Cemeteries Assets Operatives - REQ02239

NLC 5 (£26,035 - £27,572)

Do you feel strongly about making a difference to our local communities? Exciting opportunities have arisen to join our Cemeteries teams based across North Lanarkshire.

In this key role, you will undertake grass cutting and maintenance work within the Cemeteries over the spring and summer months, rotating to undertake memorial safety work in the autumn and winter. You will receive the opportunity and training to be multi-skilled in both land maintenance and memorial safety operations.

With previous experience of maintaining grassed open spaces, shrub and flower bed maintenance you will have used various items of grass cutting equipment such as pedestrian machinery, hand and self-propelled, as well as petrol strimmers.

You will undertake the full range of memorial safety duties; inspecting, making safe and erecting memorials. You will also undertake day-to-day works relating to memorial safety, including monitoring and inspecting ongoing and completed works, ensuring standards and correct working procedures are adhered to.

You will require literacy and digital skills to utilise IT devices and systems to record actions and update records. You should be able to undertake physical duties including manual handling of heavier types of materials or labouring work. You will be a positive and enthusiastic individual with a responsible nature and have a courteous manner when dealing with the public. You should also be able to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.

You will require good literacy and numeracy skills, with relevant experience of working within a similar environment. You will possess health and safety awareness coupled with manual handling training, Gantry training will be provided. You will hold a Driving Licence (Categories B&E and C). Possession of spraying certificates PA1, PA2 and PA6 would be an advantage.

You will require a satisfactory outcome to Hand Arm Vibration and Audiometric Testing.

Working pattern:

37 Hours Per Week

Monday to Thursday - 8am to 4pm

Friday - 8am to 3.30pm

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council

If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.

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*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.

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