Greenspace & Grounds Maintenance Officer
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £29200/annum
GreenSpace & Grounds Maintenance Officer
Salary: £29,200
Location: Stockport
Permanent, full time
Closing date: 13th August 2023
Interview Date: 11th August 2023 and further dates to be confirmed
Stockport Homes Group is a great place to work! We pride ourselves on building strong collaborative relationships locally, regionally and nationally. We are passionate about not only providing housing and building new homes in Stockport but helping to transform the lives of our customers. We aim to provide comfortable and affordable homes and engage customers and communities.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Greenspace Officer within our Environmental Services Team.
The Key purpose of this position is to be responsible for the delivery of a wider range of greenspace services, including day to day contract management and monitoring of services to ensure excellent standards, including grounds maintenance and trees.
As a Greenspace & Grounds Maintenance Officer, you will be responsible for:
* Providing technical greenspace advice to customers, stakeholders and colleagues
* Supporting the wide strategic development of services, including reviewing and implementing policies, procedures, contracts, business plans and in identifying and preparing projects and services to secure commercial business and external resources.
* Provide technical advice on greenspace related enquiries, to include grounds maintenance, trees and ecology
* Undertake site inspections, surveys, audits including health and safety
* Design, support, present and deliver training programs for customers and stakeholders relating to greenspace
* Manage the operational delivery of greenspace management delivered in-house.
Our ideal candidate will have:
* Be able to analyse, interpret and evaluate information
* Have knowledge and practical experience of greenspace issues, including management of grounds maintenance, trees and / or ecology services.
* Experience of successfully engaging and empowering operational teams
* Practical experience and understanding of undertaking, recording and monitoring inspections and site surveys.
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
* The ability to work alone and as part of a team
* A full UK driving license and access to a vehicle is essential
It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we work in. Equality, diversity and inclusion is important to us and we like to acknowledge that everyone is different. We’re always looking to improve diversity within our teams and across the group, so we would welcome any applications from any underrepresented groups
More Information
- Address SK1, Stockport, Greater Manchester
