The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
You will be responsible for the strategic management of effective cleaning and grounds maintenance services working on behalf of the London Borough of Southwark. This will include the performance and continual development of the cleaning and grounds maintenance services in Southwark and improving customer satisfaction, both actual and perceived, by residents, tenants and all other stakeholders – making Southwark a great place to live.
Within this role you will develop strong and effective working relationship with the Members, residents and the tenant movement as well as other interested groups. You will liaise closely with the council’s finance team to ensure that commercial waste customer accounts and budget are monitored and managed.
The post of Cleaning & Grounds Maintenance Manager sits within the Waste & Cleaning Division. The post-holder will work from the Cleaning & Grounds Maintenance base at Sandgate Street SE15.
About You:
We are looking for a person who cares passionately about the environment and the public realm to be responsible for leading the council’s in-house cleaning and grounds maintenance services. These services include street and estate cleaning, grounds maintenance on estates and highways, graffiti removal, gully emptying, commercial waste collections and a range of other ancillary services with a workforce of over 600 staff.
Additional salary details
We will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment
Recruitment timetable
Closing Date: 6th June 2022 at Midnight
Assessment Day / Interview: 16th & 17th June 2022
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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