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Environmental Services Assistant Officer
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,790 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, Derbyshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Chesterfield Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CBC45038 |
Summary
Reference: CBC25048
Salary details: £24,790 to £25,183 per year
Job term: permanent
Appointment type: full time
Hours: 37 hours per week (Monday to Sunday)
Location: Stonegravels Depot
Department: Environmental Services
Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
This is an exciting time for you to join Chesterfield Borough Council as we look to recruit a full time environmental service assistant officer to our environmental services team.
Your duties will involve the maintenance and cleaning of parks, playing fields, landscaped areas, open spaces, verges, footpaths and the public highway. You will make a proactive and positive contribution to the overall development, commercialisation and reputation of the service.
The successful candidate be required to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis, so it is essential that successful candidates are able to work flexibly within the needs of the service. This post will be worked on a seasonal hour’s basis. For 26 weeks during the spring and summer period employees work 42 hours, and for 26 weeks they work 32 hours per week.
This role involves driving council vehicles therefore all applicants must hold a full driving licence.
Working in local government is a highly satisfying and rewarding experience in so many ways. In return for the contribution you’ll make to our local community, you’ll enjoy an excellent range of benefits including learning and development opportunities, leave entitlement, progressive HR policies, access to the local government pension scheme, and discounted leisure membership.
For further information, please contact Tom Shaw on 01246 959438 or please view the job description and person specification attached.
How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.
If you don't already have a CV you can use our template below. We also have advice about how to write your cover letter.
Closing date: 27 July 2025
Provisional interview date: 5 August 2025
Salary details: £24,790 to £25,183 per year
Job term: permanent
Appointment type: full time
Hours: 37 hours per week (Monday to Sunday)
Location: Stonegravels Depot
Department: Environmental Services
Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
This is an exciting time for you to join Chesterfield Borough Council as we look to recruit a full time environmental service assistant officer to our environmental services team.
Your duties will involve the maintenance and cleaning of parks, playing fields, landscaped areas, open spaces, verges, footpaths and the public highway. You will make a proactive and positive contribution to the overall development, commercialisation and reputation of the service.
The successful candidate be required to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis, so it is essential that successful candidates are able to work flexibly within the needs of the service. This post will be worked on a seasonal hour’s basis. For 26 weeks during the spring and summer period employees work 42 hours, and for 26 weeks they work 32 hours per week.
This role involves driving council vehicles therefore all applicants must hold a full driving licence.
Working in local government is a highly satisfying and rewarding experience in so many ways. In return for the contribution you’ll make to our local community, you’ll enjoy an excellent range of benefits including learning and development opportunities, leave entitlement, progressive HR policies, access to the local government pension scheme, and discounted leisure membership.
For further information, please contact Tom Shaw on 01246 959438 or please view the job description and person specification attached.
How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.
If you don't already have a CV you can use our template below. We also have advice about how to write your cover letter.
Closing date: 27 July 2025
Provisional interview date: 5 August 2025
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