Team Leader/Experienced Gardener
Team Leader/Experienced Gardener
Job Ref Z722
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a team leader to join a garden maintenance and landscaping firm in central London. The client has over 25 years’ experience in landscape design and construction of London gardens, and a team of highly skilled and motivated landscapers and gardeners who work to a high standard.
With a high demand for our client’s services, a team leader is required. He / She will work with one other colleague; take full responsibility of a van and tools and lead the decision-making process on what needs doing with each gardening maintenance visit. As a Team Leader and a professional gardener, you will be hands-on and knowledgeable in all areas of gardening and experienced in leading a small team.
Each morning, the day will start at 7.15 am with a meeting at head office and the van will be ready for leaving the unit by 7.30am. The position is Monday to Friday and hours are flexible based on season demand. The team leader will have a professional approach in all dealings with the client and whilst on their property. He / She will demonstrate the ability to prioritise and problem solve when required to be cost and time effective. Attention to detail is really important in all aspects of the job.
The successful candidate will be responsible to train and develop their team to produce the best results; guide and support team members to ensure that jobs are completed as per quote within the allotted timescale and with 100% customer satisfaction. Other responsibilities include ensuring a safe working practice is undertaken; daily cleaning of shared tool handles with anti-bacterial wipes and ensuring that the team respect all tool and equipment including the van and treat it as their own.
Applicants will have a proven record of professional gardening and maintaining grounds to a high standard including mowing, weeding, strimming and hedge cutting. Good general plant knowledge on trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals and weed identification is a requirement. He / She will be good at working towards deadlines, have a high attention to detail and have effective and respectful communication skills with other members of the team, the public and clients. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, physically fit and enjoy working in all weathers. A good knowledge of Health and Safety with respects to gardening and landscaping and a full driving licence is essential for the role.
If this Team Leader/Experienced Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 732767 or sara@horticruitment.com.
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Managing Director
Managing Director required
Job Ref: ADV284
Living Windows is a marketplace for you to find quality but affordable window boxes, planters, garden design and gardening services off the peg or tailored to your own design and needs.
Oversees the daily workings of business operations. Plans, manages, and implements business activities to ensure deadlines are met, and maintains a high quality standard of business delivery.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Manages the growth and success of the team and external consultants
- Coordinates activities that affect operational decisions and business requirements
- Manages the growth and success of the team and external consultants
- Responsible for the production, procurement, and planning of daily operations
- Implementing and managing budgets
- Communicates with all relevant employees/consultants to ensure delivery times are met
- Liaises with Executive Director
- Plans, schedules, and reviews workload and manpower to make sure targets are met on a cost effective basis
- Manages the stock control, and checks that inventory records are accurate
- Monitors production standards
- Provides guidance to employee
- Manages and implements Health and Safety policy and procedures
- Work with the team to develop effective marketing and communication activities
Skills & Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the necessary managing skills in one or several fields of work: Retail and Sales, Horticulture, Gardening/Landscaping, Start-ups
- Good organisational and technical skills relevant to the role with the ability to problem-solve, pay attention to detail, deliver work to a high standard and within tight deadlines
- At least 2-year’s relevant work experience in an administrative/office work environment
- Excellent communication skills with knowledge of team leadership and managing.
Please inquire via email: jv@livingwindows.co.uk
Mobile Maintenance Gardener
Mobile Maintenance Gardener required
Job Ref P154
Our client offers a full in-house service of garden design, build and aftercare/maintenance. The team of ten staff take pride in providing their loyal clients with a first-class service via a personal approach. The company philosophy and attention to detail have resulted in word-of-mouth-derived repeat business since their establishment in 2009. Their portfolio of contracts range from small domestic gardens to large commercial estates and university grounds. This gives candidates an opportunity to experience a variety of work and client interfaces. They operate predominantly in the East London and Docklands area and are currently looking to expand their team to meet business growth demands.
Job Description:
Plant knowledge is an essential part of the role, along with a keen eye for detail and precision. Proven experience in all aspects of grounds maintenance and a good understanding of safe working practices is essential. Experience using garden maintenance machinery and tools e.g. pedestrian mowers; strimmers; leaf blowers etc. is required. Work hours are a minimum of 40 hrs a week Monday-Friday. Candidates must be flexible to work additional hours if required, and willing to work across a number of sites and in all weather conditions. Reliability and punctuality must be maintained at all times. The company vans are stocked with quality tools and are provided as part of the role. Initially you will be working under an experienced team leader to familiarize yourself with the sites and client requirements.
Key Skills:
Candidates will have good horticultural knowledge and practical ability. Essential skills will include:
- Good knowledge of horticultural maintenance techniques
- Excellent customer liaison skills
- Practical skills using garden maintenance machinery and tools
- Full UK driving licence essential
An RHS Level 2 in Horticulture or similar is highly desirable for this role. The ideal candidate will have experience of working in both commercial and domestic environments.
PA1/PA6 and LANTRA/NPTC certificates in any other relevant machinery and equipment use will further strengthen a candidate’s application.
If this Mobile Maintenance Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 732767 or sara@horticruitment.com.
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Skilled Gardener
Skilled Gardener required
Ref EC12783
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced skilled gardener to manage a beautiful private garden in Hampstead, Greater London. The diverse 1-acre garden consists of a rose garden and climbing roses, wisteria, yew hedges, mixed beds, herbaceous borders and shrubs, mature trees, a kitchen garden with raised beds and a greenhouse, lawn, tennis courts, pond with a water feature and a pergola / trellis walkway.
The skilled gardener will have a true passion for plants and gardening, a positive ‘can-do’ attitude and have the determination and drive to work autonomously. He / She will have a vision for maintaining and enhancing the garden as required and is someone who takes pride in their work.
The successful candidate will ideally hold a minimum level 2 horticultural qualification combined with excellent plant knowledge, excellent technical skills and a minimum of 5 years previous experience working on private estates. PA1/PA6 spray certificates would be an advantage as well as the ability to operate and maintain a range of garden machinery. He/ She will have a full driving licence and would happy to occasionally assist with handyman duties.
A one-bedroom accommodation, offsite but next to the property, is provided for the successful candidate. The accommodation is suitable for single occupancy; council tax and water and electricity bills will be covered by the employers.
SALARY: Circa £25,000 depending on experience
LOCATION: Hampstead, London
JOB No: EC12783
If this Skilled Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Senior Gardener
Senior Gardener Required
Ref - A448
Our client is a landscape maintenance company specialising in the care and improvement of gardens within residential developments in London. The company was established in 1985 and the owner has over 35 years’ experience in landscape construction and maintenance and holds a Royal Horticultural Society Master of Horticulture.
The company is made up of a small team of professional gardeners committed to the highest standards of customer service which operates at all levels, they are also committed to the wellbeing and development of their staff. Most of the work is in southeast and east London on contracts to improve and maintain the gardens of many of the exclusive residential developments on both banks of the River Thames, from Tower Bridge to Woolwich Arsenal. Most of the gardens are private and only accessible to residents.
The team currently consists of 5 part-time and full-time gardeners and with their longstanding relationships with several of the main players in property management in London, the company has been the garden maintenance contractor on many regular properties for over 10 years. They continue to win contracts for residential developments in London and are now in the position to recruit for a new Senior Gardener.
The Senior Gardener will be responsible for the care, cultivation and maintenance of the contracted gardens in southeast and central London. Key responsibilities and duties of the senior gardener are to undertake a comprehensive range of gardening tasks to a high standard, including but not limited to: planting and pruning, grass cutting, edging, hoeing and general bed maintenance, hedge, shrub, small tree and topiary maintenance, garden pest, disease and disorder control, input and support for planting schemes, assisting in the planning and implementation of improvements and replanting and undertaking routine maintenance of equipment in accordance with recognised procedures. The responsibility for training, supervising and advising the other gardeners in certain circumstances is also part of the role.
The nature of the role requires you to be able to enter a garden and make an assessment of the tasks that are required on any given day. Also, you will have to be able to ascertain the health status of all planting, including lawns, and be able to carry out any remedial action to address plant health issues. Communication with building managers, resident board members and property management staff is so important in this role. You really need to be able to take a ‘customer is always right’ approach even if you know that is not the case. Both your verbal and written English need to be of a good standard so that you can communicate with the various stakeholders.
Sometimes you will be working on your own. This tends to be on the days you are carrying out work in our smaller, central London sites. The green waste coming out of these sites compared to the larger sites is significantly smaller so not so much heavy lifting. However, the gardens are still ‘high-end’ requiring a keen eye for detail and skilled finishing touches.
On the days that you have one of the other gardeners working with you, you will be the one in charge and the person who makes the decisions. It will be advantageous if you have had experience of giving instruction to other gardeners in a manner that gets their ‘buy in’ and encourages them to carry out their work efficiently and to a good standard. Sometimes you will need to give them some on the job training because they are still learning to get to the right standard.
The successful candidate will ideally hold a minimum level 2 horticultural qualification, have three years practical experience of gardening in a similar setting and a strong working knowledge of ornamental plants, including plant identification. A full clean driving licence is essential for the role as you will drive company vehicles in accordance with vehicle usage and maintenance policy. You will need to be confident about driving in central London and having prior experience of this will be an advantage. The senior gardener will be someone who takes pride in their work and adheres to and promotes all relevant policies such as those relating to health and safety. Excellent customer service and communication skills and the ability to work under your own initiative is important and you may be required to undertake other duties within the broad scope of the job as may be requested by the Director.
It’s an early start every day - 7am at the head office. However, the finish time is 3pm and it’s nice to be able to beat the traffic on the way home. That’s an 8-hour day with a half hour lunch break that is paid. Your work will be scheduled for each day, Monday to Friday. Generally, you will have 2 or 3 sites to visit in a day and some of the bigger sites require a full day to complete.
If this Senior Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Sara Yassin on 01233 732767 or sara@horticruitment.com.
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Gardener
Ref - A999
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Gardener to be part of the team at a very prestigious site in London. This role is an excellent opportunity for a talented and passionate gardener to join a close team on a varied site, under a talented and welcoming Head Gardener.
The Grounds Team are part of the Estates Department and are made up of 26 professional and highly motivated individuals who pride themselves on the maintenance and upkeep of the prestigious grounds. The grounds include ten croquet lawns, thirty grass tennis courts, a cricket ground, a nine-hole golf course, two bowling greens and over a hectare of trees, flowers, shrubs and ornamental lawns. It is through the efforts of the Grounds Team that the site’s guests are rewarded year-on-year with award winning sports surfaces and stunning seasonally changing flowerbeds.
Typical duties will include a variety of horticultural tasks such as bed preparation, seeding, planting and weeding as well as pruning across all garden areas. The successful applicant will work closely with the Head Gardener, Senior Gardener and rest of the team at all times. Candidates must be passionate and qualified horticulturalists (RHS Level 2, PA1 and PA6 spraying qualifications) and be able to demonstrate previous experience within a similar environment. Applicants will have a can-do attitude, the ability to work under pressure and be friendly, polite and diplomatic.
Gardeners within the team work a 39-hour week plus compulsory (but not guaranteed) weekend overtime at one in three weekends, plus four events throughout the course of the year. The short working hours at the weekend are 07:00–10:00 in the winter and 07:00-11:00 in the summer, for which overtime is paid at a flat rate.The successful candidate will benefit from 23-days’ holiday (rising to 28 days after 5 years’ continuous service) plus Bank Holidays, uniform, life assurance, Group Income Protection, hot meals on duty, onsite parking, a discretionary annual bonus scheme and an annual performance pay review, along other discretionary benefits. References will be required for all applicants.
SALARY: Circa £25,000 DOE
LOCATION: London
JOB No: A999
If this Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Read on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Regional Crematorium Manager - C998
Regional Crematorium Manager required
The company is a very well established and historic cremation authority. The company’s principal activities are carrying out cremations and providing memorials at its crematoria. The company owns and operates crematoria across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Kent.
Benefits associated with this position include a generous base salary and bonus, Car or Car Allowance, 25 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays), and Life Insurance. The opportunity to work a 4-day week is available if required, and the flexibility to work from home is offered, however the expected site visits will still be required as part of the role.
Job Description:
The Regional Crematorium Manager will report to the Managing Director and will be responsible for crematorium site managers (currently 4-employees) as well as third-party contractors and suppliers. Indirectly, all employees aside from the Head Office teams and Executive Management will report to the postholder, i.e. Gardeners, Cremators, Administrators, Maintenance etc. The post will be based at the North West London Head Office and will require frequent travel (at least once a month) to all other sites.
The Regional Crematorium Manager will be a key figure in the organisation, responsible for shaping the future of the Company. As Regional Crematorium Manager, you would be responsible for service delivery across the organisation, ensuring delivery of exceptional quality services to our customers. The Regional Crematorium Manager has full management responsibility for overseeing all staff, budgets, health and safety practices and operations.
Key Accountabilities and Outputs:
- Work closely with each Site Manager to ensure every Crematorium is being led and managed effectively.
- Improve productivity, quality and efficiencies across the business.
- Ensure best practice is applied consistently across the Company.
- Engender a culture of mutual support and respect and working together as a management team.
- Ensure appropriate procedures are in place and regularly reviewed.
- Prepare, manage and control numerous budgets.
- Drive and deliver a health and safety improvement plan for the Company. Provide competent advice and technical guidance where necessary.
- Work closely with the Crematorium Managers to ensure that equipment is inspected and serviced in line with environmental legislation.
Expected experience, skills and competences include:
- Ideally degree educated or equivalent.
- Current practical knowledge of health and safety and previous experience of managing Health and Safety.
- ISOH or NEBOSH qualification.
- Proven Regional Management (or equivalent role) experience.
- Strong experience of leading and managing employees remotely.
- Good knowledge of different business functions.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, and the ability to quickly build a rapport with a wide range of people.
- Highly organised and proactive.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Strong business acumen, understanding priorities and functional requirements.
- Excellent IT skills with a high level of accuracy and strong attention to detail.
- Problem analysis, judgment, decisiveness; independence and resilience.
If this Regional Crematorium Manager vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Read on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Tree Planting Team Leader
Ref - T080
Tree Planting Team Leader required
Our client, based in north west London, is a well-established landscape and arboricultural contractor. They are heavily involved in street tree planting across several London boroughs.
Their workload also involves sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), tree surgery, landscaping, stump grinding, tree pits and street tree care.
As well as being approved contractors to Local Authorities in London, the Company’s clients also include Highways Authorities, Developers, Architects and Private Companies.
Job Description:
To be responsible for the daily completion of all specified projects within your area of responsibility. To efficiently manage your co-workers within The Company whilst maintaining the highest standards and working within a programmed timescale. To liaise with the H&S Coordinator, Team Manager & Directors to ensure that all works are delivered to the customers’ expectations. The Team Leader will be responsible for implementing Company operations after consultation and instruction from the Team Manager & H&S Coordinator. This will include ensuring works are planned and executed in a manner compliant with company H&S policy and legislation. You will be expected to demonstrate good working practices and supervise your co-workers.
This will be a hands-on role, so the successful candidate will need groundwork skills and be experienced in the use of petrol cut-off saws and hydraulic breakers.
TEAM LEADER KEY ACTIVITES:
- Assist the Team Manager in planning and organising each job, ensuring that sufficient resources and materials are available. Also ensures that the job is completed in the most time-efficient manner
- Assist the Office Manager in completing incident/accident reports ensuring all information is recorded and corrective action followed through
- Participation in The Company’s quality assurance, environmental standards and procedures
- Inform the Team Manager & H&S Coordinator where appropriate, take corrective action on mechanical defects or breakdown of equipment
- Assist the H&S Coordinator in ensuring the correct PPE is worn on all projects
- Completes necessary paperwork including time sheets, check sheets and site inspections
- Liaise with the Team Manager to ensure that company assets and resources are used in the most economical manner
- Assisting the Team Manager in monitoring Company/hired plant, equipment and machinery
- Work irregular hours and respond to after-hours emergency calls when required
- Report to the Team Manager on a daily basis
Candidate requirements:
- Have organisational skills and a practical approach to work
- Groundwork skills including the use of cut-off saws and breakers
- The ability to liaise with clientele & problem solve
- Be committed to provide a quality service at all times
- Have an interest in conservation, the land and the environment
- Be physically fit for outdoor work
- Have good spoken and written communication skills
- Be capable of leading a team
- Have knowledge of health and safety issues
If this Tree Planting Team Leader vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.
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Plantarea Supervisor - ADV279 - Please respond direct to the advertiser
Plantarea Supervisor required
We are looking for an experienced and friendly horticulturalist to join our award-winning independent Garden Centre on the edge of Ravenscourt Park, West London.
The role involves running the plant area to ensure we deliver a high level of customer service, the plants and displays are maintained to a high standard and the garden centre looks well cared for and attractive at all times. You will be involved in ordering the outdoor plants and receiving deliveries and unloading plants. We are known for our creative displays so we are looking for someone who will enjoy the more creative side of the role too.
We will need the ideal candidate to have a strong knowledge of outdoor plants and be confident to advise customers on a broad range of horticultural topics.
Overall we are a relatively small and friendly team and we hope to find someone who will enjoy working together to deliver an excellent customer experience and a truly life enhancing destination for people to come to in London.
Please apply by sending your CV to louise@w6gc.co.uk
Freelance Interior Plant Maintenance Gardener - ADV278 - Please respond direct to the advertiser
Freelance Interior Plant Maintenance Gardener required
Organisational Context
Global Generation has an established network of urban food-growing sites in Camden and a satellite garden in Southwark. Our work is focused on the development of the whole person, providing support for young people to become catalysts for change in their communities. We integrate values based reflective learning into practical sessions, enabling young people to grow themselves, grow relationships and grow a new vision for the future. This commercial aspect of our work is important not only to bring unrestricted income to the organisation, but it also helps us build relationships with companies across the Kings Cross Estate, opening up further opportunities for collaborative work.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
As the Indoor Plant Maintenance Gardener you will be caring for around 700 indoor plants spread across 8 floors including meeting rooms, communal spaces, the main reception and restaurant areas.
Maintaining interior planting displays to a high standard, this will include:
- Watering all plant displays across 8 floors (not including desk plants)Identifying and treating pests promptly, and organically
- Feeding as required
- Pruning and tidying plants to maintain good plant health, ensuring all plants look their best at all times
- Replacing and repotting plants as and when necessary and liaising with our staff to ensure new plants are supplied
- Making sure all work areas are left clean, tidy and ensuring maintenance work doesn’t interfere with staff activity.
- Friendly communication with staff on site.
- Reporting weekly any issues arising or concerns about planting.
- Carrying out any other reasonable duties as required by us, and responding to any immediate issues raised by the client on site.
- Some administration including email correspondence with the client
For more information about this role, please click here. Deadline for applications is 5pm on Sunday 1st March 2020.
As we are looking to recruit quickly for this role, we may withdraw the job if the right candidate is found before the advertised deadline.
