Seasonal Gardener - Bridge Street Depot, Girvan - SOA11096

South Ayrshire Council; Girvan; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A temporary full-time position with South Ayrshire Council for a Gardener. The role involves assisting in the maintenance and improvement of parks and gardens. The council offers various benefits, including generous leave and wellbeing initiatives.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Wellbeing initiatives

Car leasing scheme

Discounts on major retailers

Cycle to Work Scheme

Responsibilities

• Assist the Chargehand Gardener in maintaining public parks and open spaces.

Job description

Salary: £24,891 - £25,097 per year

Contract Type: Temporary

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 36 hours per week

JOB DESCRIPTION

To assist the Chargehand Gardener by working as part of a team providing day to day
maintenance, improvement and development of public parks, gardens, playing fields, landscape areas and other open spaces.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

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ABOUT US

South Ayrshire is at the heart of historic Ayrshire, with a wealth of local heritage and culture, first class leisure amenities, world-wide travel links, diverse landscapes and thriving communities.

Making a difference for our communities is at the heart of what we do and working with us means, you can use your skills, knowledge and experience to help us do just that. We currently employ around 6000 people to serve a population of more than 112,000 people located across a diverse area that includes the towns of Ayr, Girvan, Maybole, Prestwick and Troon as well as small rural villages, coastline and farmland.

We are an ambitious Council, and we aim to place people at the centre of everything we do as we look to deliver the best possible outcomes. We are ambitious for our communities too and our new Council Plan is based on priorities and outcomes that we believe will have the greatest impact on the wellbeing of our communities, our local economy, and our environment.

BENEFITS

Here’s what we can offer!

• Generous annual leave entitlement and enhanced leave scheme (purchase of up to 2 weeks’ holidays)
• Wellbeing initiatives and Occupational Health services
• A healthy environment supportive of work-life balance and caring responsibilities
• Car leasing scheme
• Discounts on major supermarkets and retailers, cinemas and gym memberships (including Council leisure facilities)
• Purchase of white goods and more via salary sacrifice
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Scotwest Credit Union

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This post is temporary until 21/09/2025.

The grade of this post is Level 2.

The work style for this post is Frontline worker.

The work pattern is: Mon - Thurs 07.00am - 16.30pm.