Assistant Gardener

City of York Council; York; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading local authority as an Assistant Gardener in York, where you will handle a variety of gardening tasks and maintenance across multiple sites. This full-time position offers a competitive wage and the opportunity to make a positive impact within the local community, all while enjoying the great outdoors.

Qualifications

• Current UK driving licence is mandatory.
• Experience in horticulture/gardening is advantageous.
• Able to work outside in all weathers.

Responsibilities

• Carry out gardening and horticultural work/maintenance.
• Duties include cutting, pruning, mowing, litter-picking, sweeping, weeding.
• Attend onsite induction before starting work.

Skills

Horticulture

Physical fitness

Working outdoors

Job description

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Do you have a current UK driving licence?

Used to working outside in all weathers?

Have experience of horticulture/gardening?

Our local authority client is looking for General Operatives/Assistant Gardeners to join their operations team based in York. The work will be based across a wide variety of sites in York and to start as soon as possible.

This is a full time role, Monday - Friday, 37 hours per week and for 3 months, but could be longer. The rate of pay is £13.43 per hour.

The purpose of this role is to carry out (where necessary) gardening and horticultural work/maintenance. For this role, a vehicle, equipment and PPE will be provided. Other duties will include: cutting, pruning, mowing, litter picking, sweeping, weeding, emptying public bins etc.

You MUST hold a current full UK driving licence, be used to working outdoors and be physically fit. Successful applicants will be required to attend an onsite induction before starting work. Previous experience of gardening/horticulture or similar, would be extremely advantageous.

To apply, please visit the Work with York Limited website.

You must be able to provide two references from previous employers, one of which needs to be your most recent employer. Giving their name, company, company address, telephone number and email address. Please make sure that your referees know you are applying.

Please note, due to a high volume of applicants, unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to get back to everyone, but thank you for taking the time to apply.

Please note that to apply for this vacancy you must be able to work in the United Kingdom.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Government Administration

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