Grounds Maintenance Operative

**Job Title**

**Grounds Maintenance Operative**

**Contract Type**

**Permanent**

**Hours**

**Full time - 36.25 hours per week**

**Persona**

**Site Based/Mobile**

**Reporting Office**

**CleanStart Warehouse - Stretford**

**Salary**

**£22,680.90 - Real Living Wage**

**22**nd** January 2025 - 23:00**

**Interviews will take place in person at our Cleanstart Stretford Warehouse on a date to be confirmed.**

**Role Profile - Grounds Maintenance Operative.docx**

L&Q’s CleanStart are looking for an enthusiastic Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our busy team.

Working as part of our ground’s maintenance team, you will work alongside other operatives and undertake grounds maintenance services to all contracted sites which can include aspects of hard/soft landscaping such as grass cutting, strimming, clearing foliage and removal of unwanted growth from trees.

As an operative you will work with a local team on site under the supervision of an Operational Mentor, ensuring our customer standards are delivered, and that the customers experience of our service is positive.

You will be a proactive member of the team, actively learning from customer feedback to improve the service delivery.
- PA1/PA6 spray licence and driving licence desirable but not essential.

We have a very clear mission statement, _we create clean, safe and attractive communities, a place which our customer can call home._
- _If you’re up for the challenge we’d love to hear from you.

**Salary & Benefits**

We offer a competitive annual salary and staff**benefits package
- Full uniform and PPE supplied
- Strong family-friendly policies
- Committed Learning & Development
- Annual leave starting from 28 days rising to 31 PLUS bank holidays
- Excellent Pension Scheme - double contribution up to 6%
- Generous non-contributory life assurance
- An Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee discount benefits portal
- Westfield Health Cash Plan
- Great places to work certified 2023-2024
- Best Workplaces for Women

**Our Commitments**

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.

We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part time working or job sharing.

In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours - if it’s feasible then we’ll make it happen.

We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.

L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 97,000 homes, primarily across London and the South East.

As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy.

In response to the housing and affordability crisis, we will build 100,000 new homes over ten years. Of these, 60,000 homes will be built or funded by L&Q, whilst a further 40,000 will come through partnerships. Crucially, at least 50% of these new homes will be genuinely affordable, with a target of 60% in London.

Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.

TJ