Southern Housing
Grounds Maintenance Operative
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Reporting to our local Estate Services Manager, you will be delivering a high-quality gardening and grounds maintenance service across Kent.
You'll be provided with tools and machinery to help you undertake your tasks and we will supply you with a new uniform, safety boots and personal protective equipment. You will need to have the ability to work outside in all weathers and be able to undertake physically demanding work. This is a permanent position working 35 hours a week.
Some Key Duties Will Include
- Carrying out a range of tasks required for grounds maintenance including, but not limited to, weeding, dead heading, hoeing, planting, pruning, and cutting.
- Cutting and maintaining lawns and grass areas to a variety of finishes (fine to rough meadow type) using a variety of machines, including pedestrian operated, tractors & ride-on mowers, strimmer’s and brush cutters.
- Responding promptly to acts of vandalism, including graffiti, and reporting all incidents to your line manager.
- Being a point of contact for residents, assisting where possible or referring enquiries to colleagues.
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What You’ll Need
- Experience in undertaking gardening / grounds maintenance duties
- Experience of working in small teams
- Basic knowledge and understanding of health and safety considerations as they apply to this role.
- You must hold a full UK driving licence with no more than six points and with no serious motoring offences in the last 10 years (i.e., CD, DD, DG, DR, IN, MR, TT). You must also have a minimum of two years driving experience. We will undertake driving licence checks on the successful candidate as part of our standard pre-employment checks process.
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Advert Closing Date: 16th August 2026 at 23:59 (We may close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications).
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