Arborist - (Re-advertisement)

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for an Arborist to join our Greenspace and Biodiversity team on a permanent basis.

NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.

If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.

What the job involves: Working within our Arboriculture team, you will inspect and maintain trees within parks, open spaces, roadsides, schools, cemeteries, crematoria and other GGC properties and facilities grounds.

As part of a squad, you will attend and address tree related work and issues such as tree removal/felling, sectional felling, crosscutting, chipping, stump grinding and site clearance. In addition, you will be expected to undertake routine maintenance of tools and equipment to the appropriate standard and complete records as laid down by GCC procedures.

The Role Profile provides further details on the activities involved in this job.

What we’re looking for: You must also have arboriculture knowledge, be fit to operate a chainsaw and understand Health & Safety Management Standards and external Industry Practices and Procedures (FISA & AFAG).

A full current UK manual driving licence is an essential requirement for this role, as are the following qualifications – CS30 or LANTw19 & 22 (chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting); CS31 or LANTw20 (felling and processing trees up to 380mm diameter); current First Aid certificate.

An LGV Licence, other CS/LANTRA qualifications, pesticide certification and tractor operations qualifications are desirable.

The Person Specification provides further details on the required skills, knowledge, and competencies you will need to possess to be successful in this job.

What we’re offering: A core salary starting at £28,615.47 rising to £30,795.57 on an incremental scale. In addition to the annual salary the job attracts a non-standard work pattern/hours (NSWPH) payment of £2,249 and a working context & demand (WCD) payment of £1,921 per annum.

A 37-hour per week work pattern, on a 4 on, 4 off shift basis, is in operation.

An annual leave entitlement which starts at 182 hours per year, rising to 203 hours after 5 years’ continuous service, plus an additional 87.5 hours for Public Holidays per year.

Enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme; the ability to join the Glasgow Credit Union, who offer a variety of loans, savings and mortgages exclusively for their members; and the ability to make direct contributions from your salary to the Hospital Saturday Fund who offer individual and family health plans.

More details on the pension scheme can be found here, details of the Glasgow Credit Union can be found here, and details on the Hospital Saturday Fund can be found here.

Details of the Council’s conditions of service and policies are available here, and for guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/vacancies.

 

Pre-Employment Information

As part of the pre-employment checks for this post the successful candidate(s) will require to undergo a pre-employment medical.

Please note this is a re advertisement and previous applicants should re-apply.

Application Packs

We want everyone to be able to apply. If you need the Application Pack in another format, like Braille, large print, or another language, please call us on 0141 287 1054.

If we need to post it to you, we’ll send it by second-class mail within three working days. Please allow enough time to complete and return your application before the closing date. If you think you might need more time because of accessibility needs, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.

There are also a number of Accessibility Tools compatible with the myjobscotland website which may assist you with your application. More information on these can be found at https://myjobscotland.gov.uk/accessibility-statement.

Further Information

The Council promotes flexible working, we are happy to talk about flexible working options in relation to the role, to support your work-life balance.

We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to building a diverse workforce. We particularly encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people and women for senior roles, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our workforce.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Glasgow City Council aims to offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, in line with the Disability Confident scheme.

 

 

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