Grounds Maintenance Operative

Are you someone who enjoys the outdoors? Are you looking for a role within a great team that is varied and truly enjoyable?

If so, look no further. We are looking for Seasonal Parks and Grounds Maintenance Operatives to join our vital service ensuring the Harrogate area is clean and welcoming for its residents, businesses and visitors to enjoy.

The role

As a Parks and Grounds Maintenance Operative you will be responsible for maintaining our high-quality open spaces including parks, highways, play areas and recreational spaces across Harrogate. This will be by undertaking grass cutting, general grounds maintenance and cleansing duties. You will be based at our Claro Road Depot, Harrogate, and we will supply you with full PPE for various machines and associated clothing.

This is a great established team who are proud to deliver a high standard service across the area.

What you will bring

All you need is effective interpersonal and communication skills, a commitment to delivering a high-quality standard, and the ability to work with others within the team. Ideally, we are looking for someone with experience working in an outdoor environment, but this is not essential as full training will be provided.

A clean driving licence is desirable but not essential.

Normal hours are 42 per week (07:30 to 16:30 - Monday to Thursday and 07:00 to 16:00 on Friday). If you are asked to work on a weekend, there will be an extra payment of £30 per weekend day worked.

Working for us

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help make your financial life a bit easier: career average employer contribution to the Local Government pension scheme, generous leave entitlements starting at 28 days increasing to 34 days after 5 years plus bank holidays (pro rata), green car and cycle schemes, travel loans, shopping, and gym discounts to name a few. Please click the Total Rewards link to find out more.

Contact and Apply

For an informal discussion please contact Ian Smith on or email . Applying is easy, simply click on apply, register your details, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.

NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers for our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Council's purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services, we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.