Apprentice Gardener

What we’re looking for:

• Do you have a passion for gardening?

• Do you enjoy working outdoors?

• Do you enjoy working in a team?

• Do you have a minimum two GCSE's grade 9-4?

• Do you enjoy dealing with customers?

If so, this role is perfect for you!

Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for an Apprentice Gardener on a permanent basis at our Thamesmead site.

A bit about the role:

As an Apprentice Gardener, you will have on the job training at our Thamesmead Development which has extensive landscaped grounds and you will also be able to work with the wider team. Some of the key results for the role include:

• Working in all weathers

• Shrub bed maintenance

• Planting bedding, Shrubs and trees

• Grass cutting

• Spraying of chemicals

This role will require a Basic DBS check.

Once you complete your apprenticeship, you will be promoted to a Senior Gardener.

A bit about us:

160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK.

The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 104,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers.

Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach.

We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient.

We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• Up to 25 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays

• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates 

• Two additional paid volunteering days each year 

• Family friendly policies

• Flexible benefits scheme, including options for Healthcare, Dental care, Critical illness cover, vouchers, technology scheme and access to a discount portal 

• 4 x Life Assurance

• Up to 10% pension contribution matched 1:1

Are you ready to apply?

Interview date - Week Commencing 1st July.

To be considered for the position of Apprentice Gardener, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role. 

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to george.murphy@peabody.org.uk and one of our team will be in touch.