Groundsperson

**About The Role**:
Employment within the Grounds Maintenance team will offer a busy, quick thinking, high paced environment. All works are carried out with strict timescales to agreed standards and all relevant environmental policies adhered to. Our frontline service requires grounds husbandry to be carried out in a skilful, efficient and effective manner, creating a safe environment for our customers to enjoy. As a frontline department, regular communication with partnering teams, the public and third party organisations is a key priority.

Based at Moors Valley Country Park but covering the East Dorset area, the Grounds Maintenance team carry out a wide variety of tasks including verge cutting, hedge and shrub pruning and planting. Sports turf upkeep including football and cricket play a major part of our workload. Play facility inspections/maintenance are also provided to ensure safe and engaging facilities for the public.

**Further Information**:
This is a full time role at 37 hours per week.
- This is a physically demanding position which is carried out in the natural environment in all weathers. The Grounds Maintenance team are a flexible, front line service working directly within the public domain, therefore the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
- A driving licence is essential, as this post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

**About Us**:
We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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