Job Description

About the team we are recruiting to

The Streetpride Service is Coventry City Council's Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance Service. It has a responsibility and statutory duty to keep the City Clean, Green and attractive for all.


Keeping the City clean and green is a huge challenge and not one we can do on our own. The service is delivered by a flexible, locally committed workforce who work well with the different residents, communities and partner,s ensuring a One Coventry approach by enabling people to do more for themselves.


The service operates out of three strategically located sites in the City and provides a cleansing service seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.


We currently clean 10'000 miles of road network each year and empty over 3'000 street litter bins each week.


The service is also responsible for delivering the Grounds Maintenance works across all our Parks and Open Spaces, including our 5 Green Flag Parks and cuts approximately 6 million square metres of grass every 20 working days. That is the equivalent of cutting one thousand football pitches.


What is the job role?

You will support the Area Manager in the delivery of these services and will be responsible for supervising, motivating and developing staff to maximise performance and meet the service objectives. You will be working with the community and council partners to maintain and improve Coventry's streets, neighbourhoods, parks and open spaces, and to promote civic pride and community responsibility.


Main duties and responsibilities include:

Supervise, motivate, train, and develop crew members to meet service objectives and maximise performance. Supervision of the delivery of an integrated cleansing and grounds service within a specified area of the city, to: Deploy and supervise crews. Resolve any operational issues to ensure work schedules are completed and priorities are met daily. Respond to service enquiries/complaints. Undertake H&S and Quality Inspections Review of schedules Work with the community, and internal and external partners to maintain and improve Coventry's streets, neighbourhoods, parks, and open spaces.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

Who are we looking for?

You will be:

Self-motivated and have a good level of horticultural and cleansing knowledge. Effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are required for the job along with the ability to plan, organise, prioritise and delegate appropriately. ICT Literate You must have a full current Driving Licence

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

- As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

Members of the Armed Forces and veterans Are currently in care or have previously been in care If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.


About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.



At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.


To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.


If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies


Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values we strive to have a workforce that reflects our local communities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles.


Our Values are:

Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent. Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best. Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one. Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve. Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents. * Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.