Current Job Vacancies
Job: Community Environmental Wardens X2 /Wardeniaid Amgylcheddol Cymunedol X2
Job Ref: RE-1423
Salary: £26,873.00 - To: £28,770.00
Job Scale: Grade 4 / Gradd 4
Job Hours: 37 Hours / 37 Hwrs
Location: Unit 20 Pentrebach / Uned 20 Pentrebach
Speciality:
This post is SPF funded and fixed term for 1 year
Job Purpose
To deliver simple, small-scale improvements to the County Borough’s Open Spaces. The spaces are two-tier as defined within the Merthyr Tydfil Open Space Strategy Action Plans (2016) and each is attributed defined objectives, which alongside the targets of the Nature Recovery Plan (2019 -2024)
To work on grounds maintenance projects, wildflower management, pond and watercourse maintenance, planting of native species. To work with the community volunteers to help them establish environmental enhancement schemes.
To assist in council’s goal of enhancing biodiversity in accordance with the Nature Recovery Plan (2019-2024). To work alongside other existing staff to establish and implement maintenance regimes that aid pollinators thereby bringing about a change in the way the environment is perceived and managed for the benefit of nature. To generate community interest and encourage volunteers to become involved in their environment.
For further information please contact Rob Barnett on 01685 725000.
All new applicants are required to complete a 10 hour online Welsh Work Course. You will need to complete parts 1 and 2 of the course and must be able to evidence this prior to starting work with the Authority. For further information on how to complete this course please visit: https://learnwelsh.cymru/
Application forms can be completed online at www.merthyr.gov.uk
If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725199 and are to be returned no later than 09.05.2023 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.
Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk
Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council encourages applications from Welsh speakers. Application forms may be submitted in Welsh and any applications completed in Welsh will not be treated any less favourably than those submitted in English.
If you are successfully shortlisted for interview please contact human.resourcesadmin@merthyr.gov.uk to let us know if you would like your interview to be conducted through the medium of Welsh.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.
Job Purpose
To deliver simple, small-scale improvements to the County Borough’s Open Spaces. The spaces are two-tier as defined within the Merthyr Tydfil Open Space Strategy Action Plans (2016) and each is attributed defined objectives, which alongside the targets of the Nature Recovery Plan (2019 -2024)
To work on grounds maintenance projects, wildflower management, pond and watercourse maintenance, planting of native species. To work with the community volunteers to help them establish environmental enhancement schemes.
To assist in council’s goal of enhancing biodiversity in accordance with the Nature Recovery Plan (2019-2024). To work alongside other existing staff to establish and implement maintenance regimes that aid pollinators thereby bringing about a change in the way the environment is perceived and managed for the benefit of nature. To generate community interest and encourage volunteers to become involved in their environment.
For further information please contact Rob Barnett on 01685 725000.
All new applicants are required to complete a 10 hour online Welsh Work Course. You will need to complete parts 1 and 2 of the course and must be able to evidence this prior to starting work with the Authority. For further information on how to complete this course please visit: https://learnwelsh.cymru/
Application forms can be completed online at www.merthyr.gov.uk
If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725199 and are to be returned no later than 09.05.2023 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.
Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk
Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council encourages applications from Welsh speakers. Application forms may be submitted in Welsh and any applications completed in Welsh will not be treated any less favourably than those submitted in English.
If you are successfully shortlisted for interview please contact human.resourcesadmin@merthyr.gov.uk to let us know if you would like your interview to be conducted through the medium of Welsh.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.