Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Operative (Environmental)
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract until 30th October 2026
Salary: £24507.16 Per Annum
Working Hours: 35 hours per week
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, Hybrid
Location: Stoke on Trent
Please attach a current CV and covering letter. Riverside recruits to potential, so apply even if you do not meet all essential criteria.
We accept applications from those with valid legal permission to work in the UK. Riverside will not sponsor further applications.
The difference you will make as a Grounds Maintenance Operative (Environmental)
To undertake a range of grounds maintenance work within your assigned region on landscaped areas, gardens and open spaces owned by the Group.
About you
- Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience.
- Ability to undertake manual work.
- Customer focussed with excellent communication skills.
Why Riverside?
At Riverside, we’re a housing association enhancing everyday life for all our customers. We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK.
Benefits
- Competitive pay & generous pension
- 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
- Flexible working options available
- Investment in learning, personal development and technology
- A wide range of benefits
Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside
We are inclusive and value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered and heard. Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants who declare a disability.
Application deadline
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to be considered.
Role Profile
- Undertake general maintenance of hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivations.
- Provide a rapid flexible response to removal of fly tipping, rubbish removal and graffiti removal.
- Maintain safe working practices at all times when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery.
- Report health, safety and environmental breaches to the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in line with the agreed escalation route.
- Apply ‘Our Riverside Way’ within the environmental offer by delivering excellent levels of customer service at all times.
- Provide community insight, reporting any environmental issues, community safety or resident feedback to the Environmental Supervisor as appropriate and in line with the agreed escalation route.
- Maintain effective relationships with colleagues on each of our contracts.
- Undertake personal development and training to keep up to date with all relevant legislation.
- Work collaboratively and flexibly across all teams within the organisation.
- Ensure work activities are compliant with the organisation’s policies and procedures as well as external statutory and regulatory obligations.
- Respond flexibly to any necessary changes in work priorities and undertake other duties when required to support the effective operation of the service.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and procedures.
- Ensure that health and safety requirements are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures and statutory requirements.
- Ensure that all information security requirements, including data protection, are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures and statutory requirements.
Additional Information
- The Group has offices across the UK and there may be the requirement to travel to other locations to effectively perform this role, albeit regular support will be required to teams in Camden and Dartford.
- The role will be exposed to sensitive information; the role holder is expected to maintain confidentiality at all times.
- You will be required to work flexibly during the hours of operation.
- The role holder is expected to be committed to equal opportunities and to promote non‑discriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken.
Person specification
Essential
- Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience.
- Ability to undertake manual work.
- Customer focussed with excellent communication skills.
- Clean driving licence.
- Basic IT skills including Microsoft Office.
- Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements.
Desirable
- Successful completion of a horticultural course.
