Street Care Operative
| Posting date: | 29 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,122 to £26,127 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 October 2025 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, Essex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Chelmsford City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
The Council’s Street Care service is responsible for the cleanliness of the whole borough and undertake a range of street cleaning and street care activities to ensure that public spaces across the Borough are maintained to a high environmental quality. The Council operates in accordance with code of practice on litter and refuse, thereby helping to provide an attractive and diverse environment, where people feel safe and secure.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to play a key role in helping us achieve improved national standards of cleanliness. Working primarily as part of the urban street cleansing team, you will be emptying bins, sweeping, cleaning and removing litter / fly-tips / graffiti from the highway and public areas.
Based at our Freighter House depot in Springfield, the post holder would normally be expected to work the following hours:
Monday to Thursday 06:00am – 14:00pm,
Friday 06:00am to 13:30pm
It should be noted however that some flexibility will be required, including earlier or later starts on occasions.
The successful candidate will be expected to work 37 hours per week and a current full UK driving licence is essential.
Find out more about Chelmsford and Working for the City Council by viewing our Uncover Your Potential brochure above.
Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment checks which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.
To view further details for this role including a job description, please click the link on the attachments section.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to play a key role in helping us achieve improved national standards of cleanliness. Working primarily as part of the urban street cleansing team, you will be emptying bins, sweeping, cleaning and removing litter / fly-tips / graffiti from the highway and public areas.
Based at our Freighter House depot in Springfield, the post holder would normally be expected to work the following hours:
Monday to Thursday 06:00am – 14:00pm,
Friday 06:00am to 13:30pm
It should be noted however that some flexibility will be required, including earlier or later starts on occasions.
The successful candidate will be expected to work 37 hours per week and a current full UK driving licence is essential.
Find out more about Chelmsford and Working for the City Council by viewing our Uncover Your Potential brochure above.
Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment checks which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.
To view further details for this role including a job description, please click the link on the attachments section.
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