Birmingham City Council
Job description
🌟 Company Overview – Birmingham City Council
Birmingham City Council is England’s largest local authority, serving over 1.1 million residents. It manages diverse services—education, housing, transport, waste, and social care—with a commitment to community well-being and inclusion reddit.com+2gb.bebee.com+2reddit.com+2.
Innovation & Customer Focus:
The council is modernizing through new customer service strategies and enhanced digital tools. While it continues to upgrade waste collection technology and recycling processes, staff strikes have exposed service limits ft.com+1thetimes.co.uk+1.
Sustainability:
It’s implementing the Route to Zero team to meet net-zero carbon goals by 2030 and embedding ecological considerations in city planning—supported by roles like Principal Ecologist (Salary up to ~ÂŁ49K) reed.co.uk+2adzuna.co.uk+2environmentjobs.com+2.
Values & Challenges:
Upholding integrity and accountability, the council settled a historic £760 million equal-pay case—a milestone toward fairness—while navigating its September 2023 Section 114 “bankruptcy” and subsequent budget cuts, including a £300 million austerity package salutemyjob.com+11theguardian.com+11thetimes.co.uk+11.
Current Job Openings – Birmingham City Council
| Job Title | Grade / Dept. | Salary (GBP) |
|---|---|---|
| Executive Director, Finance (S151) | Corporate Services | £174,250 – £226,662 uk.indeed.com+6jobs.localgov.co.uk+6gb.bebee.com+6 |
| Executive Director, Adult Social Care & Health | ASC & Health | £174,250 – £226,662 |
| Executive Director, Place, Prosperity & Sustainability | Place, Prosperity & Sustainability | £174,250 – £226,662 |
| Director of Public Health | Public Health | £131,200 – £169,980 |
| Director of Legal & Monitoring Officer | Legal & Governance | £131,200 – £169,980 |
| Principal Ecologist | Planning / Environment | £41,511 – £49,764 |
| Principal Business Auditor | Audit / Business Services (Grade 6) | £49,498 – £61,269 |
| SEND Commissioning & Quality Assurance Officer | Education / Inclusion (Grade 4) | £33,366 – £40,476 |
| Adult Social Care Quality Audit Officer | Adult Social Care (Grade 4) | £33,366 – £40,476 |
| Head of Parks and Green Spaces | City Amenities (Grade 7) | £64,561 – £83,183 |
| Deputy Registrar | Registration Services (Grade 3) | £26,409 – £32,654 |
| Caretaker | Facilities (Grade 2) | £24,027 – £25,992 |
Pest Control Officer
Grade 3 – ÂŁ26,409 – ÂŁ32,654
Consultation grade – subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
Permanent
An exciting job opportunity has arisen to join Birmingham City Council’s Pest Control team.
The team provides high-quality pest control services to residential and some commercial clients and also undertakes land and property clearance.
In this varied and interesting role, successful candidates must be flexible to work both independently and with colleagues to deliver all services the team offer.
As the largest local authority in the UK, Birmingham is an interesting and unique place to work. You will be joining an active, friendly, and professional team.
Some of the qualifications and skills required include:
• Hold or able to pass the British Pest Control Rodenticide or equivalent course to enable poison usage.
• Able to treat all rodents, birds and insect pests.
• Able to assess a premises or land for treatment of pests. This includes some lofts, underfloor or confined spaces.
• Able to undertake manual clearance of waste from land and property. This will include removal of furniture or fly-tipped items.
• The requirement to drive is essential.
We are keen to hear from candidates who share our enthusiasm and commitment to deliver an excellent pest control service to the city’s citizens and businesses.
We offer:
• Annual leave entitlement starting at 30 days plus bank holidays
• Membership of the local government pension scheme
Interviews for this post will take place in person. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further information.
Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Job Description and Person Specification
We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However, due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.
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