Gardener
- Location:
- Inverleith Park 5a Arboretum Place Edinburgh, EH3 5NY
- Salary:
- £24,909 - £25,116 per year
- Contract Type:
- Permanent
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 36 hours per week
Job Description
Place
Gardener
Various locations
Salary: £24,909 - £25,116
Hours: 36 per week
Become part of our Greenspace maintenance teams, working within a mobile squad looking after our Parks & Greenspaces.
Opportunity to be based at one of the following depots
Inch Park Depot
Inverleith Park Depot
Bankhead Depot
Carries out horticultural, landscaping and ground maintenance duties to improve Edinburgh’s parks, gardens, greenspaces and cemeteries.
A member of a gardening team undertaking horticultural, landscaping and grounds maintenance tasks.
Contributes expertise to the development of initiatives, plans and policies within own area of expertise and knowledge.
Supports the development of team-working within gardening squad.
Identifies and initiates opportunities for operational and horticultural improvement within the duties of the position.
Implement operations to deliver horticultural standards.
The post holder will be expected to operate a range of vehicles, machinery and equipment.
Knowledge and skills in horticultural, ground maintenance or greenkeeping is required.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
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