Grounds Maintenance Operative - Southern Housing
Job Posted: 12 March 2025
- Contract Term: Fixed Term
- Location: Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Full time
- Salary: £25,200 pa + benefits including uniform
- Industries: Horticulture Maintenance
Grounds Maintenance Operative
£25,200 pa + benefits including uniform
Fixed term contract/Secondment until 26th September 2025
Isle of Wight
Reporting to our local Estate Services Supervisor, you will be delivering a high-quality gardening and grounds maintenance service. You'll be provided with tools and machinery to help you undertake your tasks and we will supply you with a new uniform, safety boots and personal protective equipment. You will need to have the ability to work outside in all weathers and be able to undertake physically demanding work.
Some key duties will include:
- Carrying out a range of tasks required for grounds maintenance including, but not limited to, weeding, dead heading, hoeing, planting, pruning, cutting, and watering communal beds.
- Cutting and maintaining lawns and grass areas to a variety of finishes (fine to rough meadow type) using a variety of machines, including pedestrian operated, tractors & ride-on mowers, strimmer’s and brush cutters,
- Responding promptly to acts of vandalism, including graffiti, and reporting all incidents to you line manager
- Being a point of contact for residents, assisting where possible or refer enquiries to colleagues.
Please note, the role is being offered on a Fixed Term Contract / Secondment until 26th September 2025.
What you’ll need
- Experience in undertaking gardening / grounds maintenance duties
- Experience of working in small teams
- Basic knowledge and understanding of health and safety considerations as they apply to this role.
In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet the above criteria proving examples.
Closing date: 25th March 2025 at 23:59pm (We may close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications)
About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Healthcare cash plan
- Eyecare & dental
- Birthday leave
- Retailers discounts
- Cycle to work
- Buy & sell annual leave
- Season ticket loan
- In-house academy & career development
- Flexible working
Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
Southern Housing
We’re one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the South East, the Isle of Wight and the Midlands, giving over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own. At Southern Housing we understand the difference safe, secure and affordable homes can make to people’s lives. Our vision is to create communities where everyone has a safe home in a place where they’re proud to live. We’re big and we’re local. Residents are at the heart of our services, and we use our size to influence positive change in the areas where we operate. Our values are at the HEART of what we do. As an employee, you will always be honest, working with integrity and respect. You will ensure you work in an efficient and responsive way. You will be accountable and will make effective decisions within your role. You will be professional and respectful and be committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, you will be a trusted and respected team member.
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