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 Council s 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 Officer s oversee the Council s tree stock and tree planting, Allotments and Volunteers.
About the role:
- Oversee the Council s tree stock
- Manage allotments
- Inspect the city s 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.
