Grounds Maintenance Operative

Grounds Maintenance Operative

Flexible - Chippenham/Oxford

Salary - £23,882-£29,724 per annum - depending on skills and experience.

Contract type - Permanent.

Working hours - Full Time (39 hours per week)

Closing Date - 8 May 2024

Interview Date - 16 May 2024

About the role

We are currently recruiting for a permanent Grounds Maintenance Operative based in Chippenham or Oxford.

You will undertake Grounds Maintenance work on GreenSquareAccord Limited owned land, to include public parks, playing fields, landscaped areas and similar open spaces and other horticultural operations.

Part of the role will be to have general maintenance of public open spaces (e.g. grass cutting, hedge trimming, clearing leaves, hard surface maintenance and litter picking). This will include using powered hand tools and light plant (ride on mowers) in addition to the usual range of tools and equipment.

The Grounds Maintenance Operative will ensure that all works are carried out in line with current health and safety legislation and in accordance with GreenSquareAccord Limited`s Health and Safety policy.

Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.

About you

You will hold a good standard of education including GCSE or equivalent at Grade C and above including Maths and English.

City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Brush-cutters, Strimmers, Blowers, Mowers and Hedge Cutters is not essential but would be desirable for the role.

You will have the ability to demonstrate an understanding of good customer care, this will also include having an understanding and knowledge of amenity horticultural operations.

A full UK Driving Licence will be required for this position as a van share is provided.

About us

GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.

We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.

We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.

Our purpose

We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.

Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.

Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.

Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life.

The GSA Way

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.

A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.

Our five core commitments are:

• We believe our customer is everything
• We are one team
• We are supportive and caring
• We are business-minded for social purpose
• We are curious and ambitious.

You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.

Benefits

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

GreenSquareAccord also offer a non-contractual performance-related bonus scheme. Further details will be made available upon joining, along with supporting documentation which can be found on the GreenSquareAccord intranet site.

All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.

GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.

If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.