Landscape Service Officer

Location: Greater London

# Landscape Service Officer## Job Introduction
** What you’ll do
** As a Landscape Services Officer at Notting Hill Genesis, you will work closely with our contractors to help shape the quality and consistency of our outdoor spaces. You will make sure the day-to-day landscape services are delivered in line with the contractual time frames. Focusing on the better places arm of our NHG making London home strategy you will drive the aesthetics on our estates.

This will see you working across both elements of horticulture and arboriculture.
** How you’ll do it
*** Monitor and manage contractor performance across NHG’s landscape services portfolio.
* Lead on enhancement schemes and support the delivery of annual improvement works.
* Ensure compliance with maintenance schedules for green/brown roofs and tree management programmes.
* Support re-tendering of contracts and ensure services represent good value for money.
* Advise internal and external stakeholders, attend resident meetings, and represent NHG professionally.
* Collaborate with development and asset teams to protect landscaped areas and promote biodiversity.
* Ensure contractors meet accreditation standards and quality control requirements.
* Keep up to date with health and safety, financial regulations, and best practice in landscape management.
** The ideal candidate
** We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation. Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification. The role is a great chance to build on an already existing passion for both customer services and horticulture.

Training will be provided to support embedding knowledge picked up through experience though a qualification would be greatly received.

Essential:
* City & Guilds Level 3 (or equivalent) in horticulture, or significant horticultural/parks management experience.
* Experience in landscape management, including contractor oversight and delivery of improvement works.
* Experience in contractor management
* A drive to deliver excellent services for residents

Desirable:
* A good knowledge through qualifications or experience of arboriculture
* A passion for being outdoors with a good knowledge of plants, trees and landscape management

Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include:
* Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
* Generous pension scheme
* Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
* Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations
* Health cash plan
* Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more
* Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
* Cycle to work scheme
* Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,800 employees.

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit:
** Selection Process
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