Public Realm Supervisor chez Leicestershire County Council
Leicestershire County Council · Nottingham, Royaume-Uni · Onsite
- Professional
- Bureau à Nottingham
🌳 Public Realm Supervisor
Grade: GLPC – F
Location: Nottingham City
Salary: Starting salary of £32,597 (Level one) rising to £35,412 (Level four) per annum
Contract Type: Full-time, permanent
🌟 About the Role
Are you ready to lead frontline teams in shaping Nottingham’s green spaces? We’re looking for a proactive and motivated Public Realm Supervisor to oversee day-to-day operations and performance across Grounds Maintenance sites—including HRA estates, public highways, and Parks.
This role is vital to maintaining high standards of service delivery, mentoring staff, and driving continuous improvement. You’ll be responsible for supervising up to 20 frontline operatives and coordinating with subcontractors and partners to ensure the city’s public realm is safe, attractive, and well-managed.
🛠 Key Responsibilities
- Lead and supervise operational teams to deliver high-quality greenspace maintenance.
- Oversee daily performance, productivity, and quality assurance.
- Allocate labour, plant, and materials effectively to meet service standards.
- Support induction, training, and probation monitoring for new staff.
- Ensure compliance with Health & Safety legislation and Council policies.
- Conduct ward walks, estate inspections, and develop work plans based on findings.
- Maintain accurate records including timesheets, RTWs, and absence logs.
- Participate in standby rota for evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
👥 What We’re Looking For
- Demonstrable experience supervising frontline Grounds Maintenance operations.
- Strong leadership and motivational skills.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, standards, and safe working practices.
- Ability to plan and deploy resources effectively.
- Experience using technology in field-based environments.
- Understanding of fleet and vehicle maintenance procedures.
- Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
🎓 Qualifications
- Grounds/horticulture qualifications (e.g. NVQ, apprenticeship).
- Minimum 2 years’ experience as a Skilled Operative.
- NRSWA Streetworks Certificate.
- City & Guilds PA1/PA6 herbicide handling.
- IOSH Certificate.
- Full UK driving licence (Category B).
💬 Why Join Us?
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a visible impact in Nottingham’s communities, working with dedicated teams to deliver excellent public services and enhance the city’s green infrastructure.
You can view the Job Description here
For informal enquiries please contact Bushra Hussain, Senior Operations Manager, by email at [email protected]
Closing Date: 8th October 2025
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: 15th October 2025
Company
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 and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
