Parks Officer

Parks Officer

Location: Salisbury

Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week

Salary Range: £25,183 - £25,992 per annum FTE

Closing Date: 19 January 2025

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join Salisbury City Councils Parks Department. The successful applicant will work alongside a small team of Officers inspecting parks and green spaces across the city and supporting their line manager with projects. Our Parks Officers oversee the Councils tree stock and tree planting, Allotments and Volunteers.

About the role:

• Oversee the Councils tree stock
• Manage allotments
• Inspect the citys parks and green spaces
• Contribute to risk assessments for outdoor spaces
• Work with contractors and our grounds team to oversee maintenance and repairs
• Willingness to work in all weathers
• Liaise with volunteer groups
• Experience working on digital database systems
• Experience using outlook, word and excel
• Good communication skills

About you:

• Do you enjoy a mixture of outside and office based work? If so, this could be the ideal role for you!
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and excel
• Keen to build meaningful working relationships through strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal?
• Ability to thrive within a team while effectively prioritising and adapting to a dynamic workload
• Willing to learn new skills and attend training
• Physically able to get to and from sites to complete outdoor inspections
• Punctual & reliable

What we can offer you:

• Flexible Freedom: We understand the importance of work-life balance. The role is both office and outdoor based. Enjoy flexible hours.
• Generous Leave: Benefit from a minimum of 30 days of annual leave, plus Bank Holidays.
• Satisfying Work: Join a workplace where our staff find fulfilment and excitement in their roles, as revealed by our last staff survey.
• Secure Future: Enrolment to our local Government Pension Scheme
• Continuous Growth: Embrace excellent training and development opportunities to further your career.
• Wellbeing Matters: Participate in the cycle to work scheme and take advantage of various health and wellbeing benefits, such as free eyesight tests and yearly flu vaccination.
• Paid Sick Leave: We understand that health is a priority. We provide full contractual sick pay (length depends on service) so you can take care of yourself when needed.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Salisbury Council, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

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