At a Glance
- Tasks: Maintain beautiful gardens and support clients with practical tasks.
- Company: Bridge-It Housing, dedicated to making a real difference in people's lives.
- Benefits: 30 days annual leave, staff discounts, and a supportive community.
- Other info: Flexible hours, full-time role with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Join a passionate team and make a positive impact every day.
- Qualifications: Experience in gardening or grounds maintenance preferred; must have a valid driver's licence.
At Bridge-It Housing, we're driven by one simple purpose: to make a real difference in people's lives. We don't just talk about positive change; we live it every day. As one of our permanent Gardeners, you'll play a key role in bringing that mission to life. If you're practical, flexible and take satisfaction in a job well done, this could be the role for you. We pride ourselves on being a supportive community, both in how we work together as colleagues and in the care, respect and consistency we bring to our clients every day.
Job Details
- Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm, with some flexibility required outside these hours. The team also operates an emergency on-call phone line which is on an approximately 1 in 15 weeks rota.
- Location: XXX (Applicants should live in the local area)
- Salary: £25,000 per year + Company Van for business use
- Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent
- Closing Date: Friday 16th October 2026 (We reserve the right to close this vacancy early)
- Interview Date: TBC
The Ideal Grounds Operative
- Previous experience in a similar gardening, grounds maintenance, or general labouring role preferred.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills.
- Strong customer service skills to interact with clients in a professional manner.
- Reliable, flexible, and comfortable with a varied workload.
- A valid driver's licence and a licence to drive a sprinter-type van (based on group insurance policy) is essential.
What you will do as a Grounds Operative
- Gardening and Grounds Maintenance: Carry out weeding, cutting back bushes, grass cutting and strimming, ensuring gardens are kept tidy and free from weeds and rubbish.
- Refuse and Site Clearance: Remove rubbish from properties and grounds, keeping outdoor spaces clean and safe.
- Weighbridge Duties: Attend Dendy Dale weighbridge as and when needed.
- Property Support: Collecting and delivering furniture into properties and building flat-pack furniture as required.
- Flexibility and Team Contribution: Take on other reasonable duties as the business requires and provide support in other areas when needed.
Bridge-It Housing Grounds Operative Benefits
- 30 Days annual leave, rising 1 day on year 2 year 5 and year 7 to a total of 33 + Bank Holidays
- Summer and Christmas Party
- Staff Incentives such as The Ideas factory!
- Bright Exchange & Blue light Card for Staff discounts
- Salary reviewed annually
- Full kitchen facilities on site including tea and coffee for both clients and Staff
- Tools are provided
- Plus much more
About Us
Bridge-It Housing provides housing and support to families, single males and females. We do not discriminate by race, colour or religion and see each client as an individual, a human being, with the ability to, with the right support, turn their life around. We work to ensure that all our clients have as much respect, dignity, independence, choice and control over their own lives as possible. Empowerment is an important part of how we work. By empowerment we mean building the capacity of people who have experienced homelessness to feel that they are part of our society, regain control of their lives and become more confident about participating in decisions that affect their future. We work to foster an environment in which clients take responsibility for their own tasks and actions and learn to respect each other as individuals.
A basic DBS is required for this role so please ensure any disclosures are correctly declared if you are successful as this could affect your employment for this role. Bridge-It Housing is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds, cultures and identities. We're proud to have a diverse team of employees from all walks of life, that are all passionate about supporting those in need, and as helpful as previous experience with supporting vulnerable people is, what matters most to us is that you are passionate, empathetic and committed to making a positive difference, so if this Grounds Operative role sounds like you click apply now.
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