Job description
• Do you want to be part of a team helping to prepare our properties, for new residents with a particular focus on environmental and garden work?.

• We require motivated clean and clear operatives with responsibility for void properties across the city.

You will be helping to prepare our empty properties, for new residents by ensuring they are clean, safe, and presentable.

This role involves completing property clearance, final cleans, and garden clears.

Location: The role is based at Manor Lane although working in different locations across Sheffield may be required at times.

Please note a clean driving licence is essential for this role

You will
• Respond to environmental problems, including illegally dumped commercial, household waste & garbage, animal carcasses and undertake internal & external clearances as directed.

including loft spaces, cellars, out-houses, gardens etc
• Use IT systems to schedule work, record data, request materials and complete jobs using a schedule of rates on a ‘handheld’ device.
• Carry out organised visits to tenanted and vacant properties.

• Undertake collection, loading and disposal of waste.

• Undertake clearance/ cleaning/ disinfection of noxious, verminous or contaminated articles and premises including faeces, sharps in both vacant and occupied properties.

• Drive Council and other vehicles and carry out routine daily vehicle checks in line with existing procedures.

If you want to work in a large and vibrant team, and make a real difference to our customers, then this is the role for you.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups.

We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve.

We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade.

If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement.

We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us.

All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026.

Find out more on our Sheff news page.

Job details Job reference REQ003550 Date posted 08/08/2025 Application closing date 31/08/2025 Location Sheffield Salary Grade 04, £25,584 to £27,711 Package Permanent 52 weeks per year Contractual hours 37 Basis Full Time Job category/type Housing