Environmental Services Apprentice

Job Description

Job Title: Environmental services ApprenticeContract Type: ApprenticeSalary: £22,016.71Working Hours: 35hrs per weekWorking Pattern:Monday-Friday 08.00am- 15.30pmLocation: ManchesterFor your application to be considered please ensure you attach a current CV and cover letter.Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.Why RiversideAt Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewardinglives.We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.Working with us, you’ll enjoy:

• Competitive pay & generous pension
• 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Flexible working options available
• Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
• A wide range of benefits

Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.Application Process:If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact as a Care Assistant, we encourage you to apply with your CV and cover letter.We encourage you to apply even if you dontmeet all the criteria on the job description, at Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience.The difference you’ll make as an Environment service Apprentice.

• In this role, you’ll be undertaking a range of grounds maintenance work within your assigned region to landscaped areas, gardens and open spaces owned by the Group.You’ll provide general maintenance for hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivations.
• Providing a rapid, flexible response to the removal of fly tipping, rubbish removal and graffiti removal is also important to this role as well as always maintaining safe working practices when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery.
• You’ll report health, safety and environmental breaches and issues to the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in line with the agreed escalation route and apply ‘Our Riverside Way’ within the environmental offer by always delivering excellent levels of customerservice.
• Your community insight will involve reporting any environmental issues, community safety or resident feedback to the Environmental Supervisor as appropriate and in line with the agreed escalation route.
• As a people person, you’ll maintain effective relationships with colleagues on each of our contracts and work collaboratively and flexibly across all teams within the organisation.We’ll rely on you to ensure work activities are compliant with the organisation’s policies and procedures as well as external statutory and regulatory obligations.

We are looking for someone with:

• Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience, an ability to undertake manual work and is customer focussed with excellent communication skills.
• A clean driving licence is a must, as are basic IT skills including Microsoft Office and being an excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirementsThough by no means necessary, successful completion of a horticultural course would be great too.

Role Profile

• Undertake general maintenance to hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivations.
• Provide a rapid flexible response to the removal of fly tipping, rubbish removal and graffiti removal if required.
• Always maintain safe working practices when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery.
• Report health, safety and environmental breaches and issues to the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in line with the agreed escalation route.
• Apply ‘Our Riverside Way’within the environmental offer by always delivering excellent levels of customer service.
• Provide community insight, reporting any environmental issues, community safety or resident feedback to the Environmental Supervisor as appropriate and in line with the agreed escalation route.
• Maintain effective relationships with colleagues on each of our contracts.
• Undertake personal development and training to keep up to date with all relevant legislation.
• Work collaboratively and flexibly across all teams within the organisation.
• Ensure work activities are compliant with the organisation’s policies and procedures as well as external statutory and regulatory obligations.
• Respond to any necessary changes in work priorities and undertake other duties when required to support the effective operation of the service.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and procedures.
• Ensure that health and safety requirements are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures, and statutory requirements.
• Ensure that health and safety requirements are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures, and statutory requirements.

Knowledge, Skills, and ExperienceEssentialEnvironmental Services / grounds maintenance...