Community Gardener in Kent, Maidstone

Residential Management Group (RMG), a market-leading Property Management Company, is looking for a hands-on and proactive Gardener to join our onsite team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a well-maintained residential development, helping to create and maintain an attractive and safe environment for residents and visitors.

35 hours per week Monday to Friday (8 AM until 4 PM) - On site at our Holborough Lakes development in Snodland (ME6).

As a Gardener, you'll play a key role in ensuring the estate remains a clean, safe and visually appealing environment. Working closely with the Estate Manager and Head Gardener, your responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out general gardening duties including litter picking, mowing, strimming, weeding, hedge cutting, planting and mulching.
• Supporting with seasonal tasks such as gritting and waste clearance.
• Working collaboratively with onsite teams and contractors, ensuring safe working practices are followed.
• Promoting a strong health & safety culture, ensuring risks are identified, reported and managed appropriately.

We're looking for someone who takes pride in their work and enjoys working outdoors in a hands-on, practical role. Knowledge of maintaining high-end or landscaped developments is desirable.

Join the RMG family and become part of one of the largest and most respected property management companies in the UK, managing a portfolio spanning over 156,000 households nationwide. We pride ourselves on delivering a first-class service and creating environments that residents are proud to call home.

You'll not only be joining a thriving market leader, you'll also receive a superb benefits package, including:

• 27 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays.
• Option to buy or sell annual leave.
• Free Healthcare Cashback Plan, plus 24/7 access to remote GP services.
• Pension scheme matched up to 7% and Life Assurance.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Access to Our Place Rewards, offering shopping discounts, vouchers and cashback.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. For this role, we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.