Senior Estate Assistant

Do you have a passion for horticulture and enjoy being outdoors?
Are you looking for a role with variety and flexibility?

We are looking for self-motivated and dynamic individual to join our Estate Team. If you enjoy a challenge and could help us to keep our school sites in tip top condition this could be the role for you.

As Senior Estate Assistant - Grounds Maintenance, your responsibilities will focus upon landscaping and grounds maintenance including planting, trimming, mowing and weeding of plants, hedges and lawns, along with maintenance of paths, roadways and drainage, completing line marking to facilitate sports activities and occasional gritting in winter months. Our grounds are extensive and include some quite special flower gardens along with school playing fields, and so experience and knowledge of managing diverse grounds is a must, a Diploma in Horticulture at Level 2 or equivalent is desirable. Experience of using and maintaining grounds equipment, PUWER, health & safety and COSHH is essential.

**About us**
Horncastle Education Trust comprises five local schools; Banovallum School, Frithville Primary School, Huttoft Primary & Nursery School, New York Primary School and Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School. The Trust was formed from a genuine desire to work more closely together following the success of existing partnership work between the schools. Having both secondary and primary schools that are geographically close is something we take a pride in as a Trust.

We believe that every student whatever their background has the right to flourish, to achieve and to succeed and everything undertaken by Horncastle Education Trust should have this ambition at its heart.

We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion within our recruitment process.

Horncastle Education Trust
West Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire LN9 5AD

**_Fluency Duty_**:

- In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post._