Craft Gardener

3 weeks ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds City Council Full time

**Job title**: Craft Gardener

**Contract**:Permanent

**Hours**:18.5 per week

**Salary**:B3 SCP 7-11 £24,294- £25,925 per annum

Would you like to be part of something bigger and join us in our ambition to become the Best City, working together as a Team for Leeds. Do your values match ours and do you have something to offer?

Leeds City Council delivers over 500 different services to residents and is dedicated to bringing the benefits of a prosperous, vibrant and attractive city to the people of Leeds. This is a fantastic time to join us.

**Benefits of working with us**:
We pride ourselves on offering the best employee experience, with a genuine commitment to keeping our colleagues safe and well at work. You can expect great benefits whilst working for us including:

- a competitive pay progression structure including generous employer pension contributions
- flexible career paths with tailored personal and professional development
- support for you, your home and your family including personal, and financial support

**For more information about our benefits please see the **benefits section of our jobs page**.**

**Introduction to the role of the team**

This post is based Lotherton Hall Estate.

**Your role**

You will require considerable practical horticultural experience, together with an NVQ2 or equivalent in Amenity Horticulture, although applicants who can demonstrate a significant period of work experience without formal qualifications will also be considered.

Work includes all aspects of horticultural maintenance, including lifting, digging, hard and soft landscaping, preparation of ground for the planting and establishment of plants, weed spraying, the laying, establishing and maintenance of turf, fencing, the construction and maintenance of landscape features and grass cutting using a ride-on mower**. **In addition the Craft Gardener will be responsible for helping with guidance and training of Gardeners and new Gardening Apprentices in horticultural methods and practices and in specific machinery use.

A full, clean driving licence is essential, to enable the post holder to travel independently to various sites as required to supervise and transport staff.

The post may be based at any point within the Leeds City boundaries.

You will have excellent communication skills and be a team player. You will be motivated and a critical thinker with the ability to understand the needs of your customers.

**We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.**

**We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. Leeds City Council is ranked 70 on the Stonewall Equality Index 2023. We are also an Age friendly employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident leader.**

**This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.**

**Job purpose**

To undertake all aspects of horticultural maintenance within the Leeds City boundaries.

**Responsibilities**

To have the ability to carry out tasks, without direct supervision.

The supervision and training of staff, including seasonal staff, trainees, volunteers and work placements.

To undertake mentoring of gardening apprentices.

To prepare land for planting.

To undertake the planting and aftercare of annual, biennial and perennial plants.

To interpret and work on complex planting plans.

To repair and maintain ornamental and amenity turf areas.

To undertake basic soft and hard landscaping construction and aftercare.

To prepare sports areas, marking out and maintenance.

To undertake other manual labouring duties as required.

To respond to enquiries from parks visitors on basic horticultural techniques and plant varieties.

To refer concerns expressed by visitors to the parks, to line managers or supervisors.

To undertake such training as is required to meet the needs of the maintenance of the parks and surrounding areas.

To supervise and undertake the training of small teams of mixed horticultural ability.

To undertake other site related horticultural maintenance duties commensurate with the skill levels expected of a craft gardener as directed by the Chief Officer, Head of Service or the Senior Estates Manager.

**Qualifications**

PA1 / PA6 spraying certificate is desirable.

**Essential Behavioural and other Characteristics**
- Understand and embrace Leeds City Council Values and Behaviours and codes of conduct.
- Committed to continuous improvement in all areas and work towards delivering the Best City Ambition of Health & Wellbeing, Inclusive Growth and Zero Carbon
- Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council eq

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