Senior Gardener

Overview

Senior Gardener

Various locations

Salary: £26,337 - £28,835

Hours:

36 per week

Senior Gardener Position within our Parks & Green space Operational Service. The post will be based at one of our Operational Depots across the city and you will be required to carry out horticultural, landscaping and ground maintenance duties to improve Edinburghs parks, gardens and green spaces.

You will be part of a gardening team undertaking horticultural, landscaping and grounds maintenance tasks at various locations across a geographical area. You will work within a small team managed by a Supervisor Gardener who will lead the team on a daily basis. You will support your Supervisor Gardener, take instruction and support the development of teamwork within your gardening squad.

You will assist in training and instruction of gardening staff as required. You may deputise for Supervisors as required by the Service. Although post holders are not directly responsible for day to day supervision of staff, you are expected to support and direct and, when appropriate, supervise new starts, apprentices, students and other shadow workers. You are expected to promote effective teamwork at all times.

• Apply knowledge and skills in horticulture and parks and grounds maintenance; hold a relevant qualification to SVQ 2 level or equivalent or demonstrate evidence of required experience.
• Work to defined operational standards and all relevant work practices and health & safety guidance as appropriate to the tasks.
• May use hand held technology to record work, receive instructions and report back on actions or problems identified.
• Assist in preparation, review and updating of operational risk assessments.
• Operate a range of vehicles, machinery and equipment.
• Assist in determining work practices/arrangements and standards of work, in relation to managing the team on a daily basis.
• Undertake tasks in a range of settings without constant supervision, either alone or as part of a team, depending on the task.
• Health and safety guidelines with risk assessments should be adhered to on site. Operate in accordance with the Council’s Lone Working policy.

• Duties involve lengthy periods of heavy manual work. You will be required to work in all weather and ground conditions and in moving traffic.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to ensure we bring the best people into our roles, not just in skills and experience but also in their approach to work. We are changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach.

This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect
, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working. We are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours page.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. Happy to talk flexible working. Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljob.

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