Environmental Operative
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 08 Hydref 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 07 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Oldham, OL8 2BN |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75748515 |
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People & Place
Environmental Service
Environmental Operative
Ref: 001077
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £25,185 - £25,989 per annum + 10% Band B unsocial hours payment.
Hours: 42 hours over 4 on 4 off shifts inclusive of weekends & bank holidays
Location: Environment Centre, Alexandra Park Depot, Kings Road, Oldham OL8 2BH
Closing Date: Sunday 2nd November 2025
Interview Dates: w/c Monday 17th November 2025
Hiring Manager Contact Details: Ian.Monaghan@Oldham.gov.uk
Role Overview:
This is a frontline service manual role working within the Street Cleansing Service, carrying out a variety of manual roles including litter picking, fly tip removal, service public bins etc.
The role requires operatives to work outdoors throughout the year in all weather conditions. The role requires a level of physical fitness as requires aspects of heavy manual lifting; for example, fly tip clearance work. The role requires applicants to be able to work effectively within small teams and have the ability to lead the team if required.
The role requries applicants to be able to work with a wide range of hand tools and small powered tools as required.
Applicants must have good people skills and able to communicate with colleagues, members of the public and officers from other service areas when required.
The role will require applicants to hold a full UK driving licence and drive a variety of vehicles as required. Applicants must be familiar with completing daily check lists and paperwork, including having the ability to work from written instruction.
Applicants must be willing to undertake any necessary training required within the post.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be able to communicate effectively with colleagues and the public.
- Work effectively as part of a small team and lead the team when required.
- Be responsible for a vehicle and carry out the required daily defect checks and reporting procedures.
Key Requirements:
- Must hold a full UK drivers’ licence and be familiar with various vehicles.
- Ability to load heavy items onto vehicles.
- Able to complete and work from written instruction as required.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About Us:
We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:
A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.
We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.
Our Values and Behaviours:
By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.
We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:
- Work with a resident focus
- Support local leaders
- Committed to the borough
- Delivery high performance
- Take ownership and drive change
You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page
Our Benefits Package:
At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:
- 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
- The option to purchase additional annual leave.
- An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
- Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
- Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
- Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
- Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
- Staff recognition and celebration events.
- Peer support groups
Inclusive Recruitment:
We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.
If you’re an applicant with disabilities and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer or someone who has served in the Armed Forces and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme.
Data and Privacy:
For details of how we use your data please see our privacy notice.
Important Information:
Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for a current employee at risk of redundancy, it can be pulled back at any point, up to the post being formally offered to a candidate who is not at risk of redundancy.
While we embrace the use of AI as an innovative tool to maximise our services at Oldham Council, we are looking for authenticity in applications we receive. We therefore ask you to think carefully if choosing to use AI when completing your application and ask that you ensure you read all instructions carefully and that your application is written by you and reflects your skills, knowledge and enthusiasm.
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