity
* Full UK driving licence
Benefits
* 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years of service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
* Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
* Smart Working – to support your work life balance
* Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
EEO Statement
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
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