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Streetscene provide high quality grounds maintenance & street cleansing services to the residents and visitors of Knowsley.

The successful candidates will work as part of the Streetscene Service delivering grounds maintenance and street cleansing duties Boroughwide.

Duties will include general street cleansing and grounds maintenance operations such as litter removal, grass cutting, bin emptying, mixed border maintenance and fly tip/graffiti removal.

The job role is based outdoors and involves walking, lifting and the operation of handheld machinery such as pedestrian mowers, strimmers, hedgetrimmers and sucker blowers.

The job requires an element of independent and flexible working to undertake all tasks associated to maintain the cleanliness and high quality appearance of the environment.

  At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: 

Peter Smith 0151 443 2469 peter.smith@knowsley.gov.uk

Paul Christopher 0151 443 2834 paul.christopher@knowsley.gov.uk 

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.