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. If you do have experience of the industry and skills and qualifications such as driving and technical skills we have a range of roles that may be available for you now or in the future.
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. We currently work in London and around the M25 areas in Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
Aspire teams carry out a range of different tasks from keeping public building outdoor space neat and tidy, to managing community gardens and maintaining sports grounds and football pitches.
As a valued member of our team, you will get the chance to use your skills or 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.
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 diverse groups of people
• Hardworking
• Practical
• Enthusiastic
• Sense of humour
• Ambitious to do good job
• Mobile friendly
• Interested in wider community
Hours and pay
Ideally, we need people who can work at least 24 hours a week or more but can be flexible to work around the needs of people for shorter hours. Aspire is a Real Living Wage Employer and you will receive the current Real Living Wage for your area.
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. 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 and 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, or a video, or a voice message, or whatever other method you choose.
Contact details
works@aspirecommunityworks.com
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 contact details above.
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