Site Officers - Gypsy and Traveller Service

Hertfordshire County Council

  • Hertfordshire
  • £33,366 per year
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 1 month ago
Job Title: Site Officers - Gypsy and Traveller Service
Starting Salary: £30,559 opportunity to progress to £33,366 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37.0
Location: Hertfordshire/Covering 11 sites
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: ResourcesAbout the teamJoin our highly regarded Gypsy & Traveller service within a leading local authority.We are a busy operational team that works on a range of maintenance projects for our tenants, who live on our 10 residential sites across HertfordshireOur team makes a real difference to our tenants by providing a maintenance service to their plot, the sanitary facilities and surrounding areas.The 11 sites are in the following locations:Sites:CheshuntTringHemel HempsteadWatford x 2BarnetSt Albans x 3StevenageHatfieldAbout the role
  • Main base is Stevenage, although your day will be planned around the needs of the sites. We are a county wide service
  • As well as the store at Head Office, each gypsy and traveller site has an equipped site office where you can prepare for your day and access materials needed.
  • Work is varied and be carrying out fence repairs, plumbing fixtures to maintaining brick work and pre planned maintenance
  • Maintaining tidiness in public areas, and to encourage tenants to keep their plots presentable
  • You will required to take the on-call phone one week in every eight as part of our of hours service. The out of hours cover a 7 day week and are: 16:00pm – 08:00am Monday to Friday and 24 hours a day on Saturday and Sunday.
  • Carrying out reactive/ emergency maintenance as well as planned improvements on our residential sites
  • You will have access to a manual vehicle to travel to sites
  • Tools are provided
Please click on below link to see what a typical day working on site consists of:Day in the Life - Site OfficerAbout youEssential:
  • Work Record of general maintenance skills and experience.
  • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
  • A full manual driving licence
  • Excellent customer service skills
Desirable:
  • A building qualification in either Electrical, Plumbing or Carpentry.
  • Competent with Microsoft IT packages to manage training records, emails and electronic calendar
  • Good record keeping skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Organisational Skills/ Time management
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.This job role is within the Operational Services, level OPS8 job profile. Please locate this via:To hear more about this opportunity please contact Bridget.Gill1@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.Interview Date: this is on ongoing advert - interviews will take place as and whenHow to applyAs part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.Additional informationDisability Confident
We are proud to be a and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required).

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