Grounds Person

At Dignity, we are proud to work in a unique industry. We succeed by helping people through difficult times with compassion, respect, openness and care.

We are currently recruiting for a dedicated and hard working individual to join our committed team at Holmsford Bridge Crematorium as a Groundsperson.

As a Groundsperson, you will be carrying out a full range of gardening & horticultural tasks, including building new gardens and maintaining a high-quality environment.

This is a full time permanent position working 39 hours per week, Monday - Thursday 08:30am - 17:00pm and Friday 08:30am - 16:30pm

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working outdoors to support and give back to their community

Holmsford Bridge Crematorium is situated in 10 and a half acres of beautiful and peaceful Ayrshire countryside and serves communities across North and East Ayrshire.

**What Will I Be Doing as a Groundsperson?**

Duties will include but will not be limited to:

- Take care of the grounds, keeping them maintained and presentable
- Supporting the creation of memorial gardens and plots to client specification
- Make sure graves are dug appropriately for the deceased and maintain graves as needed for the friends and family of the deceased
- Dealing with visitors' enquiries
- Construct, place, fix memorials and subsequently maintain them to the highest standard
- Clear the grounds, paths and roadways of litter
- Operate the cremators and ancillary equipment in accordance with manufactures guidelines (Full training will be provided)
- Input & maintain records on computers to comply with industry regulations
- Ensure the safe custody of ashes in the care of the crematorium

**What Do I Need?**
- Horticultural/Gardening/landscaping experience is preferred.
- Willingness to learn, develop your skills and undertake training courses
- Experience in operating mechanical gardening equipment is advantageous, although training can be provided for this
- Is comfortable with manual handling tasks
- Excellent attention to detail is essential
- Good communication skills
- Comfortable working in a team or carrying out tasks by yourself

**What do you get?**
- An annual salary of £24,741.60
- Accruing 22 - 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
- Sick pay eligibility after 12 month qualifying period.
- Life Assurance 2 x salary.
- Company Pension Scheme.
- Opportunity to enrol on several of our apprenticeship schemes.

**What are the next steps?**

**Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Stateme**nt**

Our Vision is to connect with our clients, colleagues, company and communities based on our principles whilst celebrating our differences.

We aim to empower leaders and colleagues to seek out and understand new voices and perspectives; to be vocal about inequity and exclusion, and take decisive, informed and bold action to promote inclusion and belonging.