Job Introduction
Parks Estates and Open Spaces
Parks Gardeners
Royal Greenwich is home to incredible parks and green spaces, with a number of our parks recognised with the Green Flag Award.
We value our parks and take pride in caring for them, ensuring they are maintained to a high standard for the benefit and enjoyment of all.
To assist us in this important role, we are seeking experienced grounds maintenance staff who have the relevant knowledge in horticulture and the use/upkeep of relevant machinery. You should be experienced in all aspects of general horticulture and familiar with working with the public.
Your duties will include flower bed and shrub bed maintenance, lawn maintenance and mowing, brush cutting, as well as the general grounds maintenance of Park sites across the Borough using the relevant tools and equipment provided whilst always ensuring your safety and that of the public and the workforce.
A full driving licence would be an advantage as would any recognised certificates pertaining to horticulture.
For more information, please read the attached job documents – if this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion please contact Gary O'Hara at Gary.OHara@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.
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How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.
Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.
Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.
Attached documents
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