Gardener/keeper - Cambridge - £11.50 - £12.50/ph

3 weeks ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Manpower Full time

**Gardener**

**Wage**:
£11.50 - 12.50 depending on experience

**Benefits**:
Gym Membership

On Site Parking

**Hours of work**:
**7:30am - 4pm Monday to Thursday and Friday 7:30 - 1pm**

Manpower is currently recruiting a gardener on an temporary basis. The assignment will most likely run for about 6 months, with a possibility of being extended.

The post holder will be working within a team who are responsible for maintaining and managing the formal gardens and landscape of the campus, ensuring that a complete maintenance service to the Estate is provided.

**Key areas of Responsibility**
- Provide seasonal maintenance of the estate in accordance with the programme of works as directed by the Head gardener and developed from the management plan.
- Tasks to include (but not exclusively) grass cutting, weeding, planting, watering, leaf collecting, hedge cutting.
- Use and maintenance of a range of garden and grounds machinery (e.g. ride-on, walk-behind mowers, tractors etc.) as necessary and undertaking of specialist training where required.
- Formative and rejuvative maintenance of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, climbers and hedges
- To support line management in maintaining health and safety in the grounds and gardens to ensure the safety of staff and visitors.
- Maintenance of hard landscaped areas, roads and pathways
- Training for the appropriate, timely and safe use of pesticides and other forms of pest control (moles and rabbits)
- Assist in the recording and labelling of the plant collection
- General estate maintenance including trees, fencing and conservation etc
- As and when required, assist the Estates Team with the collection of waste
- During the winter months (November - March) the post-holder will be required to be on-call in order to respond to adverse weather conditions. Duties whilst on call, will include: snow clearing and salting/gritting on paths, car parks, roads and buildingaccess areas as and when required
- To carry out any other reasonable management request


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