Groundskeeper / Facilities Assistant

St.Columba’s Hospice Care; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

8 public holidays

Pension scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Staff wellbeing

Blue Light Card discounts

Staff meals

Job summary

St Columba's Hospice Care is seeking an experienced Groundskeeper to join the Facilities team at the Hospice. The role covers grounds maintenance, landscaping, and caring for outdoor spaces that staff, patients, and visitors use daily.

The successful candidate will hold a recognised horticulture or landscaping qualification, have gardening experience, and possess a full driving licence. The position offers a permanent contract and a Monday–Friday shift pattern at 37.5 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Recognised horticulture, garden maintenance or landscaping qualification.
• Experience in gardening or horticulture work.

Responsibilities

• Mowing lawns, planting and weeding borders, trimming trees and bushes.
• Landscaping, sweeping paths and car parks, and clearing snow and ice in winter months.
• Maintenance of Hospice buildings as part of facilities team.

Skills

Gardening experience

Driving licence

Job description

Job Vacancy Details

Job reference: 000097

Salary: £30,212 WTE pa (based on 37.5 hours per week) (Step 1, rising to Step 2 £31,363 following satisfactory 12 month review)

Closing date: 02/11/2026

Department: Hospice Operations

Location: St Columba's Hospice

Employment type: Permanent

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Contract Duration: Permanent

Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday

Groundskeeper / Facilities Assistant

£30,212 WTE pa (based on 37.5 hours per week) (Step 1, rising to Step 2 £31,363 following satisfactory 12 month review)

We are looking for an experienced Groundskeeper to join our Facilities team at the Hospice.

The Hospice is surrounded by landscaped outside areas, making them pleasant places for staff, patients and visitors. Working as a Groundskeeper, your work will include mowing lawns, planting and weeding borders, trimming trees and bushes, landscaping, sweeping paths and car parks, and clearing snow and ice in the winter months.

You may be involved in creating new garden areas in the grounds of the Hospice. This could include providing a peaceful space for patients and visitors, a quiet place of remembrance or somewhere for children to play.

As well as ensuring that our outside areas are safe, tidy and attractive, you’ll also contribute to the maintenance of the buildings within the Hospice as part of the facilities team.

To apply you’ll need to hold a recognised horticulture, garden maintenance or landscaping related qualification, and have some experience of gardening or horticulture work. You must also hold a full and valid driving licence.

• 27 days annual leave on joining, 29 days annual leave after 5 years’ service, 33 days annual leave after 10 years’ service, per year, pro rata


• 8 public holidays per year, pro rata


• Contributory pension scheme 12% Hospice pension contribution (employee contribution 6%)


• Enhanced occupational sick pay


• Family Friendly Policies


• Training and development opportunities, individualised induction, supervision and Personal Development Plan


• Cycle to Work Scheme


• Access to Blue Light Card membership, providing Discounts on gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants and shops


• Subsidised staff meals


• Living Wage employer and Investors in People Gold Accreditation employer


• Staff wellbeing support, including access to wellbeing resources and complementary therapy opportunities


• Work in our state-of the-art hospice building, with landscaped gardens and amazing views of the Firth of Forth

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity? We’d love to hear from you!

Other Information:

Redefining Hospice Care: St Columba's exists to give everyone who needs it the very best hospice care. We're an independent charity at the heart of our local community, offering free, flexible and person-centred palliative care and support to our patients and their families.

Criminal Record Check: This post requires the post holder to have a criminal record check. An application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before the successful candidate can begin in post. The Hospice will pay/reimburse the cost of this check.

Right To Work in the UK: Please note that St Columba's Hospice Care does not hold a licence to sponsor visas and is therefore unable to support visa applications. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.

Scottish Charity No SC003634