Fleadh Cheoil – General Operative

BSNI are working with Belfast City Council to recruit a Fleadh Cheoil – General Operative. This role is temporary.

Job title
CNS General Operative (Fleadh Cheoil) – Manual Labour
Employment type
Temporary
Number of people required
20
Target start date
16 Jul 2026
Duration
5 Weeks

Hours per week
37

Rate
PAYE: £13.47 per hour

Job location
22-30 Dunbar Street, Belfast, Belfast, BT1 2LH, United Kingdom

20 x General Operatives to start on either Thursday 16th or Friday 17th July 2026 – must be fully flexible over the 5 weeks of this placement, working across multiple sites as required across the city.
SHIFT PATTERN IN JOB DESCRIPTION BOX – Please note there will be a requirement to work 10 days straight if moving from a Wednesday to Sunday to a Monday to Friday shift pattern. Shifts will be allocated due to operational needs.
Training in Head Office.
MUST BRING SAFETY BOOTS

20 x General Operatives to start on either Thursday 16th or Friday 17th July 2026 – must be fully flexible over the 5 weeks of this placement, working across multiple sites as required across the city.

Shift pattern as follows:

Week 1 – Mon to Fri 7:30am to 3:30pm

Week 2 – Mon to Fri 7:30am to 3:30pm

Week 3 – Mon to Fri as above OR Wed to Sun 7:30am to 3:30pm

Week 4 – Mon to Fri as above OR Wed to Sun 7:30am to 3:30pm

Week 5 – Mon to Fri 7:30am to 3:30pm

Please note there will be a requirement to work 10 days straight if moving from a Wednesday to Sunday to a Monday to Friday shift pattern. Shifts will be allocated due to operational needs.

Training on day 1 will take place at 8am sharp Room AD1K in Belfast City Council Head Office, 9-21 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8DJ. [phone removed].  Reporting to Gary Dunlop, OSS Area Manager.

Safety boots must be provided by the worker and/ or agency in advance of starting. Anyone who turns up without safety boots will be sent home and their placement ended.

Main purpose of job

Responsible to the relevant line manager for the undertaking of duties utilised in Waste Collection, Open Spaces and Streetscene Services (OSS) work to include areas such as streets, entries, parks, playing fields, landscaped areas, open spaces and waste facilities either individually or as part of a team.

Ensure that all refuse and recyclable material is removed from household, industrial and commercial premises such as houses, shops, schools, business premises for appropriate disposal.

Remove and transport priority waste to the designated transfer or disposal site.  Ensure the segregation of waste to specified areas and locations for safe/special disposal eg fridge freezers and other items for recycling.

Carry out priority cleansing duties that will enhance the appearance of the public realm such as street cleansing, land clearance, street washing, cleansing of street furniture, gum removal, graffiti removal, and fly poster removal or obliteration.

Summary of responsibilities and personal duties

Cleansing / Waste Collection Duties

Safely collect and load all domestic, commercial waste and priority waste as identified by management, for transport to the designated transfer or disposal site.  This includes the cleansing of priority waste as required.
Undertake any inspection process required to ensure that materials presented for collection, recycling and composting are not contaminated by non-appropriate materials, this will include both pre and post emptying of the receptacle.
Undertake appropriate measures to identify premises not adhering to proper procedures for presenting materials for recycling, for example, contamination, not suitably presented, not leaving out receptacle and inform the occupiers as required, note vacated or new domestic or commercial properties, provide supervisors with the necessary reports on such premises.
Undertake assessments of specific waste collections, collating required information and report problem areas to the call-centre and/or appropriate supervisor.
Assist with any promotional activities designed to encourage the public to recycle, including personal contact with the public, leaflet drops, attachment of container stickers, etc and assist with any public survey work as required.
Ensure that all operations are carried out with due regard to property and with minimum disturbance to members of the public, hence waste/recycling containers etc should be emptied and returned to their proper location undamaged and lids should be closed.
Ensure that work is carried out in an effective manner, ensuring that all spillages, residues, loose and bagged waste are cleaned up and work areas are left in a high standard of cleanliness on completion of operations.
Report back accordingly to the appropriate line manager on completion of the days route and to inform management of any unfinished work, access problems or problems encountered, report damaged containers, lifts or other equipment and to return to overlooked areas on the days route.
Safely collect, separate, load or store any segregated waste or street arisings as identified by management, for transport to the designated transfer/disposal site.
Use and operate any equipment and associated materials as required.  Ensure the safe use and storage of such equipment and to report any defects to management in a timely manner; for example, waste/recycling container lifts, tail lifts, weighing equipment, hand truck, brushes, shovels, strapping equipment, power wash, gum machine and generator and safety equipment.
Assist the mechanical sweepers as required by sweeping litter on footpaths into road channels.
Cleanse pole mounted and freestanding litter bins, peg gullies for water drainage to the required standard.
Assist with manual and mechanical snow clearance, gritting of predefined areas and sweeping leaves (using leaf blowing or collection equipment) and to distribute waste bags as required.

Gardening duties
Carry out cultural operations, such as the planting of trees, shrubs and plants, turf and seed sowing, grass cutting, hedge cutting and pruning.
Operate tractor mounted equipment, powered hand tools and light plant as required and to maintain all tools and equipment in a satisfactory condition including the cleaning of hand tools and basic cleaning and maintenance of lawnmowers.
Assist in the development of horticultural schemes, carry out the associated labour such as soil cultivation, manuring, site preparation and construction.
Load, unload and move equipment and materials such as mowers, barrows, plants, soil, fertilisers, horticultural tools and sundries.
Carry out the application of chemical pest control methods including calibration of sprayers and identification of a range of pests, diseases and weeds.
Maintain games facilities and areas including spiking, scarifying, top-dressing, fertilising and also marking of games areas and erection/dismantling of posts.
Maintain the general safety of users on site, ensure orderly conduct and prevent misuse and nuisance to other users and local residents.

General duties
Start and finish at the appropriate location daily, to obtain and use keys for access to gates and buildings and operation of alarms as required, and undertake any cleansing, waste collection or gardening activities at any relevant location to the required standards in all weather conditions.
Maintain the orderly condition of grounds and buildings, that is, cleaning, moping, sweeping, hoeing, raking, mowing, edging, removal of litter and rubbish etc. and the movement of equipment and materials (tables, chairs and machinery).
Issue tickets and collect moneys as required.
Use radio and other telecommunication facilities as required to ensure effect