Head Gardener

Slaughters Inn; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Service charge shared

Perkbox discounts

Staff accommodation where available

Free meals on duty

Employee Assistance Programme

Milestone awards

Job summary

The Slaughters Country Inn in the heart of the Cotswolds is seeking a Head Gardener to keep our grounds beautiful for guests throughout the year, in a busy hospitality setting. You’ll be part of a team that values safety, quality, and initiative.

Experience in a similar role is essential. You will train new staff, participate in duty manager rotas, recruit talent when needed, and help deliver a memorable guest experience across our hotels.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role is essential.
• Keep our grounds beautiful for guests year-round in a busy hospitality setting.
• Health & safety compliance checks are an absolute must.
• Flexibility with rotas to support work/life balance.

Responsibilities

• Keep gardens looking perfect for guests throughout the year.
• Train new staff to be as wonderful as our current team.
• Participate in the Duty Manager rota as part of the role.
• Recruit new talent for your team when colleagues leave.
• Ensure health and safety compliance checks are carried out.

Job description

Location

Set in the heart of one of the most picturesque Cotswold villages, The Slaughters Country Inn offers the authentic charm of a traditional village inn. With 5 AA Gold Stars for Guest Accommodation and 2 AA rosettes, The Slaughters Country Inn offers a relaxed yet professional environment to work in. The hotel may be able to offer both on or off-site staff accommodation, in order to help the newest members of the team re-locate, so they can settle into life at the hotel and local area in comfort, plus there is free parking on-site at the hotel.

SERVICE CHARGE-We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel-every penny received is paid out to the team. Service charge can be in the region of £260 a month (close to £3,200 per year) over and above base pay, for a full time employee.

Come and join our team as a Head Gardener and let your passion and personality shine

Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests.

As a Head Gardener, you will keep our grounds beautiful for our guests throughout the year.

Experience in a similar role is essential.

Check out some of the key points about the role:

• No two days are ever the same in this role, often you won’t know what you’ll be doing until you come in on the day.


• You can’t be afraid to get your hands dirty.


• We want everyone to be safe, so health & safety compliance checks are an absolute must.


• Our gardens are the first thing our guests see when they arrive, so we want them looking perfect.


• Have the pleasure of training our new staff to be as wonderful as our current staff.


• All our Heads of Department partake in the Duty Manager rota.


• Sadly, sometimes people leave, but when they do, you’ll be able to recruit the new talent for your team.


• We are one team, so we will all muck in from time to time, helping each other across departments.

Work/life balance, or as it should be called life/work balance is important to us all, so we will always try to be fair with our rotas. We just ask that you be flexible with us, so that we can be flexible with you.

To say thank you, we have many perks:

• Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive a rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.


• Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.


• Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family get special rates too.


• We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require about anything you might need as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.


• We sustain you physically too, meals when you are on duty are free.


• To be the best version of yourself, we encourage our teams to be curious. Everyone can learn and develop - our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.


• We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.


• We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.

About our family of hotels

We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.

Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.

We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station – to see the whole group, take a look herewww.brownswordhotels.co.uk

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