Experienced Gardener

Manpower; Oxford; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Manpower seeks experienced gardeners for full-time roles in Oxford, where you'll maintain sports grounds including cricket and rugby pitches. Ideal candidates should have recent experience, a keen eye for detail, and be ready for some out-of-hours work.

Qualifications

• Recent professional experience as a gardener or in a related sector.
• Evidence of experience with grounds maintenance.
• Some out of hours and weekend work expected.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and maintaining cricket wickets, grass tennis courts, and rugby pitches.
• Regular mowing and maintenance of sports grounds.
• Working with different machinery for pitch maintenance.

Skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Job description

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Experienced gardeners required for a handful of roles for Manpower across Oxford. You must have recent professional experience as a gardener, ideally in a college or school - but not essential.

Details:

• Oxford City Centre
• It's a full-time role, Mon-Fri 08:00hrs - 17:00hrs with an hour (unpaid) for lunch.
• £13.16 per hour
• Enhanced DBS clearance ( we will perform the check)
• Sickness cover position

Duties include:

• Preparing and maintaining cricket wickets, grass tennis courts, rugby pitches, soccer pitches and the all-weather pitch
• Regular mowing of the Sports grounds, marking out, spring and autumn renovation and erecting posts, nets, cricket frames and tennis posts
• Working with various different types of machinery and equipment to prepare and maintain football, rugby, cricket and hockey pitches, as well as artificial surfaces
• Assisting with the maintenance of trees, hedges and paths, including leaf collection and spraying
• Maintaining grounds and sports related buildings and facilities
• Providing grounds staff support to matches/fixtures when required

Candidate background:

• Candidates should be able to provide evidence of demonstrable experience in a similar role, even if in a different sector from education (e.g. landscape work, golf course, cricket grounds, football ground etc.). We require someone who is a good team player, with a keen eye for detail. Some out of hours and weekend work is expected so the sense of commitment to adhere to this is also required.