Live-out Gardener in Sevenoaks, Kent, United Kingdom
Full time Live-out Gardener Job Offer and Vacancy in Sevenoaks, UK
The Estates department of Sevenoaks School is looking for a qualified and self-motivated, fast working and efficient Gardener in Kent, Sevenoaks, UK
This is a varied role which will involve assisting with the maintenance and development of the gardens and grounds on all school sites. The Gardener will report to the Head of Gardens.
This is a permanent position to start as soon as possible.
This is a varied role which will involve assisting with the maintenance and development of the gardens and grounds on all school sites. The Gardener will report to the Head of Gardens.
This is a permanent position to start as soon as possible.
Vacancy duties and responsibilities
- Prepare grounds for the planting of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants
- Carry out horticultural operations, such as planting, pruning and maintenance of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants
- Maintain borders, ponds, hedges, fences, walls, paths, roadways and woodlands
- Carry out horticultural operations on lawns with the use of pedestrian and ride- on equipment to scarify, aerate, top-dress, over-seed, lift and lay turf, feed, irrigate and cut
- Clean drives and pathways of debris, litter picking, clearing snow and applying grit salt as required
- Safely use, maintain and clean horticultural equipment including hand tools, strimmers, hedge-cutters, pedestrian and ride on mowers, scarifiers, aerators, tractors and any other machinery required to undertake allocated tasks
- Work in a tidy and safe manner
- Follow departmental and school policies
- Periodically assist with non-gardener tasks within the school, e.g. maintain and prepare the sports pitches, grass cutting, line marking, and erecting sports equipment as directed by the Director of Property or Head of Grounds & Gardens
- Undertake other duties that are required and are commensurate with the grade of the post
Profile requirement
- Experience in maintaining large or historical gardens
- Previous experience of working in a school is not a requirement, but would be advantageous
- Work on own and as part of a team
- Use own initiative, self-motivate and be adaptable
- Someone willing to undertake tasks to given time constraints
- NVQ level 2 qualification in Horticulture
- Driving license
Conditions
Working hours : 40 hours/week from 8am - 16:30pm Monday to Friday. Working up to 12 Saturday mornings per year, 8am - 1pm.
Live-out Gardener Salary
Salary and benefits : 24k gross annual salary and other benefits (A free lunch is available during term-time, free membership of the school’s fitness centre, 33 days paid holiday per calendar year, including statutory English public holidays as of 01 January 2020)
Ruthy Biswas is pleased to introduce this new Full Time Live-out Gardener Job Offer and Vacancy in Sevenoaks, Kent, UK |
Ad reference: 1766 PA
Post on 13/07/2021 by Morgan & Mallet International |
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