Gardener – Parks

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: SC3 (£28,125 – £28,929)
Work Location: Boroughwide in Haringey, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 hours, Full Time
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday 15th December 2024, at 23:59

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

Haringey Council is currently seeking a Gardener to become part of their newly formed Parks Services team. We are in search of a dedicated and passionate individual who can bring their expertise to the team. As a Gardener, the successful candidate will be excellent at service delivery, communication, and teamwork. Additionally, as a Gardener you will promote safe working practices and ensure compliance with current regulations and safety guidelines, particularly regarding all ground’s maintenance, horticultural activities, seasonal works, and traded services. If you are an enthusiastic individual with a love for gardening and landscaping, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our team at Haringey Council.

About the team

We are currently looking for individuals who can work effectively in teams of 3-5 people on a day-to-day basis. As a Gardener, you will have similar responsibilities as your colleagues, and you will be assigned to cover one of the six zones that we manage. Each zone has a Senior Operative and up to 3-5 gardeners, and each team leader is responsible for overseeing two zones. The job involves working in all weather conditions, but our teams are dedicated to making the local environment a pleasant place to visit, no matter what.

About you

We are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic individual who is committed to maintaining high standards of the local environment. The ideal candidate must be friendly, possess excellent interpersonal skills, and have a versatile skill set to carry out a range of tasks. The role is varied and requires the ability to handle powered hand tools and drive ride-on machinery and a 3.5T vehicle, which necessitates a full clean UK driving license. If you have a passion for creating beautiful outdoor spaces and enjoy working in a role that demands different skills, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to be part of our team.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.