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Wirral Council is a place where your work truly makes a difference. Employees are empowered to “#BeTheDifference” and help improve life for residents across one of the happiest and most welcoming areas in the UK. With its stunning coastline, vibrant communities, and ambitious vision for the future, Wirral offers an exceptional setting to grow your career and feel valued every day. If you’re looking for a role where you can thrive, develop, and make real impact, Wirral Council is the perfect place to apply.

Grounds Maintenance Operative

An exciting and challenging opportunity has been created to join a Grounds Maintenance team who maintain sites within Birkenhead Park. You will help implement the Wirral Parks Standard which will involve working with staff, Friends Groups, service users and external organisations.

About the role:

As a Grounds Maintenance Officer, you will carry out a wide range of duties to support the effective maintenance of parks and open spaces.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Grass cutting across a variety of sites
• Bowling green and fine turf maintenance
• Sports pitch preparation and upkeep
• Vegetation control and environmental management
• Maintenance and management of shrub beds and planted areas
• General cleansing and upkeep of outdoor spaces
• You will be required to operate a range of grounds maintenance tools and machinery, including ride-on mowers, ensuring all work is carried out efficiently and to a high standard.
• The role involves working outdoors in all weather conditions and requires both independent working and collaboration with colleagues as part of a wider team.

About the candidate:

We are looking for someone who:

• Has practical experience in grounds maintenance or a similar outdoor role
• Is confident using a variety of horticultural tools and machinery, including ride-on equipment
• Demonstrates a strong awareness of health and safety and safe working practices
• Takes pride in delivering high-quality work and maintaining public spaces
• Is reliable, self-motivated, and able to work independently when required
• Works well as part of a team and communicates effectively with colleagues
• A positive, flexible approach to work and a commitment to maintaining high standards will be key to success in this role.

For further details please contact Phillip Starkey, on email phillipstarkey@wirral.gov.uk.

Interviews to be held on Monday 24th August 2026.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. For this vacancy, candidates must have an existing right to work in the UK before commencing employment. Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available for this post. Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process.

If you are a Wirral resident, are unemployed or out of work, and require help with your application, please contact Involve Northwest’s employment and skills team on info@involvenorthwest.org.uk or contact 0151 644 4500 or 0151 652 4349.

If you’re already a Wirral Council employee, as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

Working at Wirral

You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start:

Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, enrolment into the local government pension scheme (an excellent defined benefit scheme), immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.

Each voice is heard, each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.

We want you to be your best at work, we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If you’d like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible please contact recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.

It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances.

Applications will be accepted until midnight on the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications.

Applications can only be accepted through the Jobs page following registration. Forms received via the post will not be processed.

All applicants invited to interview must evidence their right to work in the UK. Details of required documents can be found by clicking the link at the bottom of the Jobs page.

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We do not accept applications or CV’s from recruitment agencies, unless otherwise stated. Therefore, any candidates submitted via a recruitment agency will not be considered for this role.