Head Groundsperson
Head Groundsperson required
Job Ref W451
Our client is the largest privately owned mid-sized provider of bereavement services in the UK. They offer a sustainable alternative to traditional cemeteries through beautiful woodland and traditional memorial parks. They operate multiple sites across the UK.
The client provides a unique end-of-life experience for bereaved families, with a focus on preserving and enhancing the natural beauty of these serene locations, providing families with a distinctive and often eco-friendly way to memorialise their loved ones.
Position Overview:
As the Head Groundsperson, you will lead, motivate and develop the Grounds team, to ensure the grounds and Park is maintained to a high standard all year round, with a genuine enthusiasm to help the families.
Strong leadership skills are required to achieve and deliver park objectives. The Head Groundsperson will ideally be from a landscape or horticultural background who will champion and promote exceptional customer service, within the teams they are managing.
Diary management and effective planning around required work are essential. Plus, providing support and guidance to your teams to achieve high volume output and productivity.
Key Responsibilities:
- CUSTOMER SERVICE
- Ensure the park’s teams consistently promote the highest standard of professional customer service.
- Customers are greeted and acknowledged in a warm and friendly manner and all questions are answered.
- Plan and manage all funeral duties including the supervising/digging (and backfilling) of graves, transportation to local crematoria, ash interments and ash scatterings.
- WOODLAND /GROUNDS/ FACILITIES MAINTENANCE
- Ensure all woodland maintenance tasks are implemented to the company WOW Standards for Maintenance.
- Basic Tree felling /maintenance; coppicing, pruning, & chipping. A tree surgeon will be brought in to manage the larger tree work. Organise external contractors for stump removal & windblown trees.
- Maintenance of buildings, facilities, site furniture and boiler (where applicable).
- Plan and manage all grounds maintenance tasks and implement the Company Standard for the Maintenance of Burial Circles and Graves and the Landscape Maintenance Framework, including the surveying of plots and burial trees.
- Ensure all “landscaping” is completed, including the planting, tree management, hedges, shrubs etc.
- PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
- Develop the team through coaching and training, recommending where external training is required.
- Develop and coach the Grounds Team through the 121 process.
- Conduct 1-2-1’s and the setting of SMART objectives and targets for the business.
- Recruitment and retention of quality employees.
- Work with colleague numbers to provide excellent woodland/ grounds services within the salary budget.
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Delivery and input of the key projects for Mother’s Day (Spring), Father’s Day (Summer) and Remembrance event (Autumn) – ensuring; Vision, Mapping, Costing, Project planning and delivery are all undertaken to agreed timescales and deadlines.
- Input into annual forecast and business plans.
- Delivery of Woodland/ Grounds projects, such as seasonal planting, coppicing, creation of prestige areas etc.
- FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
- Manage all department costs to budget. PO management of all stocks and supplies for day-to-day use.
- Manage stocks of materials and products required for the projects being completed to forecast.
- Ensure all admin, financial and control processes associated with the grounds of the parks are followed.
- HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY
- Ensure colleagues are aware of evacuation & security procedures and alert senior managers to risks/problems.
- Responsible for the maintenance of OHS requirements instilling good techniques & standards across the Parks.
- If required take responsibility for first aid and follow the correct H&S procedures to ensure your own safety.
Qualifications / Experience:
- Experience working either in landscaping or horticultural (ideally with a horticultural qualification) or has obtained / willing to work towards obtaining tickets for chainsaw, felling, grave digging etc.
- Excavator experience is highly desirable.
- Computer literate/data entry – (training will be provided on internal systems).
- A full (Manual) Driving Licence is required.
Working hours per week: 37.5 hours per week, with occasional weekend work.
If this Head Groundsperson vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 732767 or sara@horticruitment.com.
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Garden Centre Manager
Garden Centre Manager
Job Ref ADV517
Scott’s of Southend Garden Centre is developing, and we are looking to add strength to our fantastic team by recruiting a General Manager to lead the team.
We are looking for an experienced Garden Centre Manager with a strong horticultural background, who is capable of running the centre as if it were their own. Delivering on the job description, the role will suit someone who wants to play a major part of the centres development, growth and strategy.
This is no ordinary garden centre role, we are looking for someone who has a real passion for the garden centre industry, and who will take the garden centre to the next level, injecting their own personality into the centre.
Working for an independent owner, this role creates an opportunity for an experienced garden centre manager who is energetic, professional, driven and has the personality to work with the team and owner.
Scott’s of Southend Garden Centre has a strong plants base, built over the years by the original nursery and this is supported by a fantastic restaurant, a large gardening and landscape range, a gift range, outdoor living, Christmas products and it has a strong pet and equestrian department in the form of Animall. There are also many seasonal events throughout the year.
The Garden Centre Manager will lead a team to help them make sure that every part of the centre, from the planteria through to the café. With the aim of creating an environment that customer want to shop in, with a strong customer service focus, ultimately boosting sales, the Garden Centre Manager will also control the centre’s budget, the staff rotas, the retail range and prices, its stock purchases, layout, health & safety and HR. They will also oversee staff recruitment, training and performance.
It will be important for the garden centre team to work together to maximise sales and control costs to enable it to establish itself efficiently, with the Garden Centre Manager being the core driver of this. Strong leadership, communication, teamwork and sharing responsibility will be essential to make this work for the garden centre.
Management will be required to work a minimum of alternate weekends.
Job Title: Garden Centre Manager
Reports to: Managing Director
Location: Southend on Sea
Salary: £55,000 per annum
Main Purpose of Job
Working as the Garden Centre Manager, this role will be fully responsible for all aspects of the day to day running of the garden centre, restaurant and nursery. Ensuring that all processes are in place to effectively run the garden centre, including operational management of retailing and catering, health and safety, hygiene and staff management. Being heavily involved in strategic progress as the centre develops.
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Garden Team Leader
Garden Team Leader required.
Job Ref: ADV471
I love working with my clients, helping them to transform and maintain their gardens and enjoy all that a beautiful outdoor space has to offer. I work throughout the Essex and London areas, offering professional gardening services to a wide variety of clients. Whether they require help with an overgrown garden, need weekly or seasonal garden maintenance or have a big landscaping project, we'll work closely with them to get the job done on time, to the highest standard,
We are seeking an experienced gardener to lead a small garden maintenance team for a small, expanding business. The experienced gardener will be expected to manage a certain number of jobs throughout the day and liaise with clients so good customer service skills are also a bonus.
A full, clean driving license is required for this role.
Qualification’s are a bonus.
Good physical fitness is required as there may be some help needed in hard landscaping at times.
The working hours are 8:00am-4.00pm starting at the base in Chigwell. Salary is £32,000 - £35,000 depending on experience and negotiable.
Holiday is 20 day per year plus bank holidays with a standard pension provided.
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Parks & Countryside Officer
Parks & Countryside Officer required
Job ref ADV417
Offering flexible new ways of agile working with the Council Offices based at Princes Road, Maldon available as required.
Description
As a Parks & Countryside Officer at Maldon District Council you will be expected to carry out a variety of duties and tasks in order to maintain the grounds & infrastructure of our 25 parks and open spaces across the Maldon district to a high standard. These include the flagship sites of Promenade Park in Maldon & Riverside Park in Burnham on Crouch.
The Parks & Countryside team’s “annualised hours” means working 29 hours per week October to March, increasing to 46 hours per week during April to September, which are paid monthly at an average of 38 hours/week across the year (April to March).
The role will also require you to work regular weekends/bank holidays as part of the team rota, with occasional additional paid hours available to support major events and Council activities.
Full Uniform and PPE will be provided as part of these roles.
About this role
The ideal candidate will have the desirable competencies listed below, although training will be given both to meet the basic skill/qualifications and as ongoing professional development.
- Work in partnership with others to achieve high standards of grounds maintenance
- Organise own working methods within guidelines to ensure safe working and adherence with health & safety procedures/instructions
- Operate basic machinery and vehicle driving
- Undertake general gardening and grounds maintenance duties which may include
- Leaf clearance; bin emptying; sweeping; litter picking;
- Strimming; pedestrian and ride on mowing; use of associated groundcare machinery and implements
- Initial marking and overmarking of sports pitches
- Pesticide applications and calibrations
- Basic maintenance of vehicles and equipment
- Tractor driving with specialist implements
- Felling & process of small trees with a chainsaw
In order to carry out this role, you will need to hold a full driving licence and be able to meet or obtain via training the qualifications/experience as listed within the Job Description.
For an informal discussion about this position
For further information about the role, please read the job description. or an informal chat, please contact Joe Poole, Parks Team Supervisor (01621 732652) or Matt Wilson, Lead Countryside & Coast Co-ordinator (01621 732647).
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Plants Manager
Plants Area / General Duty Manager required
Job ref ADV401
We are a medium sized independent traditional family run Garden Centre serving the community for over 90 years. We have an extensive variety of excellent quality plants and horticultural products. Additionally, we offer a large range of garden sundries, home and giftware and a busy tearoom serving cooked meals. We are renowned for offering expert advice, with a focus on strong customer relationships. We sell hardy nursery stock, bedding plants, herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs. A manager is now required to join us, taking responsibility for running and improving the Plants Department as well as acting as duty manager for the whole Garden Centre.
Job Brief
You will work closely with our sundries manager to ensure the smooth general running of the garden centre as well as taking specific sole responsibility for the plants department.
As Manager, you need to deliver a high-quality service to customers, ensuring the plants are presented to a high standard. This is a very hands-on role and you will be required to operate a fork lift truck and accept deliveries, as well as help out practically in dealing with issues that arise in the Garden Centre such as IT and tills. This position would suit those who have already gained some experience in garden centre retailing with good plant and product knowledge. You will need to be enthusiastic about plant retailing, have a flexible and adaptable approach and be a good team player.
Key Responsibilities
- Working with the Sundries Manager to ensure the smooth running of the Garden Centre.
- Ordering plants and product
- Responsibility for stock management within the plant area through watering and health control.
- Great presentation and display of plants and other stock
- Good housekeeping standards across the department with accurate stock control
- Delivering excellent customer sales and service
- Leading a small team of outdoor staff
- Checking and receiving deliveries of product.
- Pricing, displaying, and merchandising of product.
- Developing, motivating and training staff.
- End of day cash handling and any administration that is required.
- Opening up and end of day closing of the centre
- Ensuring all Health and Safety measures are implemented and adhered to within the department.
Candidate Skills
We are looking for someone who is:
- Self-motivated to achieve high standards and able to work on their own initiative
- Practical and hands-on
- Preferably has several years’ experience working in a Garden Centre environment
- Has a sound knowledge of Garden Centre retailing
- Experience of management
- Enjoys working as part of a team
- Has excellent communication skills
- Has an eye for detail
- Has strong plant knowledge
- Has a good work ethic, a pleasant attitude and works well with others
- Able to order products as per seasonal requirements, liaising with suppliers and buyers accordingly
- Able to merchandise to maximise sales opportunities, promoting stock in key areas as and when required
Recommended
- Having a qualification in a horticultural subject would be an advantage
- Having a qualification in the use of a Fork lift truck would be an advantage
Working Pattern and benefits:
- Full Time – 4 Weekdays and alternate Weekends (40 hrs per week)
- 28 days Annual leave
- Generous store staff discounts
www.smithsorchardgardencentre.com
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Lawn Maintenance Technician
Lawn Maintenance Technician
Job Ref T044
Our client is the UK’s number 1 independent, family run lawn care company that has been established for nearly 20 years centered around team building and career development opportunities. Offering a range of clients a top-quality lawn treatment service using expert knowledge, materials, and equipment. They ensure their technicians are trained to the highest standards, to continue to offer their loyal clients the best service. They are now seeking a Lawn Care technician to join their team.
Job Brief
As a Lawn Care Technician, you would visit between 10-25 customer properties each day, covering areas such as Essex, Hertfordshire and part of Cambridgeshire; however, their radius is always expanding. Candidates would be required to visit the main depot 1-2 times a week, therefore applicants from further afield would be welcome. You would largely manage your own day, while having the support of the office team back at the depot, ready to assist you where needed. Duties would include:
-Expertly applying fertilisers, moss treatments, and weed treatments to customer lawns.
-You would also be responsible for carrying out renovation work: scarification, aeration, and lawn seeding.
-You would be the face of the company, meeting with the customers, providing problem-solving assistance through professional, scientific, expert advice on all lawn care related matters, recommending additional services where needed and relevant.
-Visit potential new customers, offering advice on the services that the company can provide them and so begin to develop the customer relationship
Key Responsibilities
-Deliver first quality maintenance on sites to their specification in a timely and efficient manner
-Demonstrate the ability to successfully manage your own day
-Show a good understanding of all health and safety regulations, and always adhering to them.
-Being able to confidently deal with horticultural maintenance matters on site.
-The client emphasises the need for excellent communication skills to successfully engage with customers, clients, and team members.
Candidate Skills
This role entails being the representative of the company on the ground and will need to conduct yourself in a manner that portrays the business in accordance with its values and approach at all times. This is also a route for someone who is ambitious to join a progressive company and develop into a role with more responsibility. This would involve you being trained to expertly handle high-quality lawn renovation machinery to achieve the best results for your customers.
The ideal candidate will hold:
-A full UK manual driving licence (required).
-Professional, customer-focused interpersonal skills for face-to-face and phone interactions with customers.
-Able to prioritise and organise, with good attention to detail. You must be able to keep track of your daily tasks and manage your own daily workload as well liaising with the office team for any customer requests/questions.
-Ability to work well in a team
-Good communication skills, liaising with the office team to problem solve and provide excellent customer service.
-GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
-Experience working within a similar environment
PA1/PA6a, desirable, but not essential, and where required the client will assist in the training. Candidates will be subject to a DBS check.
Working Hours:
Typical hours of work are Monday to Friday 7:30 to 16:00, with a 30-minute lunch break.
Start and finish times can be variable due to the nature of a driving position.
Working hours are then increased to 7:30 to 17:00 during the busy lawn renovation time in September and October to allow for additional time off at Christmas and New Year.
Benefits:
-Commission on work sold and done
-Company Sick Pay
-Paid emergency/compassionate leave
-Additional Maternity and Paternity Leave Pay
-Performance Development Scheme
-Paid Training
-Team Building Days
-Company Vehicle Provided for Lawn Technicians for commuting and visiting customer properties and the depot.
-Christmas Break Scheme
-Career Progression Pathway Provided
-Break Out Facilities Provided
-Work Devices Provided
-Paid Overtime
-Well-Being Support
-Annual Leave Flexibility
-Employee Consultation
-Occupational Health Surveillance
-Uniform Provided
-Free Annual grass Treatments and Aeration
-Internal Competitions and Prizes
If this Lawn Maintenance Technician vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sophie Sharpe on 01233 732767 or sophie@horticruitment.com.
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Horticultural Dispatch Team Member
Horticultural Dispatch Team Member required
Job Ref ADV366
Classiflora is one of the UKs leading specialists in the import and supply of hardy exterior European specimen plants, trees, shrubs and topiary.
We have exciting opportunities for the right candidates to join our ever growing company in Waltham Abbey as Horticultural Dispatch Team Members. As part of this role you will work in a team Packing/Prepping and ensuring all plants/trees/shrubs are in excellent condition leaving the nursery.
Monday-Friday 8-5pm (weekends in the height of the season are a must) also overtime in the height of the season.
EXPERIENCE:
-The right candidates will have experience operating gardening equipment with experience in weeding and trimming plants.
-Working in the plant area this is a high volume environment with fast turnaround
Skills Required:
-Physically fit (hands on role with some heavy lifting)
-Plant Knowledge
-Team Worker
-Attention to detail
-Working to deadlines
-Self-motivated
-To have the ability to work in fast paced environment.
Benefits
Up to 23K + OVERTIME/DOE
28 DAYS HOLIDAYS INC BANK HOLIDAYS
Comapany Pension
Onsite parking
Grower
Experienced Bedding Plant Grower required
Job Ref ADV367
A vacancy has arisen in our well established family run nursery for an experienced Bedding Plant Grower to be responsible for the day to day running of our plant production area.
Plants Galore is a well-established family run Nursery & Garden Centre based in Roydon, Essex, now on its third generation. We supply Perennials, Topiary and Bedding plants on a wholesale basis to Garden Centres, Landscapers and Building projects while maintaining a loyal retail customer base.
Duties and responsibilities are as follows:
-Crop production of bedding/perennial plants from start to finish
-Supervision and training of team of workers
-Potting
-Spraying
The position requires good plant and production knowledge. The ability to manage and supervise a varied workforce especially agency staff is essential.
The applicant must be willing to work weekends and be able to work independently and on their own initiative.
Salary £30,000 pa
28 days holiday
Free on site parking
Staff discount after 6 months
Estate Worker
An excellent opportunity has become available for a skilled estate worker to join a family-run private Grade 2* estate on the Essex/Suffolk border.
The estate is made up of about 50 acres including woodland, meadows, a 3-acre formal garden, a croquet lawn and swimming pool area. The garden has occasionally been open to the public in the past to help raise money for charities.
The Estate Worker will be part of a very friendly small professional team in a positive environment and will be responsible for the overall maintenance of the Estate. Duties include routine (both planned and reactive) maintenance, fault finding and general repairs to all internal and external areas of the Estate and with overall responsibility for security, the utilities, fire and intruder alarms. Carpentry, decorating and basic plumbing and electrical skills are required, and particularly swimming pool maintenance. In the summer, assistance with cutting lawns will be necessary.
Candidates will need to have adequate knowledge to be able to work on your own initiative and carry out repairs and work without supervision in the most efficient and proactive manner. You will understand and take responsibility for the successful day-to-day repairs & maintenance services on the Estate & grounds. The estate worker will be proactive, a good team player, have a ‘can do’ attitude and an excellent understanding of health and safety issues. The successful candidate must be a team player, hardworking, able to operate machinery, along with plant knowledge and a friendly manner with a flexible approach to their work. The estate is positioned in a secluded location therefore the candidates must be able to drive and be prepared to have a DBS check with references.
Accommodation can be provided rent free for the successful applicant if required. Further details to be discussed. Partners, children and pets are welcome.
SALARY: Circa £26,000 plus accommodation
LOCATION: Essex / Suffolk border
JOB No: EC36356
If this Estate Worker vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Estate Worker vacancy. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications that we receive, it is not possible to respond to every one. Therefore, unless you hear from us within the next 14 days, your application for this Estate Worker vacancy will have been unsuccessful.
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Gardener
A passionate and driven all rounded Gardener is sought after on a full time and permanent basis for a beautiful grade II* listed private estate on the Essex / Suffolk Border.
The garden was designed 25 years ago by the garden designer George Carter and has been developed into a stunning vista garden with incredible landscape views and expansive lawns. The estate covers about 50 acres including woodland, meadows and a 3-acre formal garden consisting of a rose garden, topiary, yew hedging a walled garden (cutting borders, raised beds, espalier fruit trees lining the walls of the garden, orangery), a large heated glasshouse housing tropical plants. There is also a croquet lawn and swimming pool area. The majority of the garden is kept organic, and the owners are looking to continue to promote organic practices and methods. The garden has occasionally been open to the public in the past to help raise money for charities.
The owners are friendly and have a positive working environment at the estate. A testament to this is that the staff have all stayed for long periods of time. The team currently consists of two other gardeners, a handyperson and a driver who occasionally helps with the gardening. The Lady of the house has a very keen interest in the garden and is passionate about plants. She used to be hands-on in the garden but has taken a step back and works closely with the gardeners. They are looking for an enthusiastic gardener to join on a long-term basis to manage and maintain the gardens.
The successful candidate must be a team player, hardworking, able to operate machinery, along with plant knowledge and a friendly manner with a flexible approach to their work. The estate is positioned in a secluded location therefore the candidates must be able to drive and be prepared to have a DBS check with references.
Accommodation can be provided rent free for the successful applicant if required. Further details to be discussed. Partners, children, and pets are welcome.
SALARY: Circa £26,000 plus accommodation
LOCATION: Essex / Suffolk border
JOB No: EC36252
If this Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Gardener vacancy. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications that we receive, it is not possible to respond to every one. Therefore, unless you hear from us within the next 14 days, your application for this Gardener vacancy will have been unsuccessful.
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