Horticulture Operative Salary: £12.88 per hour Shift Patterns/ Hours: Monday to Friday - 08:00 am to 16:00 Location: Gosport Contract Length: 7 Months Your role: Contribute to the performance of the team; ensuring we maintain a high standard of service and support the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor and the Parks and Open Spaces Operations Manager in ensuring the Grounds Maintenance Team offers a customer focused service to help achieve continuous improvement and innovation in service delivery. You will be responsible for: Grounds & Horticultural Maintenance - Carry out grass cutting, strimming, hedge trimming, seasonal flower and shrub bed maintenance, weeding, planting, Cemetery & Public Space Upkeep - Assist with grave digging, gardens of remembrance, hanging baskets, planters, litter picking, and tidying. Sports & Play Area Maintenance - Maintain sports turf (e.g., bowling greens, cricket squares, tennis courts), conduct play area inspections, and ensure ROSPA compliance. Chemical Spraying & Invasive Species Control - Use PA1/PA6-certified spraying methods to manage weeds and invasive plants. Equipment & Safety Compliance - Operate and maintain vehicles, machinery, and equipment, ensuring health & safety procedures, vehicle checks, and site inspections are followed. Other Duties - Support operations, including winter gritting, snow clearance, sandbag filling, and civic event preparations. Skills/ Knowledge: NVQ Level 2 in Horticulture Experience in horticultural work, including grass cutting, strimming, hedge trimming, and using commercial mowers and blowers. Comfortable working outdoors Physically fit, reliable and punctual Strong understanding of health & safety, risk management, and manual handling principles Full clean manual driving licence If you would like to apply, please contact Melissa Gourlin at (phone number removed) Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy