Streetpride Skilled Operative

The Streetpride Service is Coventry City Council's Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance Service. It has a responsibility and statutory duty to keep the City clean, green, and attractive for all.

Keeping the City clean and green is a huge challenge, and one we cannot do on our own. The service is delivered by a flexible, locally committed workforce who work well with different residents, communities, and partners, ensuring a One Coventry approach by enabling people to do more for themselves.

The service operates out of 3 strategically based sites in the City and provides a cleansing service 7 days per week for 52 weeks of the year.

We currently clean 10’000 miles of road network each year and empty over 3’000 street litter bins each week.

The service is also responsible for delivering the Grounds Maintenance works across all our Parks and Open Spaces, including our 5 Green Flag Parks and cuts approximately 6 million square metres of grass every 20 working days. That is the equivalent of cutting one thousand football pitches.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create an inclusive workplace culture that is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias

In line with our One Coventry Values we strive to have a workforce that reflects our local communities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles.

Our Values are:

Coventry City Council is looking for a committed Streetpride Skilled Operative to help keep our city clean, green and welcoming. The role is working within one of our area based grounds maintenance teams.

This is a hands‑on, citywide role where no two days are the same — perfect for someone who enjoys working outdoors, operating machinery, and taking pride in improving local neighbourhoods.

What you’ll do

• Help keep parks, open spaces and highway verges looking their best through high‑quality grass cutting, hedge pruning and horticultural maintenance
• Operate a variety of vehicles and machinery, including ride‑on mowers
• Apply weedkillers and chemicals safely in line with PA1/PA6 requirements
• Clear litter, debris and graffiti to maintain clean and welcoming public spaces
• Lead and direct a small team to ensure work is completed to a high standard
• Use handheld devices to record and update daily work tasks
• Work outdoors in all weather conditions

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

We’re looking for someone who brings energy, pride and professionalism to everything they do.

The successful candidate will be someone who:

• A high level of reliability, commitment and a consistently professional approach to all duties.
• Brings a positive, professional attitude and is willing to take on all tasks within the role and service area.
• Demonstrates proven capability in leading, motivating and directing staff to ensure consistently high standards of service delivery.
• Knows their horticulture — with strong experience in planting, pruning, grass cutting and wider grounds maintenance.
• Experience in chemical control, including the safe application of herbicides in accordance with approved procedures and Health & Safety requirements, and the ability to supervise staff undertaking basic chemical application.
• Can operate a wide range of powered hand tools (hedge cutters, pedestrian mowers, etc.) and is happy to show others how to use them.
• Understands Health & Safety inside out, including correct PPE and safe working practices.
• The physical capability to undertake a variety of labour‑intensive tasks involving bending, pulling and lifting in all weather conditions.
• Has a customer‑focused mindset, staying calm, respectful and polite even when dealing with challenging situations.
• Knows how to take the right action at the right time to prevent issues escalating into formal complaints.

• Holds a full, valid Category B manual driving licence

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Need help completing your application form? The Job Shop can support you. You can email them at jobshopemploymentsupport@coventry.gov.uk or visit the Job Shop in person, please see their webpage for more information. For all other queries, contact Resourcing@coventry.gov.uk.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'.

If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date(s): TBC

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies