About this role
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Mobile
Salary: Starting Salary is £26,427 (Level one) rising to £27,274 (Level three) per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: 15 Stores Road, Derby, DE21 4BD
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
- You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
As a Public Realm Operative – Level 2, you’ll play a vital role in keeping Derby clean, safe, and green. Working within our Commercial Waste, Waste Services team, you’ll carry out a variety of tasks including street cleansing, refuse and recycling collection, grounds maintenance, and seasonal support such as winter gritting. This is a hands-on role that requires flexibility, teamwork, and a commitment to high standards of customer care.
You’ll operate and maintain tools, equipment, and vehicles (up to 7.5 tonnes), ensuring safety and compliance at all times. The role involves working outdoors in all weather conditions, with shifts that may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and public holidays. You’ll help create a cleaner, greener environment for our communities while representing the Council’s values of equality, diversity, and excellent service.
About You
The ideal candidate will have
- Health & Safety compliance: Understanding of health and safety requirements and ability to follow City Council standards.
- Safe operation of tools and equipment: Knowledge of using hand tools, light power tools, and plant safely.
- Vehicle operation: Knowledge of safe operation and maintenance of vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes gross weight, including daily checks.
- Road safety awareness: Understanding of working safely in traffic environments
- Correct manual handling: Ability to demonstrate safe lifting and carrying methods
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
You can find the job description for this post here.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Zarina Hearne, Senior Commercial Waste Operations Manager by telephone on 07961986570 or to contact me by email: [email protected]
Closing Date: 27th November 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: 30th December 2026
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
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