Job Description

Gardener / Grounds Maintenance

• Rolling Temp contract
• 7.98 PAYE per hour or 23.41per hour via Umbrella
• Location: E12 5DQ
• 3 positions available

We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate, trustworthy and hardworking Gardener / Grounds Maintenance operative to join our team to deliver excellent gardening and grounds maintenance services within the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium

The post holder's main duties will include watering communal green spaces, weeding, dead-heading, soft edging and leaf clearance. Ideally, you must have gardening skills and experience and the ability to self-motivate, manage your workload and work in an established team. This role is physically demanding and will involve working outdoors in all weathers.

To contribute to the maintenance of amenity garden areas on public housing estates to a consistently high standard.

Departmental Responsibilities:

• To carry out shrub bed maintenance, including leaf removal, weeding and pruning with either hand tools or machines.
• To carry out grass cutting, both with hand and ride on machines.
• To remove leaves from both hard and soft landscapes areas
• To carry out weed and pest control.
• To maintain water ways including rubbish removal and vegetation control.
• To ensure that paths are salted where and when appropriate, and participate in snow clearance activity.