We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Head Gardener to lead our gardening team and ensure our estate remains at Holborough Lakes, ME6 5PD is a pleasant and safe place for everyone.
Objectives: As the Head Gardener, your main objective is to ensure the estate is a pleasant environment for residents and visitors, as well as a positive work environment for yourself and your team. This hands-on role requires you to carry out daily gardening duties while overseeing the team's performance.
Perform day-to-day gardening tasks, including litter picking, mowing grass, strimming grass, weeding, hedge cutting, planting, mulching, and gritting.
Address health and safety concerns, ensuring all areas of risk are properly labeled or sealed off.
Promote the welfare and safety of children, young people, and adults in line with the company's safeguarding policy.
27 days holiday plus all Bank Holidays.
~ Potential to be rewarded with 2 additional days annual leave plus 2 additional paid volunteer days per year.
~ Free Healthcare cashback Plan (re-claiming for optical treatment, dental care, physiotherapy, GP Charges, plus 24/7 access to remote GP Services).
~ Pension scheme (matched up to 7%) and Life assurance (4 x annual salary).
~ Access to Our Place Rewards, offering a huge range of shopping discounts, instore vouchers, reloadable e-cards, cashback on online purchases, and many exclusive offers!
We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.
We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.
By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.