Neighbourhood Operative

South Ribble Leisure Limited; Leyland; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Leyland is seeking a Neighbourhood Operative to maintain community spaces, parks, and streets. This full-time role offers 36.25 hours per week, focusing on grounds maintenance tasks while adhering to health and safety protocols. Candidates should have a clean driving license and take pride in their work. Benefits include 25 days leave, a local government pension scheme, healthcare cash plan, and access to savings on popular brands.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Local Government pension scheme

Healthcare Cash Plan

Cashback website access

Free parking on site

Qualifications

• Valid clean driving license required.
• Ability to maintain health and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Involve in grounds maintenance tasks like grass cutting.
• Complete daily schedules using digital platforms.
• Respond to minor emergencies such as flooding.

Skills

Team player

Good communication

Pride in work

Tools

Grounds maintenance tools

Vehicles for grounds operation

Job description

About The Role

Job Title: Neighbourhood Operative

Location: Moss Side Depot, Leyland

Salary: £25,989 - £26,403

Hours: 36.25 per week

Contract: Full time / Fixed term (12 months)

Closing Date: 18 January 2026

Are you looking for a permanent role within local government? Are you looking for a role that involves working outside, somewhere that you can really take some pride in your work?

We are looking for a Grounds Operative to join our borough-based cleansing teams. In this role, you will be working all around the borough in an extremely varied role, looking after the borough’s community spaces, parks, and streets. You will be ensuring that they are in perfect condition for the residents, wider community, and visitors to the borough.

What will your role include?

• You will get involved with Grounds Maintenance tasks such as grass cutting local areas.
• To complete daily schedules utilizing digital platforms.
• Always maintaining health and safety protocols whilst working.
• Operate Grounds tools and vehicles such as mowers, hedge trimmers etc.
• Responding to minor emergencies such as flooding and obstructions.

Who we are looking for?

• You will be helping keep community spaces looking their best, so we are looking for someone who can really take pride in their work.
• A team player and good communicator!
• You will be operating various vehicles in this role, so you will need to have a valid clean driving licence.

Our Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
• Local Government pension scheme
• Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
• Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
• Free parking on site

About Us

At South Ribble Council, our mission is to provide a first‑class service and improve the quality of life for our communities. Our staff are our greatest resource in helping us achieve this. They’re at the heart of everything we do and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services.

Working Together

We share a number of our services with Chorley Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back‑end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier‑free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long‑term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.