Neighbourhood Team Leader

Salary: £32,458 - £35,620 per annum

Closing date: Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 5pm

Contract: Permanent

Contact email: greig.wishart@wheatley-group.com

Location: Glasgow

Organisation: Wheatley Group

Hours: Full time

Contact phone: 07391019862

Are you passionate about creating clean, safe and attractive neighbourhoods? Do you want to make a difference to our customers and the communities they live in? If yes, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our award-winning team.

About the role

We're recruiting for a Neighbourhood Team Leader who understands the importance of delivering high-quality neighbourhood services that create clean, safe and welcoming environments for our customers and communities.

As a Neighbourhood Team Leader, you'll lead and support frontline neighbourhood teams, ensuring environmental services are delivered to a high standard while maintaining compliance with health and safety legislation, operational procedures and environmental regulations.

Working closely with housing colleagues, customers and external partners, you'll help improve neighbourhoods and deliver positive outcomes for our communities.

The role is subject to a satisfactory Level 1 Disclosure Check.

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will:

  • be committed to providing outstanding customer service;
  • have experience working in a customer-focused environment;
  • have experience delivering environmental services;
  • have operational experience of health and safety compliance requirements;
  • be able to lead, motivate and support teams to achieve agreed service standards and targets;
  • have strong communication, planning and organisational skills;
  • show initiative, take ownership and take pride in their work;
  • be able to build effective relationships with customers, colleagues and partners;
  • have experience of waste management and SEPA compliance requirements (desirable);
  • have experience operating horticultural machinery (desirable); and
  • hold a full UK driving licence.

The benefits we offer

We offer a sector-leading benefits package.

The successful candidate will receive:

  • a rewarding career with a competitive salary;
  • access to a contributory pension scheme;
  • excellent leave entitlements;
  • enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave;
  • contributions towards dental, optical, driving lessons and more;
  • access to staff inclusion networks promoting an inclusive workplace;
  • support to develop and grow your career through learning and development opportunities; and
  • 24/7 access to our employee assistance programme.

Committed to inclusion

At Wheatley, we are always looking to improve diversity within our teams. We want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best work and achieve their full potential.

We actively celebrate our individual differences and recognise the collective strength they bring to our organisation. It's important our teams represent the communities we serve, and we welcome applications from any under-represented groups.

Closing date: Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 5pm

Find an application pack and detailed job profile on JobTrain.

For a chat about the role, please contact Neighbourhood Environmental Manager Greig Wishart at greig.wishart@wheatley-group.com or on 07391019862.

We want all our candidates to shine. If you need any reasonable adjustments to help you feel more comfortable during the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment Team at recruitment@wheatley-group.com.