Neighbourhood Maintenance Operative

Closing Date: 15th March 2026

Contract Type: Full Time Annualised Hours, Temporary until 09/10/2026 (proposed start date 07/04/2026)

Salary: £13.90 - £14.18 per hour

Hours:40 hours maximum per week (this service is currently going through a transformation process and service delivery is subject to change)

Location:Various Locations- Stirling Council Area

Are you practical, reliable and take pride in your local area?

Join Stirling Council as a Neighbourhood Maintenance Operative and play a key role in keeping our communities clean, safe and welcoming throughout the year.

In this hands on outdoor role, you'll support our Land (Neighbourhood) and Roads Services teams to maintain and improve the quality of public spaces across the Stirling area. Whether you're helping care for parks, open spaces and sports grounds or supporting seasonal and summer service demands, every day brings new challenges and opportunities.

You will represent Stirling Council with professionalism and pride, working flexibly across services to deliver high quality, place based support that benefits our residents, visitors and communities.

As part of a dedicated local team, you'll carry out a variety of outdoor maintenance duties to keep public spaces safe, attractive and well maintained. The role may also include operating vehicles, plant and equipment to support environmental and roads maintenance activities.

What you will do:

• Carry out grounds maintenance tasks such as grass cutting, weeding, litter picking and street sweeping
• Support cemetery teams with non grave digging duties
• Operate vehicles, plant and equipment safely and in accordance with training
• Work with colleagues, communities and partner services to deliver place based improvements
• Maintain high standards of customer service and represent Stirling Council professionally

What we are looking for:

• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Good communication and problem solving skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Physical ability to undertake manual outdoor work
• Understanding of health and safety responsibilities

This Job Description sits within an agreed organisational change process and covers duties delivered across three established operative roles. It is subject to ongoing review and may be amended as the change process progresses.

If you are successful in progressing to the next stage interviews will be due to take place on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th March 2026.

If you've got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.

Job Description

Additional Salary Information

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The Benefits

• 30 days annual leave plus 7 public holidays (rising to 35 after 5 years continuous service) Pro-rated for part time roles.
• Biennial incremental progression until top of your payscale is reached
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. For further details visit
• Up to 6 months full sick pay and 6 months half pay dependent on length of service
• Carers Leave
• Up to 4 weeks paid Paternity Leave
• Access to Health & Wellbeing support
• Ongoing opportunities for Learning & Development
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Lift share Scheme
• Car Lease Scheme
• Technology Benefit Scheme