To be a frontline ambassador for Cheshire East Borough Council. Opening and closing important pedestrianised barriers and multi-storey car parks. To educate motorists on the importance of responsible, safe, considerate and legal parking - particularly in and around our schools to keep children and pedestrians safe at drop off and pick up times. You will play a significant role in reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality through enforcement of parking restrictions. Undertaking patrols on and off-street to ensure an appropriate turnaround of parking spaces is available and to keep traffic moving along the highway in order to facilitate the emergency services who need quick and obstructive free access. The role includes patrols of council operated car parks and the highway and will include issuing penalty charge notices for specified parking contraventions.OrganisationCheshire East CouncilLocationCrewe, MacclesfieldJob CategoryHighways and TransportGradeCEC NJC - Grade 6Salary Min£26,421 Per AnnumSalary Max£28,770 Per AnnumHours per week37Weeks per year52.143Employment TypePermanentClosing Date01/12/2024Ref NoE2572Documents(PDF, 306.3kb)Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.Our Parking Services Team is looking to recruit a number of active, positive and keen Civil Enforcement Officers to complete its enforcement team. Part-time applications are welcome. We are looking to recruit highly resilient and motivated individuals who can demonstrate a commitment to customer service whilst providing efficient and effective parking enforcement.Shifts vary and include Monday to Sunday (including bank holidays) and will sometimes start as early as 06.30am. Evening shifts will include working up to 10pm but can be later due to joint working with other agencies. You must therefore be very flexible in your approach.We are looking for enthusiastic people who can work on their own and within a diverse team environment. Your patrols will cover the whole borough, whilst having a base at either Crewe or Macclesfield. It is important that applicants understand that you must have a full and valid manual UK driving licence, access to your own vehicle, be subject to an enhanced DBS check due to work in and around our schools, have a fantastic attendance record, be able to follow procedures, guidance and rules and have a good understanding of the latest technology such as android devices and/or IOS systems. Essential requirements for the role include having the ability to adopt a fair but firm approach, being consistent, remaining calm and polite when issuing penalty charge notices, and be able to retain both written and electronic records. Full training during a six-month probationary period will be given, a background in enforcement would be an advantage although not essential.A good level of physical fitness and the ability to withstand working all day in a variety of adverse weather conditions is essential. We are looking to recruit someone who enjoys working outdoors. This role can be quite confrontational so you must be resilient and be able to communicate professionally and remain calm and polite at all times. We promote on-foot patrols with minimum car use to support our ambition to be carbon neutral.In return, the Council offers paid business mileage, personal and professional training and development opportunities and a great culture of work ethics and ethos. You will be provided with a uniform, free parking and a generous paid holiday scheme (starting at 26 days plus bank holidays and rising to 31 days after 5 years’ service.All candidates need to complete the on-line application form and if short-listed, you will be asked to attend an interview - going on from that, you may be asked to undertake a 'walk-about' with one of our Officers, a full DBS check and only upon completion of that will we apply for two references. This can be a lengthy recruitment process as we are looking for the 'right' people.For an informal chat, please e-mail or .Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.For any technical enquiries please emailPlease quote job reference number in all correspondence.
