Apprentice Gardener

Job Description

Based at Broomfield Depot, Broomfield Road, Montrose.

This job is workstyle 1.

In this workstyle most of your time is spent undertaking the direct delivery of front-line services work. Depending on your role there may be a limited requirement to access a specific council location during the course of the working week if you are not delivering your service at a council location.

You will work 37 hours per week.

Hours are worked as follows:

Summer April to October (43 hours per week)

Monday to Wednesday, 7.30am to 5.00pm

Thursday to Friday, 7.30am to 4.00pm

Winter November to mid February (27 hours per week)

4 day week, 8.15am to 3.30pm

During the winter period you will be required to work either Tuesday to Friday or Monday to Thursday on alternate years.

Spring mid February to March (37 hours per week)

Monday to Thursday, 8.00am to 4.00pm

Friday, 8.00am to 3.30pm

This job is temporary until no later than 1 September 2028.

Please note interviews will be held Wednesday, 2 April 2025.

Requirements

Please refer to modern apprentice charter, job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

Please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.