Senior Gardener

4 weeks ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom Wellcome Sanger Institute Full time

Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.

A new opportunity has arisen for a Senior Gardener to join our team.

You will support the Grounds Manager and Grounds Supervisor in ensuring the Grounds at the Wellcome Genome Campus are maintained to a high horticultural standard.

**About the Role**:
You will be integral to the ongoing development and improvement of the Campus, in line with the agreed business strategy. In the absence of the Grounds Manager and Grounds Supervisor, you will be the point of contact for the team, Grounds contractors and other teams on site.

You will also supervise Grounds permit work when the Grounds Manager and Grounds Supervisor are away and ensure the Grounds Team are fully compliant with WGC procedures and policies and all Health and Safety measures. You will also assist with the creation of short term work lists

You will take responsibility for specific beds and areas and be able to prioritise tasks

You will provide cover for other gardening staff due to holidays/absence

You will oversee the team's work and liaise with the Grounds Supervisor regularly and feedback progress

You will report Health and Safety issues and to address any within the team

**Essential Skills**:

- Minimum of 2 years experience of Corporate and/or Local Authority Grounds maintenance.
- Good level of grounds maintenance skills. Knowledge of a range of horticultural techniques covering a varied range of plant types. Able to demonstrate sustainable working practices
- Good people skills to build and maintain relationships, both internally and externally.
- A good horticultural and plant knowledge
- Good written and verbal communication skills including recording faults, accidents and near misses accurately
- Practical use of ride on mowers, hedge trimmers, strimmers, scarifiers, push mowers and utility vehicles
- Awareness and training in Health and Safety

**Other Information**:
As our Senior Gardener you will work on our Campus 5 days a week. Take a look at Campus life here:
Salary in the region of £5,000 to £30,000

**Closing date: 10th September**

**Working at Wellcome Sanger**:
Our flexible-hybrid working environment is designed to support a healthy work-life balance. This means you can work flexibly with a combination of working from home, and working from our Campus to allow you to focus on being productive and part of the team while enjoying the benefits of working flexibly.

We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world. We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness. The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.

We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work. That's why we're committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute. We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.

**Our Benefits**:
We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme. The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.

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