Grounds Gardens Assistant
Grounds Gardens Assistant
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Job Description
About us
Part of London Regional HotelsThe Lensbury Resortis located on the Banks of the River Thames at Teddington and is home to an exclusive leisure club a 155 bedroom hotel meeting and events space restaurant and bar Spa and 25 acres of gardens and grounds.
The Role
Reporting to the Grounds & Gardens Manager you will be supporting the team in the maintenance and upkeep of The Lensbury grounds and gardens.
This is a 32 hour role working 4 days per week.
The Benefits
- Free meals whilst on duty
- Paid annual leave of 28 days including public holidays (prorata as parttime)
- Use of some leisure facilities including gym & swimming pool (after successful 30 day review)
- EAP for you and your family
- Online benefits portal offering lots of discounts
- Fully funded Apprenticeship opportunities
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Staff Awards and Social events throughout the year
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Refer a Friend programme
- Staff Discounts at The Lensbury and across the LR portfolio
Key Responsibilities
- General seasonal turf maintenance (cutting feeding edging etc.
- Watering of all new planting bedding planting container planting & turf
- Assist in annual sports surface renovation
- Ensure all entrances exits and fire escapes are accessible and clear of leaves grass etc
- Assist with ensuring all areas such as flowerbeds garden and grass surfaces trees etc. are correctly maintained and all external areas are kept clean tidy and always well presented
- Check for general wear of the pitches any disease or discolouration of the grass and report to the manager or Head Groundsperson
- Undertake leaf blowing clearance and weeding of all shrub borders
- Litter picking and bin emptying around the whole of The Lensbury site
- Undertake gritting and snow clearing as required
- Assist with the safeguarding and correct storage of all machinery fertilisers chemicals and equipment and participate in any relevant training on procedures for their use.
- Clean and maintain the outdoor furniture
- Undertake any other jobs required by the Head Gardener or management.
- Ensure all Health and safety procedures and policies are always adhered to.
What were looking for:
To be successful in this role you must possess the following qualifications attitude behaviours skills and values:
- General knowledge of plants and their care and maintenance
- Experience in sports turf care (preferable but not essential)
- Good communicator with a cando attitude and the ability to work in the team as well as unsupervised.
- NVQ Level 2 or RHS equivalent (preferable but not essential)
- PA1 PA2 and PA6 in pesticide and herbicide applications (preferable but not essential)
- Experience operating tractors and tractormounted equipment (desirable but not essential as training can be provided)
- Driving licence
- Committed to progress within the role
- Focused on training and development
Employment Type
Full-Time
