Barnsley Council have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Service Manager to join the team based in Barnsley. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £37,938 - £40,476 per annum. Neighbourhood Services are seeking a highly motivated and experienced officer to lead a multi-disciplinary team with their responsibilities being associated with a wide range of grounds maintenance operations. You will require a wide range of skills and abilities ranging from effective and strong management skills to familiarity with the street cleansing environment through to horticultural and weed control knowledge, methodologies and legislative requirements. You will need a strong focus upon health and safety matters and of the wellbeing of your team members as well as being confident to assertively challenge team matters and current working practice to ensure a culture of safety, wellbeing, excellence and continuous development and improvement is embedded. As an Assistant Service Manager for Neighbourhood Services you will be expected to provide resilience on a contingency basis across the full span of our service offer and work closely with peers and both internal and external partners to ensure the needs of our customers and communities are met. If you feel you have the necessary skills and abilities to help us to successfully manage and develop services, we would very much welcome your application. Closing date for applications