Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Onsite Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £24,790 (Level one) rising to £25,584 'pro rata for part-time'

Location: Eastcroft Depot, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AH

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

Nottingham City Council is looking for a Public Realm Operative to predominantly work within the depot and be responsible for the day to day running of our bin maintenance. This will include bin repairs at various locations and on site, the movement of bins around the depot ensuring they are safely stores, taking bin stock information etc. Operatives are required to be flexible depending on the service needs as loading on bin rounds will also be incorporated. Please see job description for further information.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Be able to work flexible hours. This also includes weekend working bank holidays
• The role requires applicants to be physically fit and be able to work outside in all weather conditions.
• Applicants must have good understanding / knowledge of working in a customer focused environment and have customer care skills to deal with commercial customers on a daily basis.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Zarina Hearne, Commercial Waste Operations Manager, by telephone on 07961986570 or by email at zarina.hearne@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 16th May 2025

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: May 2025

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home

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Same Posting Description for Internal and External Candidates

About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.

Nottingham City Council provides public services including education, social services, planning, waste management, housing, events and health across the city of Nottingham.