St Monica Trust
Gardener
Bristol
£28.3k – £31.5k/yr
Posted about 22 hours ago
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Job Description
Hourly rate: £13.64 per hour
Hours: 12 hours per week
Key Results
- Undertake all gardening and grounds duties for the Trust, including the maintenance of lawns, borders, flowerbeds, paths, ponds, and indoor planting.
- Provide a high-quality service to our customers, supporting and advising residents, should they wish to engage in gardening activities and responding appropriately to queries from residents, colleagues, or visitors.
- Work with the wider Estates team carrying out additional security and maintenance duties in line with the Trust’s policies and procedures and health and safety legislation.
- Assist the wider estates team with additional duties such as the set-up for site events and activities and timely collection of recycling and waste.
- Respond to site emergencies including emergencies involving utility services, extreme weather, or environmental disasters.
- Drive any of the Trust’s vehicles including the minibus as required (providing qualified to do so).
Skills and Experience
Communication
- Write notes and messages – numeracy, literacy, and verbal skills.
- Communicate with people with differing communication needs.
- Encourage and influence.
- Understand and follow instructions and procedures.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Mixed methods and mediums of communication.
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Thinking Style
- Analyses and evaluates given information.
- Adapts style and approach appropriate to situation or task.
- Structures tasks/activities.
- Pre-empts issues and trouble-shoots.
- Refers appropriate decisions to line manager.
- Identify and recommend learning and development areas for colleagues.
- Challenge, or suggest new ways of working, to promote the efficiency of the unit or team.
Well-being and values
- Demonstrate interest, care, and attention.
- Create a positive impression.
- Reliable, dependable, and professional
- Collaborate with residents – tailoring service to meet individual needs.
- Promptly respond to or refer to team leader/line manager (as appropriate to role), issues of residents or colleagues’ health or well-being.
- Understand the needs of older people and people with dementia (including willingness and motivation to learn).
- Aware of cultural and individual differences in all interactions and service areas.
Working with Others
- Works effectively as part of a team.
- Builds relationships of trust with others (team, residents, and their family & friends).
Potential exposure to challenging, physical or emotional situations.
Other Skills and Qualifications
Essential
- Experience of working as a gardener
- Ability to carry out a range of practical tasks including basic maintenance and security.
- Practical knowledge of using machinery and chemicals safely for gardening
- Current, clean full driving licence or ability to travel efficiently across our villages
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Desirable
- RHS level 2 certificate (or equivalent)
- Pa1 and Pa6a certificate
- Chainsaw certificate
- D1. Category or PCV, driving licence with minibus driving experience.
- Basic health and safety, first aid, fire procedures and manual handling
- Basic ground works, buildings, and maintenance
- Previous experience of working with older people in a care environment
Additional Information
- Duties must be carried out in compliance with St Monica Trust’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.
- This role profile contains the principal accountabilities relating to this post and does not describe in detail all the duties required to carry them out.
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and this means that any criminal conviction, including spent convictions, must be made known at the time of the application
Salary Ranges:
£28,371.20 - £31,470.40
Time Type:
Part time
If you have any queries please email our Recruitment Team - recruitment@stmonicatrust.org.uk
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Skills
Gardening
Grounds maintenance
Customer service
Communication
Machinery operation
Chemical safety
Basic maintenance
Security
Teamwork
First aid
Manual handling
Fire safety
Driving
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