JOB TITLELEQ Surveyor

REPORTS TOLitter and Place Services Manager

DEPARTMENTLitter & Place Services

CONTRACTFull time hours approx. 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday.Casual contract from 22nd January to 31st March 2018.

HOURSTypically working approximately eight hour shifts (including a 30 minute unpaid break) between the hours of 9am and 5pm

SALARY£10.75 per hour

LOCATIONVarious locations within England, generally Northern England

Overview

Keep Britain Tidy requires a local environmental quality (LEQ) Surveyor to work on a variety of on-street surveys for this fixed term period. Surveys will include a range of client projects, as well as Keep Britain Tidy’s national LEQ survey.

You will be entitled to claim travel expenses, the location of which will be agreed with your line-manager and is the nominated location from which all expenses will be payable and working time will start. The Surveyor shall cover the cost of travel to and from the nominated location.

For on-street survey work, the Surveyor will be able to claim for expenses incurred on survey, i.e. travel and subsistence, in accordance with Keep Britain Tidy’s LEQ Survey and Expenses Policy.

Other

If commuting distance was deemed to be detrimental to the quality of work, e.g. if it is in excess of one hour each way, it may be possible for the Surveyor to stay in a hotel for the duration of each survey, as per the LEQ Surveyor Expenses Policy.

Surveyorrequirements

Must be physically able to walk from street to street for up to seven hours per day over the contract period of the survey. Surveying will continue in wet and windy conditions but could be suspended if the weather becomes particularly adverse.

It is essential that the successful candidate has a full, clean driving licence for the requirements of the role.

Purpose of the job

To be part of a team of surveyorsundertaking local environmental quality surveys in England, either for client projects or for Keep Britain Tidy’s national survey.Although working in a team, the majority of your time will be spent gathering data independently on the streets. Your role will be to collect and submit data to a defined methodology alongside recording observations and taking photographs on site. Submitted data will then be quality assured and analysed to produce survey reports for our client. Following completion of surveys, the successful applicant may be required to assist in compiling analysis reports for clients.

Principal accountabilities

  1. To conductLocal Environmental Quality Surveys and submit quality-assured data.
  1. To provide general observations, photographs and feedback from the surveys and assist in report production.
  1. Working in a time and cost efficient manner to ensure surveysare carried out within the set budget. Efficient working will be supported by the wider team.
  1. To undertake any other reasonable duties as required by your line manager

Budget responsibility and decision making

None

Supervision of employees – complexity of ‘leadership’, number of direct reports, reporting level

The post holder works independently and without direct reports.

Line managed by the Litter and Place Services Manager.

Contact with others – level of customer contact internal/external

  • This survey work willlargely be conducted independently, as part of a team of two who will be working within a similar area. The team will meet up regularly throughout the survey to discuss their findings and quality assurance.
  • In the absence of the Litter and Place Services Manager, another member of staff will be assigned as a temporary line manager to the successful applicant.
  • Day-to-day direction will be provided by the lead surveyor on eachproject.
  • There should be no or negligible contact with the client or the public as part of thesurveying role, although greater contact with the client may occur during the reporting period.

Major challenges of the job

  • Completing surveys on time, in as efficient a manner as possible.
  • Ensuring that survey processes are followed so as to provide accurate, consistent and repeatable survey outputs.
  • Always making sure Keep Britain Tidy’s Health and Safety procedures are adhered to.

Knowledge, skills and experience required

Full training in Keep Britain Tidy’s survey protocols, as well as the equipment required to undertake this role, will be provided if the successful applicant has not already completed this training with Keep Britain Tidy.

  1. The ability to map read and navigate using Ordnance Survey and/or A to Z maps.
  2. Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  3. The ability to work constructively in a team.
  4. Proficiency in the use of the Microsoft Office suite.
  5. A good level of physical fitness – enough to feel comfortable spending up to seven hours a day walking.
  6. Excellent organisational skills, accurate record-keeping and a methodical approach.
  7. A genuine commitment to the principles and goals of Keep Britain Tidy.
  8. A full clean driving licence and ability to drive on company business for Keep Britain Tidy.

Date:January 2018

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