Gardener

We are looking for someone who can provide high quality, customer focused and responsive service to Lewisham residents.

Put simply, our gardeners maintain the shared green spaces on our estates. They take pride in ensuring that our residents live in an environment that is clean, tidy, and pleasant.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Maintaining communal gardens and green spaces

Ensuring the safe use of appropriate chemicals, other materials, and equipment

Identifying and reporting any welfare/safeguarding concerns about vulnerable residents

Identifying and reporting nuisance, anti-social behavior or criminal behavior and provide evidence to support enforcement action – including the provision of information on individuals, actively looking for evidence as required, and providing witness statements

Looking after and using appropriate uniform and personal protective equipment, including mobile phones, personal safety devises and vehicles, when appropriate

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

Generous holiday allowance

Local Government Pension scheme

Flexible working and family friendly policies

Season ticket and bicycle loans

A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships

Supportive staff networks

We are looking for someone who:

Takes pride in their work

Has an awareness of - and a commitment to - equality of access and opportunity in a diverse community

Maintains excellent customer service in all areas of work

Takes responsibility for their own learning and development

Engages with colleagues and management to support the delivery of excellent services for the benefit of our residents and stakeholders

Complies with all policies and procedures - including those relating Health & Safety and Equality & Diversity

A clean, full manual UK/EU driver's licence with Category B is desirable

The job is subject to a basic DBS check

The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CV’s.

Applicant handbook - please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.

For an informal discussion about this job, please contact James Hicks [email protected] , Tel 07841337550

Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

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