Open spaces worker

Open spaces worker – job description

Aspire is an award-winning community enterprise that is seeking ambitious and outgoing people to work as key members of our lively crews. If you like clean, open spaces, have enthusiasm for the outdoors, can work hard and want to do the best you can while looking after the environment and improving the lives of disadvantaged people whilst improving yours, then we’re interested in talking to you. Experience is not necessary as you will learn on the job, but a commitment to being good at what you do is essential, as too is the desire to get better.

Aspire is a community business that is campaigning for better conditions for frontline workers including the Real Living Wage and Good working conditions. Our frontline teams provide open space and estate management services to local councils, housing associations and estates, charities and the private sector. They are dedicated to maintaining clean and green public and private spaces in an environmentally friendly fashion and treating their customers in a friendly and respectful fashion.

Aspire teams carry out a range of different tasks from keeping public building outdoor space neat and tidy, to managing community gardens and nature reserves, and maintaining sports grounds and football pitches.

As a valued member of our team, you will get the chance to learn new skills in open space and estates management. You are likely to carry out a range of tasks including grass cutting, maintenance of car parks, play areas and footpaths, cleaning and maintenance of street furniture, litter-picking, leaf clearance and blowing. You will be expected to demonstrate the outcome of your work through regular reporting using digital channels and will be equipped with a works mobile to carry out such tasks.

You will work across a variety of sites within a small team, and will be expected to communicate with clients and residents in a friendly and professional fashion.

You will be expected to work collaboratively within the team and to listen and learn from your supervisor and other members of the team. You will be trained to work in a safe and organised manner as health and safety is one of number one concerns.

You will be working in a fast-paced environment, but there will always be time to answer your questions so that you can do your job properly. You will get your chance to contribute to the wider success of Aspire through participation in online meetings and by sharing your views about how you can achieve better outcomes. You will also have the chance to contribute to our #BetterForUs campaign 2020-4 which aims to support fair pay and better working conditions for frontline workers.

This is a real chance for people who want a chance to prove their worth and to build and develop their personal skills and confidence in an organisation that wants to see you succeed and make a difference in your life while making things better for local communities.

Skills and experience

We do not have any essential skills, experience or qualifications for these posts. However, everyone has to sign up the Aspire ethos where everyone however different is treated with respect, as well as successfully pass the Aspire Challenge for which you will get help and support in achieving.

Attributes that will help people to be successful include the following -

Ability to get on with people

Hardworking

Practical

Enthusiastic

Sense of humour

Ambitious to do good job

Mobile friendly

Interested in promoting community and environmental well-being

Wanting a job where they are valued and rewarded fairly

Hours and pay

Ideally, we need people who can work at least 24 hours a week, if not more.

Aspire is a Real Living Wage Employer and you will receive the approved rate of £11.95.

Help and Support

Everyone who works at Aspire must pass the Aspire Challenge which tests people on the Aspire Standards that are an essential part of our day to day work.

Being able to work within a team and effectively communicate with employees, clients and other stakeholders is an integral part of the daily job and part of the ongoing development for each one of our employees. It is an essential part of working within Aspire and passing the Aspire Challenge.

Aspire does not expect every employee to pass the Aspire challenge immediately, but it selects people on the basis that it believes that they have the potential to be successful. This does not depend on current skills, formal education or qualifications but on a desire to do the best for themselves and for Aspire.

You will receive induction training on teamwork and communications.

You will work as part of a regular team providing estates management services to our clients.

You will have your own personal development plan which will include agreed goals concerning teamwork and communications. These will be reviewed on a monthly basis at Personal Development Review Meetings aimed at reviewing work experience, learning from what works and what does not and using practical lessons to refine performance to meet the achieved goals and improve employability.

Those who wish to, can choose to take a range of online courses to develop their communications and teamwork skills.

How to apply

Please send us a copy of your CV and take a look at our website at www.aspirecommunityworks.com then send us a message about why you think you would like to work with Aspire and what you think you could add to our community. This can be in a covering letter of no more than two sides of paper.

Deadline: 02/03/2022.

Once we have your submissions we will contact you to let you know whether you have been successful and on to the next stage which will normally consist of an interview either online or face to face.

If you need more information or need us to make reasonable adjustments please let us know using the above contact details

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From £11.95 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 02/03/2023
Reference ID: Open Spaces Worker - ambitious and outgoing people to work outdoors
Expected start date: 06/03/2023