AddressContract type: Permanent
Working hours: 37 hours per week worked over four days (Tuesday to Friday) on a task-and-finish basis
Do you enjoy working outside and providing a high standard of customer service?
Can you use your positivity and passion to make a difference to the lives of residents and visitors of Colchester?
Would you want to work for a multi-award-winning organisation with great staff benefits and career opportunities?
About us
Neighbourhood Services, implemented in 2019, brought together Colchester City Council’s most high-profile services. From collecting recycling and rubbish, to street cleansing and maintaining numerous parks and open spaces across the Borough, Neighbourhood Services delivers some of the Council's most visible services to all residents and visitors of Colchester.
We pride ourselves on our inclusive and supportive staff culture. As a member of the team, you would have access to various benefits, including:
- Attractive local government pension scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Discounts and cashback on purchases at many nationwide services and retailers, but not limited to:
- Healthcare providers including BUPA, Denplan Lucent Direct 2022 and Simplyhealth
- Supermarkets such as Asda, Sainsbury’s, and Tesco
- Restaurants such as Pizza Express, Zizzi, TGI Fridays, Harvester, Miller and Carter, Ask, Turtle Bay, Pizza Hut, All Bar One and Costa.
- Entertainment such as Cineworld, Ticketmaster, Odeon and Buyagift.com
- Home and Garden stores such as IKEA, and Wickes
- Fashion outlets such as Asos, Matalan, and Primark
- Sports and leisure facilities such as Leisure World Colchester and Colchester Sports Park.
Job description
Responsibilities include:
- Collect recycling and refuse from all designated areas on your route to ensure efficient and effective service delivery.
- Ensure all Health and Safety requirements are met and always fully complied with.
- Support Team Leader to complete all paperwork and data entry relevant to route.
- Create positive interaction with members of the public to ensure a high standard of customer care is achieved.
- Regularly maintain and clean the collections vehicle to ensure the vehicle is safe and road worthy.
- Ensure all routes are completed, reporting any problems to a Team Leader or member of the management team.
Qualifications, skills and experience
We are committed to invest in the learning and development of our employees and prefer applicants to have:
- An understanding of Health and Safety
- Experience in customer care
- Knowledge of Colchester’s roads and streets
- The ability to inspire and motivate others
- Attention to detail and accuracy
For a friendly chat about the role, please contact Kelly Betts, Neighbourhood Manager via email at kelly.betts@colchester.gov.uk.
We are an equal opportunities employer and are signed up to the Disability Confident employer scheme. We also particularly welcome applicants from women, candidates from a diversity of backgrounds and from all sections of the community, as they are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation.
For a copy of the job description, please click here.
Colchester City Council has a wide range of services and facilities that can involve dealing with children or vulnerable adults. We treat our obligations for the safety of children and vulnerable adults seriously and expect our staff to be committed to the principles of our published policies and to adhere to the procedures contained within them.
