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Senior Operative – Arboriculture

Haringey Council

Senior Operative – Arboriculture

Job Details

Company:

Haringey Council

Location:

Wood Green, London, N22 7TR

Salary:

SC4 (£27,855 – £29,139)

Contract:

Full-time, Permanent

Hours:

36 hours

Closing date:

Sunday, 27th October 2024 at 23:59

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About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

Haringey Council is currently seeking a Senior Operative – Arboriculture to become part of their Arboriculture Team within the Parks service. We are in search of a dedicated and passionate individual who can bring their skills and expertise to the team. As a Senior Operative, the successful candidate you will be responsible for undertaking arboricultural maintenance operations of trees, to recognised professional standards. Under supervision of your Team Leader, you will undertake work to the correct specification on trees within parks, housing areas and on streets. You will promote safe working practices and ensure compliance with current regulations and safety guidelines. If you are an enthusiastic individual with a love for arboriculture we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our team at Haringey Council.

About the team

We are looking for individuals who can work effectively in small teams on a day-to-day basis. As a senior operative, you will have similar responsibilities as your colleagues, and you will cover the borough. The job involves working in all weather conditions, but our teams are dedicated to making the local environment a pleasant place to visit, no matter what.

About you

We are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic individual who is committed to maintaining high standards of the local environment. The ideal candidate must be friendly, possess excellent interpersonal skills, and have a versatile skill set to carry out a range of tasks. The role is varied and requires the ability to handle arboricultural machinery, powered hand tools and drive a 3.5T van, which necessitates a full clean UK driving license. If you have a passion for tree maintenance and planting, enjoy working in a role that demands different skills, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to be part of our team.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

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The views, opinions or salary expressed in this job vacancy do not necessarily reflect the views of the Arboricultural Association.