Gardener

Jigsaw Homes Group; Dukinfield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

On-site gym

Health plan

Perkbox

Job summary

Jigsaw Homes Group is seeking a proactive gardener to maintain our residents' green spaces—ensuring well-kept communal gardens and tidy grassed areas around homes and estates. A passion for outdoor work and experience with gardening machinery are essential.

You will contribute to a welcoming, safe environment for tenants, performing grass cutting, strimming and general upkeep, with a collaborative, resident‑facing focus.

Qualifications

• Experience in gardening and outdoor maintenance.
• Full UK driving license is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain communal gardens and open spaces around homes and estates.
• Carry out grass cutting, strimming and upkeep to ensure tidy, pleasant areas for residents.

Skills

Gardening

Grounds maintenance

Outdoor work

Tools

Gardening machinery

Job description

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About the department:

Joining us means you will be part of an Asset Management department that prides itself on investing in our own people to deliver a first-class property based service across the Group.

As well as grounds maintenance and estates services, we cover a broad range of disciplines from reactive and planned maintenance to property refurbishments, building safety and compliance.

You will be welcomed in to a committed and passionate team, with a key focus on professionalism and working together, to provide an excellent customer experience.

About the role:

Working as part of a team, you will help enhance our residents’ green spaces, creating well maintained, tidy open areas of communal gardens and grassed areas around homes and estates.

From general grass cutting, strimming and up keep around properties, you will take pride in creating neat and tidy work, providing pleasant areas for tenants to use and enjoy.

You will have a passion for gardening and working outdoors and experience of using gardening machinery.

A full, valid UK driving license is essential (points/convictions must be disclosed)

For more information regarding the role, please refer to the job pack below.

Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a competitive 24 days holiday per annum rising incrementally to 29 days, plus statutory bank holidays and 3 concessionary days in December. We also offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year.

As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, company sick pay, on-site gyms, access to our cash back health plan membership, access to Perkbox, our benefits platform giving you access to hundreds of retail discounts, cashback offers and rewards, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, training/development opportunities plus much more. See the benefits page on our website for more details.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Your Application

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