JOB VACANCIES
Casual Recreation Assistant
Weekend and school holiday shifts available.
Age related pay, plus 12.1% holiday pay for every hour worked.
We are looking for a casual team member to help us with front of house management on the sports desk at Yeovil Recreation Centre. Selling access to golf, the AGP and other seasonal turn up and play facilities you will need excellent customer service skills and an interest in sports and leisure. You will also support teams in allocating changing rooms and answering general customer enquiries. You will open and close facilities at the beginning and end of the day and will be trained to cash up the till. Minimum age 16 years due to nature of the work.
For more information, please see the job description and job specification. For an informal discussion please contact Ashley Smalley (Activities Officer) on [email protected].
Closing date Friday 18th April at noon.
Parks Engagement Officer
37 hours per week (permanent)
SCP 12-16: £27,269 to £29,572 plus Local Government Pension Scheme
We are looking for an enthusiastic outdoor educator to fulfil this new role leading on engagement opportunities across the Council’s open spaces and planned environmental and growing initiatives. You will need to be confident developing and leading practical volunteering sessions and shaping new community engagement opportunities. Experience in securing small grants for grassroots projects would be beneficial. You will need to be a great communicator, taking a lead on communication for environmental and growing projects across the new Estates team. You will develop a program of events, activities and engagement across the open spaces, play areas and growing spaces of the Town. Whilst you will also shape learning initiatives from the Growing Hub (once developed) and through the Council’s allotment sites.
Closing date is Tuesday 1st April at noon.
Estates Officers x 3
37 hours per week (permanent)
SCP 7-12: £25,584 to £27,711 plus Local Government Pension Scheme
We are looking for three Estates Officers to create our new Estates team, managing open spaces, play areas and other Council owned assets across Yeovil. The team will ensure that the Town’s open spaces, play areas, allotment sites and civic horticultural schemes are safe, welcoming and attractive with a strong community focus. The roles will carry out the agreed maintenance and inspection regimes for all the outdoor assets. They will also provide a point of contact for communities using the facilities and support volunteering and community engagement in parks, open spaces and growing schemes. They will also provide maintenance support to the Country Park for specialist operations and work with the Parks Engagement Officer to prepare sites for events. As the range of facilities we manage is broad, we are a looking to build a team with diverse skills, from tree work to grass cutting, propagation to small ground works. Training will be available for the right candidates.
Closing date is Tuesday 1st April at noon.