Connect Housing are looking to recruit a Gardener to join our friendly team, and help us in making a difference to the lives of our tenants and customers.
This varied and rewarding role is within our Estates Team, where you will be assisting with the maintenance of all shrub beds, trees, and all grassed areas, including weeding, spraying, pruning, cutting, re-seeding, watering in season and edging, including site clearance and other related duties as required.
We're an organisation that cares about our customers and our people, and we want people that share our passion for doing our best work every day.
The successful candidate will need to have a full Driving lIcence and experience in grounds maintenance operations.
We understand that one person cannot always meet every area of a job description so if you are interested and feel you may be suitable, please do get in touch or apply. Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
In choosing Connect you will be joining a friendly team, who look out for each other. As an equal opportunities employer we recruit based on experience, attitude and values. Connect are committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the communities we serve and actively works to promote equality, diversity and inclusion. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups to apply. We are proudly a Disability Confident employer.
We are happy to support you with any reasonable adjustments that you might need throughout the recruitment process.
A basic DBS check will be carried out on the successful candidate.
We may close this vacancy as soon as a suitable candidate has been identified, so early applications are encouraged!
The benefits on offer here at Connect:
Buy/sell up to 5 days of annual leave
Paid volunteering leave.
BUPA Health Cash Plan. Get cash back for your dental, optical, podiatry treatment and much more, including cash back on your prescriptions.
Employee Assistance Programme: get free confidential advice and support 24/7, with free counselling sessions available too.
MyPlace benefits: retail discounts and offers
Ongoing training and development and support with role-related professional subscriptions and qualifications
Travel season ticket loans
Cycle-to-work scheme
Group pension scheme with up to 9% contribution matched by Connect. Salary sacrifice is also available to help you boost your pension.
We are a friendly bunch here at Connect so if you would like an informal chat about the role please get in touch. We would love to hear from you!