Employer: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Salary: £25,992 - £27,269 pro rata, plus benefits
Location: Wirral
Contract: Temporary
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 36 hours per week.
DBS Check: No
Closing Date: 16/02/2025 at 23:59
Reference: NS/25/304269

There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Seasonal Grounds Maintenance Operatives (Tractor Driver/Gardener/Grave Digger) to help provide an excellent service for local people working on Arrowe Park Golf Course. The successful candidate will help implement the Wirral Parks Standard which will involve working with staff (both Parks and Countryside and Golf Client), service users and external organisations.

Seasonal Grounds Maintenance Operative (Golf)

The successful candidates will join the green-keeping team based at Arrowe Park Golf Course which is responsible for the maintenance of Arrowe Park Golf. The green-keeping team work to provide a comprehensive grounds service which includes fine turf, horticulture and arboriculture operations to a standard in line with current industry standards. As part of the interview, you will be required to undertake a short practical test.

Maintenance operations include all aspects of green keeping, mowing and vegetation control, maintenance and management of tree and shrub areas and in addition undertaking cleansing operations and all other duties relevant to the grade.

We are looking for someone who has worked within a Grounds Maintenance team and experience of assisting and implementing a grass cutting schedule, working with plans and carry out other Amenity work when required.

You will have the following essential Knowledge & Skills:

Health & Safety awareness.
Full/Provisional Driving Licence.

As well as being able to carry out a full range of maintenance duties it will be desirable if you were skilled in at least one of the following:

Compact Ride-On Mowing Machines.
Experience in use of industrial horticultural machinery, strimmer, backpack blower, and hedge cutter.
Fine Turf (golf green, tees etc)
Tractor Driving
Pesticide use PA1 / PA2/ PA6
Towing of trailers
NVQ 2 in Amenity Horticulture

Temporary Contract and hours as follows:

26 weeks @ 36 hrs to commence on 31st March 2025 to 26th September 2025 (annualised, part of contract will be for 40 hours per week)

Monday to Thursday 07.00am -16.15pm.

With alternating Wednesdays and Fridays 07.00am – 12.30pm

Interviews to be held week commencing 24th February 2025.

If you’re already a Wirral Council employee, and as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

Working at Wirral

You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start:

Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.

Each voice is heard, each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.

We want you to be your best at work, we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If you’d like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible please contact recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.

It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances.

Applications will be accepted until midnight on the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications.

Applications can only be accepted through the Jobs page following registration. Forms received via the post will not be processed.

All applicants invited to interview must evidence their right to work in the UK.

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We do not accept applications or CV’s from recruitment agencies, unless otherwise stated. Therefore, any candidates submitted via a recruitment agency will not be considered for this role.

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