Assistant Gardener

2 days ago

York, United Kingdom St Peter's School Full time

_**St Peter’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment by always complying with the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Procedures.**_**The successful applicant will be required to undergo statutory pre-employment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.**_

**Key Responsibilities**

**Department**: Estates

**Responsible to**:Head of Grounds & Gardens

**Hours of work**: Annual average of 37.5 hours per week. Core working hours are Monday to Friday, but the nature of the role means some weekend working will be required

Specific working hours will be seasonal:
April to September - 7.30am to 4.30pm

November to February - 8.00am to 2.30pm

October and March - 8.00am to 3.00pm

**Grade/Salary**: £27,235 (Point 7 on the Support Scale)

**Overall purpose of the post**:
Working closely with the Head Gardener
- To assist in maintaining the whole school site to the highest possible standards.
- To provide a professional standard of maintenance to the grounds, gardens and playing surfaces.

**Key responsibilities**:
**Gardens**

To maintain the school gardens including boarding house gardens, keeping the plants and trees in good health, flower beds regularly weeded and ensuring that the appearance of all external areas of the school site are always kept to the highest standards.

**Main duties**
- To maintain hedging, trees and shrubs and footpaths.
- Weeding of borders and footpaths.
- To ensure lawn and grass areas are maintained to a high standard of presentation.
- To undertake in house landscaping and planting projects.
- Confident to operate a large range of pedestrian & ride on machinery
- Propagation of plants
- Mulching of borders

**Grounds Duties**

To support when required in the upkeep of the sports pitches as required.

**Other duties may include**
- Maintenance of grounds equipment and tools including daily safety checks
- Driving, operating and safekeeping of all machines allocated for use by grounds and gardens staff.
- Snow clearing and gritting in severe weather.
- To respond to day-to-day requests for the wider Estates Department.

1. Health & Safety - You have a legal duty to take reasonable care of your own health and safety and that of others and you are expected to be familiar with, and adhere to, St Peter’s School’s Health and Safety policy.

2. School values - You have a duty to ensure your work, communication and approach conforms to the school’s core values and mission. You will need to be aware and comply with school rules, policies and procedures at all times including, but not limited to, those relating to safeguarding, conduct, equality and data protection.
- **Note: This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities associated with the post. The post holder will be expected to comply with any reasonable request to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description. This job description may be amended at any time.**_

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £27,235.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Assistant Gardener

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