Supervisor Gardener

Job Description

Place

Supervisor Gardener
Based at our Bankhead Depot or Inverleith Park Depot

Salary: £28,046 - £32,010
Hours: 36 per week

We are looking for a Supervisor Gardeners based at either our Bankhead Depot to work within our South West Openspace Team or Inverleith Park Depot to work with our cycleway maintenance teams.

The successful applicant will oversee and carry out horticultural, landscaping and ground maintenance duties to improve Edinburgh’s parks, gardens, greenspaces and cemeteries. They will also lead and manage the performance of Senior Gardeners, Gardeners and Seasonal/Apprentice Gardeners. They will also provide training and instruction in horticultural practice to Senior Gardeners, Gardeners and Seasonal/Apprentice Gardeners.

Post holders will have:

- SVQ Level 3 in Amenity Horticulture, Green-keeping, or Nursery practice or equivalent.
- Current, clean, full driving licence or commitment to complete qualification.
- NPTC Certificate of Competence in use of Pesticides PA1 + PA6a.
- A minimum of five years experience in horticulture, ground maintenance, green-keeping, or nursery practice.
- Experience of working with the public.
- Experience of operating ground maintenance machinery and equipment.
- Significant experience of supervising and managing operational staff within an organisation of comparable scope, size and complexity within the public or private sector.
- Experience of training or instructing staff.
- Experience of driving vehicles, including tractors and towing of trailers.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and policy.
- Knowledge of preparing and maintaining floral meadows.
- Knowledge of maintaining sports pitches.
- Knowledge of planting and maintaining herbaceous perennials and shrubs.
- Knowledge of propagation techniques.
- Knowledge in designing and planting out floral displays.

A1 SVQ Assessors Award and certification for use of tractor mounted spraying equipment are desirable.

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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