Skilled Gardener

WEBRECRUIT; London; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company managing green spaces in London seeks a Skilled Gardener for a full-time role. The position involves maintaining beautiful gardens, operating machinery, and promoting biodiversity. Ideal candidates will have practical horticultural experience and a formal qualification, contributing to the preservation of London's renowned green spaces.

Benefits

26 days' annual leave plus public holidays

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Private medical insurance

Learning and development opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable practical horticultural experience required.
• Formal horticultural qualification, such as NVQ Level 2.
• Full, valid driving licence needed.

Responsibilities

• Care, cultivation, and maintenance of gardens and landscapes.
• Deliver practical conservation work and general maintenance tasks.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to apprentices and volunteers.

Skills

Practical horticultural experience

Knowledge of workplace health and safety

Good plant knowledge

Ability to operate garden machinery

Education

NVQ Level 2 in amenity horticulture

Tools

Ride-on mowers

Tractors

Hedge-cutters

Strimmers

Leaf blowers

Job description

Our client manages green spaces across London.

They are now looking for a Skilled Gardener to join them on a full-time, permanent basis, working 40 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of £30,992 per annum, depending on experience

- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service (pro rata)

- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)

- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan

- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders

- Learning and development opportunities

- Cycle to work scheme

- Offices in a beautiful location

If you're a qualified horticulturist with practical experience and a working knowledge of gardening machinery, this is an unparalleled opportunity to become part of our client’s prestigious organisation.

Embark on a fulfilling journey where your efforts will play a crucial role in preserving and enhancing the natural splendour of one of the UK's most renowned green spaces.

Beyond this, you'll champion biodiversity and promote sustainable gardening practices!

So, if you’re passionate about maintaining and elevating beautiful gardens and landscapes, our client would love to welcome you to their team.

The Role

As a Skilled Gardener, you will be responsible for the care, cultivation, and maintenance of gardens and landscapes.

Delivering practical conservation work and general maintenance tasks, you will protect and enhance the site’s conservation status, undertaking repairs and renewals of estate infrastructure, ensuring all facilities are safe and well-maintained.

You will be tasked with mowing, hedge-cutting, plant care, and tree establishment activities for allocated garden areas, as well as providing guidance and mentorship to apprentices and volunteers, contributing to their training and development by sharing your expertise.

Additionally, you will:

- Operate and maintain countryside machinery and equipment safely

- Assist with winter maintenance tasks, including road gritting and snow removal

- Implement and promote sustainable gardening practices to enhance biodiversity

- Engage with visitors, providing information and ensuring their safety and enjoyment

- Collaborate with the Estates Team to participate in planning and programming of work

About You

To be considered as a Skilled Gardener, you will need:

- Demonstrable practical horticultural experience

- The ability to safely operate a range of routine garden machinery, including ride-on mowers, tractors, hedge-cutters, strimmers and leaf blowers

- Knowledge of workplace health and safety

- Good plant knowledge, particularly around shrubs, herbaceous and bulbous plants

- Working knowledge of horticultural plant and machinery operations

- A formal horticultural qualification, such as an NVQ Level 2 in amenity horticulture or RHS (or equivalent experience)

- A full, valid driving licence

Our client wants to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed and uses Recite-me accessibility software. At the top of the application page, there is an “Accessibility Tools” button which you can use to complete the application form in a way that works for you.

Other organisations may call this role Gardener, Horticulturalist, Groundskeeper, Conservation Gardener, or Gardening and Conservation Officer.

Our client is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. They value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. They believe that the more inclusive they are, the better their work will be.

So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as a Skilled Gardener, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

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