Gardener

**Objectives**

Your main objective is to ensure that the site is a pleasant environment for residents and visitors as well as a pleasant work environment for yourself. To care for and maintain the estate as directed by the Head Gardener or Estate Manager. You should look presentable and always welcoming and be polite and courteous towards residents or visitors to the development.

**General**

To report all incidents, accidents, and maintenance visits to the property to the Estate Manager or, in their absence, the Managing Agents.

Report to the estate manager whenever possible any defects, health and safety issues, security problems, failed lamps, etc.

Ensure that rubbish and waste is cleared away at the end of each day and the estate is always left in a safe, clean and tidy, condition tidycan be enjoyed by all residents and visitors.

Where a resident has left goods/items within the common areas of communal areasent that could be construed as dangerous or unsightly, ensure that they are removed in order to avoid any breach of health and safety and fire precautions; liaise with the estate manager accordingly.

Ensure you maintain total confidentiality in dealing with residents and their visitors at all times. Never disclose any information to a third party that may be detrimental to the client, managing agent or colleagues.

Duties will include but not limited to - Litter picking, mowing grass, trimming grass, weeding, hedge cutting, planting, mulching & gritting.

**Security**

Should you find intruders or persons that may have intentions of a nefarious nature on the property, under no circumstances should you try and apprehend them. Please try to make sure that the intruders are aware that they have been seen and make efforts to remember as much detail about them as possible so that you may be able to provide a description of the intruder. You should immediately telephone the police and file a report with the estate manager.
- **H&S Statement**_

H&S Responsibilities - Please refer to the RMG Health & Safety policy for your H&S responsibilities and for those people that you might manage.

**Health and Safety**

Health and Safety is of paramount importance - _**do not take risks**_. You must never put yourself, a colleague, contractor, resident or visitor to the site, in a dangerous position. All areas of risk must be labelled, or sealed off with suitable warnings put up. Report incidents immediately and report such incidents to the estate manager so they can arrange for contractors to attend to resolve the problem.

If contractors are on site and you are unhappy with the manner in which they are working in the common parts which presents a hazard, you must inform the estate manager immediately, or, in their absence, the Managing Agents.

The above lists your main duties, but you may, from time to time, be required to undertake other duties as instructed by the Estate Manager, Client and / or Managing Agents.

Note: This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position. Other duties may be assigned as needed.

**Salary**: From £22,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Gardening: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Snodland, ME6 5PE (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Snodland, ME6 5PE: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person