Pest Control Operative - (Re-advertisement) - GLA12257
| Posting date: | 26 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £26,067.65 to £27,600.21 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 August 2024 |
| Location: | Glasgow East, G40 3AP |
| Company: | GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND ARMS LENGTH ORGANISATION |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | GLA12257 |
Summary
Job Description
An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for a Pest Control Operative to join our Environmental Health service on a permanent basis.
NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.
If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.
Position Details
The postholder will join a team of Pest Control Officers and contribute to the provision of the pest control service within Environmental Health (including covering dog warden duties when required).
Duties will include:
- Planning and carrying out site visits/inspections,
- Providing advice to the public, businesses, and other stakeholders,
- Investigate complaints and service requests,
- Liaise with other services and organisations.
Experience in the pest control or allied industries, and a current driving licence are essential requirements of this role.
Officers are provided with all required PPE, ongoing training and have access to a Council van which they may use for home to work travel.
Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Role Profile for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.
Contract Details
Weekly Hours: 37 + 2.5 hours contractual overtime per week
Work Pattern: Monday – Friday, with weekend standby service provision on a rota basis
Annual Salary: £22,961.65 - £24,494.21 on an incremental scale
Additional Payments: In addition to the annual salary the role attracts a non-standard work pattern/hours (NSWPH) payment of £2,018 and a working context & demand (WCD) payment of £1,088 per annum.
Please note this is a re advertisement and previous applicants should not re-apply.
Benefits of working with us
Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. If you’re successful in your job application, you’ll have access to these benefits which include:
- 26 days (182 hours) paid annual leave, rising to 29 days (203) hours after 5 years’ service
- 5 days (87.5 hours) paid public holidays each year
- Local government pension scheme
- Life and Personal Accident Insurance
- Occupational Sickness Pay
- Staff Benefit Scheme
- Glasgow Credit Union
For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/vacancies.
Application Packs
Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054. Packs will be posted out to you within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request. Please note the closing date of the job advert to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return it to us.
Further Information
Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/jobevaluation
For further information about working for us please refer to our website https://glasgow.gov.uk/article/5005/HR-policies
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