Head Gardener

Bishopstoke Park, are looking to appoint an experienced Head Gardener to join our horticultural team.
- 37.5 hours per week.
- 5 days between Monday to Friday at £15.39 per hour.

Set in the parish of Bishopstoke within historic county of Hampshire. We are located within a beautiful natural woodland, not far from the Itchen Navigation. Our 42-acre retirement village provides a carefully selected range of independent living accommodation alongside extensive communal facilities and beautiful surroundings to meet the varying needs of our residents. This is an all-year-round post, you will be working in all weathers. You will have previous gardening experience, preferably from a similar type of estate.

Reporting into the Maintenance Manager, responsibilities will include:

- Organising the gardening team
- Planning the works that is required to be carried out
- Ordering of goods required
- Good knowledge of Gardening Equipment
- Leaf Clearing
- Lawn Cutting
- Lawn treatment & Care
- Boarder Maintenance
- Seasonal Planting

Required knowledge & experience:

- Previous garden and grounds maintenance experience
- Usage of tools, including petrol lawn mowers, strimmers, leaf blowers, leaf collectors
- Knowledge of plants and shrubs, including plant identification, planting processes, plant maintenance and is preferred, but not essential.
- Knowledge of weeds and weeding. - A basic understanding of Health & safety in the workplace.

Required skills:

- Well organized and able to plan workload.
- Strong interpersonal and empathy skills and a friendly personality.
- Able to work individually and as part of a team.
- Ability to undertake a wide range of activities.

**Anchor - a great place to work**

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

**A rewarding environment**

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

**Health & happiness**
- Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
- Mental health support
- Flexible working options

**Finance**
- Pension plan - contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
- Quick and easy pension transfer service
- Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
- Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

**Career**
- Ongoing personal and professional development programme
- Leadership Pathways online learning resources
- Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated rewards website

**Celebrating diversity, celebrating you**

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant and HouseProud Pledge schemes.