Skilled Gardener
Richmond, Surrey

The Organisation

Our client manages parkland across London, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments.

They also manage other important public spaces and other iconic green spaces attracting millions of visitors every year.

They are now looking for a Skilled Gardener to join them on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Benefits

- Salary of £30,072 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location

This is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced and qualified horticulturist with sound plant knowledge to join a historic organisation.

You’ll have the chance to play a vital role in the conservation of one of London’s most iconic green spaces. With engaging plant life and flora, every day offers an opportunity to experience the beauty of nature up close.

What’s more, our client offers access to first-class training and development opportunities, making sure you can develop your skill set and career exactly as you’ve been dreaming!

The Role

As a Skilled Gardener, you will care for, cultivate and maintain allocated areas of the gardens.

Contributing to the delivery of garden plans and programmes of work, you will conduct seasonal maintenance, planting, pruning, regeneration projects and habitat management.

You will set and maintain high horticultural standards, embedding achievable, sustainable practices and promoting biodiversity in our client’s parks.

Additionally, you will:

- Carry out specific projects as directed
- Deliver excellent customer care
- Adhere to current Health and Safety legislation and best practice
- Offer guidance and training to the apprentices, individuals on work placements and volunteers

About You

To be considered as a Skilled Gardener, you will need:

- Demonstrable practical horticultural experience
- Good knowledge of horticultural plant and machinery operations
- Good plant knowledge - particularly around shrubs, herbaceous and bulbous plants
- Good knowledge of Health & Safety in the workplace
- A formal horticultural qualification e.g. NVQ Level 2 (amenity horticulture) or RHS, or equivalent experience

Other organisations may call this role Gardener, Groundskeeper, Grounds Person, Horticultural Technician, Horticulture Operative, or Horticulturalist.

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Our client is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. They value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. They believe that the more inclusive they are, the better their work will be.

So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as a Skilled Gardener, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

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