Skilled Gardener- Full Time
You will need to be very good and experienced to apply for this role
Location: The Palace of Westminster Houses of Parliament / London
Hourly Rate: Up to £18.83 per hour
Contract type: Permanent if all goes well
Working hours: 3 days (24hrs) working within The Palace of Westminster Houses of Parliament. 2 days as a skilled gardener on a separate site around the same location, if full-time hours required- 40hrs.
About the role
Our client currently provides horticultural & landscaping services for the Palace of Westminster Estate. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled & experienced horticulturalist to get involved with the preparations around events like the State Opening of Parliament. There may at times be requests coming from multiple stakeholders (the Speaker's Office, the Ceremonial Works Office or the Service Delivery Manager) all at once that will be reactive & the candidate will be required to support the Head Gardener in managing these complex pressures.
Responsibilities
- Regular site inspection
- Clearance of litter, debris and detritus
- Grass cutting, edging and cultural operations
- Weeding, pruning and dead-heading of planted areas, including containers
- Re-mulching / top-dressing planted areas and hedge bases
- Hedge cutting and maintenance
- Pleaching trees
- Hard surface weed control
- Hard surface cleansing, including sweeping and pressure washing
- Maintenance of gravel areas
- Leaf clearing - all areas
- Green roof maintenanceIrrigation generally
- Maintenance of internal plants, including trees at PCH
Ad-hoc works
- Re-instatement of lawn areas following events
- Emergency tree work
- Replacement planting
- Improvements to the green roof
- Site improvement work
Requirements
- Stipulated level of security vetting; applicants must engage proactively once an offer has been made.
- A requirement of the vetting procedure is to supply HMRC evidence of the previous 3 years' employment.
- Demonstratable high-horticultural skills and knowledge, backed up by a formal Horticultural qualification (equiv. L2 NVQ/RHS Hort).
- Demonstratable experience on working with multiple stakeholders within the field of horticulture/landscaping.
- Awareness of equality and diversity, health and safety and safeguarding.
- Excellent people skills including team working, problem solving and the ability to be calm and decisive in challenging situations.
- A flexible approach to work.
- Harness Training would be desirable.
Starts ASAP.
Please send a CV or call to apply.
Contact Details:
Professional Personnel Management Ltd Recruitment Team
