Grounds Maintenance Operative

About the role

Join CHP as a Grounds Maintenance Operative to deliver high‑quality grounds maintenance across all CHP properties, including sheltered schemes, communal areas and individual properties.

• Deliver a high‑quality grounds maintenance service by cutting grass, trimming hedges, controlling weeds, picking litter, planting and carrying out minor tree works; undertake repairs and maintenance for fencing, gates and posts.
• Carry out basic maintenance, cleaning and safety checks of horticultural machinery, vehicles and tools; report any defects or unsafe machinery/tools to your line manager.
• Effectively deal with issues/enquiries reported from customers or colleagues; report to your line manager any matters you are unable to resolve and attend customers’ meetings where necessary.
• Assist team colleagues, supervisors and managers as required, working as part of a larger team to contribute to the delivery of small repairs, empty homes and larger project works.
• Conduct all work in compliance with current health and safety (H&S) legislation, including manual handling, working at heights and asbestos awareness, with method statements and risk assessments undertaken where appropriate.

• Evidence of good literacy and numeracy at GCSE level or equivalent.
• Physically fit and able to carry out the demands of the job and prepared to work in all weathers.
• Experience operating grass cutting equipment and other horticultural machinery.
• Ability to use own initiative to organise work to ensure delivery of an efficient service while working safely at all times.

The salary for this post is £28,560 per annum.

• 25 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays and 3 extra days between Christmas and New Year; 1 wellbeing day per annum.
• 37 hours per week – flexible working by agreement with business needs.
• Learning and development opportunities, robust employee reward and recognition programme, and a free confidential Employee Assistance Programme.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications or successfully appoint a candidate before the closing date.

We are closed over the Christmas period, returning on 5 January 2026. All queries will be picked up after this date.