Total 5 job vacancies by Tendring District Council

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, forward thinking, and enthusiastic individual to join the Tendring District Council Development & Building Team as the Senior Building & Maintenance Surveyor. The team are responsible for the maintenance and improvement of our Council owned housing stock, including garages, sheltered schemes and communal areas.

This is a great opportunity to work across a range of projects including the preparation, supervision, and administration of annual and other maintenance contracts. It involves monitoring performance of contractors, liaising with stakeholders and offering a mentoring role to the wider team. This role will suit someone who is driven, self-motivated and has a sound knowledge in building and construction.

We need someone with a positive outlook and a desire to deliver who can continue our work to improve the service that we offer to our tenants. As a landlord, we take our commitments to our residents seriously and we are focussed on continuing to strengthen and improve what we do, and how we do it.

This role reports directly to the Principal Surveyor and will be part of our dynamic Development and Building team.

For an informal discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Chris Ball, Principal Surveyor on 01255 68 6323

For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification.


Employee Benefits
Working for us, you will find a great sense of community in which we work together towards achieving the council’s shared objectives and which ensures our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

The Council offer a great range of employee benefits including: -

- Flexible working arrangements
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Free Parking
- Discounted Corporate Gym Membership
- A number of optional Salary Sacrifice initiatives

This role calls for a flexible approach to working times, good communication skills and the ability to provide a first class service to the public.
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You will be required to travel between sites and clean to a high standard. The post may involve the handling of money including cashing up, cleaning, liaising with management and carrying out stock takes.

Our cleaners are required to work a shift rotation, which includes, at times late finishing, starting early and working weekends and bank holidays. The sites are open every day except Christmas Day.

If you feel you have the skills needed to improve our public convenience service please submit your CV and a covering letter demonstrating your suitability for the role based on the competencies outlined in the attached job description and person specification. Please send your CV and covering letter to recruitment@tendringdc.gov.uk. Alternatively, you may submit an online application form by following the link below:

https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/job-vacancies-page/casual-public-convenience-cleaner

You must hold a valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle during your employment.

Please do not include your photo, date of birth, or your personal characteristics in your CV.

Please note that your CV and supporting statement will be shared with the Recruitment Panel.

This role calls for a flexible approach to working times, good communication skills and the ability to provide a first class service to the public.
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You will be required to travel between sites and clean to a high standard. The post may involve the handling of money including cashing up, cleaning, liaising with management and carrying out stock takes.

Our cleaners are required to work a shift rotation, which includes, at times late finishing, starting early and working weekends and bank holidays. The sites are open every day except Christmas Day.

If you feel you have the skills needed to improve our public convenience service please submit your CV and a covering letter demonstrating your suitability for the role based on the competencies outlined in the attached job description and person specification. Please send your CV and covering letter to recruitment@tendringdc.gov.uk. Alternatively, you may submit an online application form by following the link below:

https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/job-vacancies-page/casual-public-convenience-cleaner

You must hold a valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle during your employment.

Please do not include your photo, date of birth, or your personal characteristics in your CV.

Please note that your CV and supporting statement will be shared with the Recruitment Panel.

Tendring

The Tendring District has many geographic, demographic and economic characteristics that make it distinctive from other areas. We enjoy over 36 miles of coastline, award-winning sandy beaches, numerous coastal towns providing anything from the traditional pleasures of the seaside to maritime heritage, a variety of beautiful and picturesque villages, one of the busiest harbours in Europe and a number of important wildlife and environmental sites such as The Naze, and Hamford Water, Walton-on-the-Naze; or Stour and Copperas Woods, Wrabness to name a few. Our coastal geography is our greatest asset.

The role

The Council operates a Cabinet system. The successful applicant, whilst studying to gain their qualifications will also be gaining practical experience working with, and supporting their team members, most of whom are either qualified as solicitors or legal executives, in the provision of advice and representation to, and of the Council. As a small team, we cover a variety of areas of law so that the ability to adapt and be flexible is important. Whilst some experience in law and procedures in relation to at least one of the following areas of law property law, contract, planning, housing, or litigation (civil and prosecution) is preferred, it is not essential but a willingness to learn and develop that experience in our main areas of work is essential. In addition to the main areas of work ideally you should have experience in, or a willingness to become experienced in, at least two of the following: code of conduct/standards; commercial; contract and procurement; data protection and FOI/EIR; environment; housing; licensing; planning; or regeneration. Part of the role will involve working with officers in other departments, as well as the members of the legal team, either in advising or in supporting others. As you progress in the role you will learn how to undertake research both for your team members and for other officers across the Council, and you will also learn how to draft and prepare all documentation within your main areas of work, including written advice to our client departments, as well as documents for use in Court proceedings. As your skills develop you will have the ability to deal effectively and professionally with cases both within the Council, and when appropriate to your skills, attending Court on behalf of the Council either with the advocate or, on occasion, undertaking your own advocacy. The ability to analyse matters, to ask the relevant questions and carry out accurate research is essential but as you progress through your training, then with our support and assistance these skills will develop. Occasionally you may be required to attend and support members of your team in providing legal and procedural advice to various Committees, some of which may be in the evenings.

The requirements

We are looking for an interested and ambitious individual who wants to learn and develop into a skilled and effective lawyer, and a good communicator. A level of commitment is required since undertaking the training, and gaining the qualifications, will take a number of years – that will include both level 3 and level 6 qualifications as well as a number of hours of “qualifying experience” that essentially is the time working in the team with us. However, if you’re interested in the law and in local government then this may be the role for you. An ability to type will be essential. For an informal discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Linda Trembath, Head of Legal Services on 01255 686563.The Council offer a great range of employee benefits including:
- Flexible working arrangements
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous leave entitlement
- Free parking
- Discounted Corporate Gym Membership
- A number of Salary Sacrifice initiatives.

For further information, please see the job description and person specification.

To apply for this role, please visit:
https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/job-vacancies-page/trainee-legal-executive

Tendring District Council’s Engineering Service team are seeking to recruit two Engineering Technicians, to undertake a wide range of duties relating to minor engineering and building maintenance works within the Tendring District and Council buildings.

Applications are welcome from candidates that have 3 years or more proven experienced, within the below background: -

- Experience at craft level civil engineering, construction, or related industries
- NVQ or similar in Carpentry, bricklaying, concrete finishing, or drainage (similar level of ability achieved from experience will be considered)
- CITB plant operator’s license
- Plumbing

A successful candidate will need to provide evidence of qualifications and training, NVQ or time served.

Applicants must have good communication and organisation skills, be able to work on own initiative and have previous relevant experience. Previous use of using PDA’s to receive and progress work orders with be desirable, but training will be given.