Estate Head Gardener - 36783

Location : Cambridge
Salary : 32K+ DOE
Vacancy type : Permanent
Vacancy ID : 36783

A rewarding and challenging opportunity has arisen to develop and maintain our gardens and sports ground/facilities as our Client goes through a period of considerable change.

Responsibilities

To be responsible and accountable for providing the maintenance, continued development and improvement of the grounds, gardens and sports fields to the highest horticultural standards as well as managing, leading and developing the grounds and gardens team.

  • Proactively lead, manage and develop a team of qualified grounds staff to ensure that they have the capability and capacity to meet the departmentâ??s planned and reactive grounds, gardens and sports fields program
  • Appraise staff for whom you are directly responsible and ensure that training programmes are identified and implemented.
  • Develop and implement a health and safety culture
  • Prepare and present reports on the grounds and gardening function as required
  • Provide technical advice and information to inform expansion planning as and when required
  • Assist in the preparation of revenue budgets with the Assistant Bursar
  • Undertake occasional project work and adaptations within the agreed budgets
  • Ensure that correct tendering procedures are followed in accordance with the College's policies and procedures.
  • Assist in the planning and implementation of future site development and the maintenance of a dedicated sporting fields.
  • Key player within the Facilities Management Team.

Person Specification

  • RHS Diploma Level 3 or equivalent
  • Chainsaw usage qualification - desirable
  • Other machinery/equipment qualifications eg NVQ in land based machinery, PA1 and PA6 spray certificates
  • First Aid trained
  • Health and Safety qualification
  • Ability to lead and motivate a team
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Strong communication skills across many levels and ability to develop good working relationships
  • Ability to prioritise own and others workloads both short and long term
  • Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
  • Must be able to demonstrate sound decision making and judgment under pressure
  • IT literate

Please quote 36783 when speaking with one of our consultants.

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