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Grounds Maintenance Operative

Salary £25,200
Location Isle of Wight

This is a Temporary, Full Time vacancy that will close in 13 days at 23:59 GMT.

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.

Advert Closing Date: 25th March 2025 at 23:59 (We may close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications).

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.

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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.

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