Grounds Maintenance Operative

About Us

Kingdom Housing Association provides housing and support throughout East Central Scotland. Our Asset Management team manage, maintain and invest in our property assets to make sure that our properties provide attractive, good quality homes for our residents and future customers.

About the Role

We are looking for a Grounds Maintenance Operative to be part of our Grounds Maintenance Team. This role will be based in the West area undertaking year-round work for our customers in landscaped and communal areas. The team will carry out general ground maintenance such as grass cutting, weeding, hedge trimming, low level tree pruning and leaf collection.

Each team will have access to a van for travel between sites, however, you may have to travel to and from site at the start and end of the day depending on your location. You will be provided with all the relevant training to carry out the role.

About You

You will have previous experience in a semi-skilled manual labour role, good customer service skills and be willing and able to work outdoors in all weather conditions. You will have a full driving licence and basic knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.

You will be required to complete a satisfactory Standard Police Act Disclosure Scotland check.

We Offer

• An attractive salary and benefits package
• A contributory pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• A range of learning and development opportunities
• Enhanced family friendly and sick pay entitlements
• Discounted gym membership
• Our free employee counselling service
• We will consider flexible working options to support you to have a good work life balance

How to Apply

You can apply online by visiting our website: https://www.kingdomhousing.org.uk/jobs/ and click on the Kingdom Housing Association Vacancies link.

Kingdom is committed to contributing towards the eradication of homelessness. As part of that, we particularly welcome applications from people who are currently registered homeless or have been in the last 12 months. We will guarantee shortlisting to any applicant who meets that criteria and the essential criteria for the vacancy. If we offer you the role and you are homeless at that point, we will also offer you a tenancy in one of our properties as part of the Naumann Initiative. If you wish your application to be considered under the scheme, please state this under “Supporting information” on your application form.

Scottish Charity No: SC000874