Parks - Gardener South

Permanent, Full time 37 hours a week.

Location:

This vacancy is in the South team based at Cater Road depot (BS13 7TW
). You could be asked to work in other areas of the city in future.

This is a great opportunity to become part of the Parks and Green Spaces team with Bristol City Council. As a Gardener within South Bristol, you will maintain our fantastic parks and green spaces as well as housing sites and highway verges.

• Carrying out a full range of grounds maintenance operational tasks including grass cutting, pruning, sports ground maintenance, conservation management tasks, bin emptying and removing waste on site.
• Leading and instructing volunteers in parks and green spaces and support the delivery of events.
• Supporting seasonal workers, apprentices and work placements.
• Carrying out small repairs to park features, furniture and infrastructure and inclement weather tasks eg gritting.

• NVQ Level 2 in Amenity Horticulture or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Knowledge of health and safety in the workplace.
• Ability to carry out the physical demands of the role, working outdoors and at weekends when requested to do so.
• Full driving licence for use in the UK and ability to drive a wide range of vehicles and plant.
• Good communication skills.

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high profile organisation. Join us and you’ll receive a generous rewards package including membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance.

In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

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To be successful in being shortlisted for interview, please submit an application which fully demonstrates how you meet each of the essential criteria as laid out in the Person Specification, this should be demonstrated in the ‘Further Information’ section of your application. Your application should fully evidence your education and training, along with your previous employment history. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, therefore please demonstrate how you can meet desirable criteria if you are able to do so.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 10th March.

If you have any further queries after reading the job advert along with the attached job paperwork then please contact:
Tom Penn

Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Young people, Black and racially minoritised and Disabled candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council.

Appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.