Oxford City Council - Grade 6 Tree Team Supervisor

[Ian Haynes]

Community Services Directorate - Service Area: Leisure, Parks and Communities

 

Post title: Tree Team Supervisor (Job no: 000365)

Grade: 6 - £27,070 - with possible progression to £29,501 per annum

Contract: Permanent- 37 hours per week (annualised hours)

 

Oxford City Council has a vacancy for a Tree Team Supervisor in our Leisure, Parks & Communities Service Area. This is an exciting opportunity to join us in our journey from Good to Great. We maintain over 1,000 hectares of parks, green spaces, cemeteries, sports areas and 87 play areas and have 5 green flag awards for our parks.

 

Main Duties & Responsibilities

 

The candidate’s key responsibilities will be the daily supervision, monitoring and motivation of the Arb Team. The other key duty will be to support and contribute to the technical knowledge of the Parks Team.

You will have significant experience of working within the tree industry and of leading teams on tree works, holding the requisite NPTC Certificates and a clean driving licence, preferably a full pre 1997 or subsequent trailer test award licence.

 

Requiring genuine commitment, this position offers an exciting challenge and a chance for a highly motivated team player to advance their career within a stable working environment in a successful and growing company.

 

Oxford is known throughout the world for its long history of academic excellence, its architectural and cultural heritage, as well as its innovative, contemporary achievements in scholarship, literature, manufacturing, publishing, medicine and science. Oxford City Council employs over 1,200 people who are helping achieve the Council’s goal of building a world class city for everyone.

 

Our people support the City’s communities with services to promote Oxford’s reputation and maintain its growth as a world class city. Oxford City Council provides a friendly yet hardworking environment for employees to develop and good career opportunities for individuals to grow.

 

Benefits include:

• Local Government pension scheme

• Up to 32 days annual leave (after 5 years’ service)

• Flex time (where appropriate)

• A childcare voucher scheme

• Subsidised leisure membership

• Employer benefits scheme

 

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Ian Haynes, on 01865 252082 or email [email protected]

 

Closing Date: 21st April 2014

 

LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

 

Interview Date: 6th May 2014

 

Disabled Applicants who meet the essential criteria on the Person Specification will be invited to interview. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the community we serve so we welcome applicants from all communities. We particularly encourage applications from suitably qualified black and minority ethnic candidates because people from these backgrounds are currently under represented in our workforce.

 

Oxford City Council is not currently licensed as a sponsor and cannot employ migrant workers outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland under the Point Based System rules, issued by the UK Border Agency.

 

For full details of the above post, and how to apply online, please visit Oxford City Council - Home Please refer to the Job Description for the full list of essential and desirable criteria.

 

If you are unable to access our website please call01865 252848

 

PLEASE NOTE CV’s WILL NOT BE

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