Parks Technical Officer - Allotments

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Parks Technical Officer - Allotments
Waverley Court

Salary: £32,010 - £37,626
Hours: 36 per week

To positively and actively contribute to one or more of the functions within the Parks, Green Spaces and Visitor Services team, as required including but not limited to;

• Play and Technical

• Allotment Provision, Strategy and Development

• Quality Initiatives – Green Flag, Park Quality Assessments, etc

• Landscape and Design Initiatives - Living Landscapes, Floral Clock, etc • Educational programmes

• Technical and Operations

Postholder is responsible for the management of the city’s 1,700 individual allotments and a 7,000+ customer waiting list. Duties involve the: - maintenance of allotment sites - administration of rents - administration of waiting list - regular assessment and enforcement of allotment conditions - working with partner groups (including FEDAGA, SAGS and Scottish Government) on service development and promotion - complaint / conflict resolution - responding to service requests and enquiry

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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