Grounds Maintenance Operatives (6 month FTC)

Were VIVID! We offer a vibrant friendly inclusive culture that supports develops and attracts the best people!

Love working in the great outdoors Were seeking dedicated and hardworking Grounds Maintenance Operatives to join our customer-focused team! In this role youll be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of communal outdoor areas ensuring they are safe clean and visually appealing for our customers.

We currently have afull time 6-month fixed term contractopportunity availablecoveringBasingstoke. Youll be contractually based from one of our local offices and will travel within the surrounding areas.

These roles are 39 hours per week offering the opportunity to work as part of a supportive team while making a visible difference in our communities.

Want to know what we can offer you

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays) pro rata with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home (pro rata)
• Uniform and PPE provided
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. Well match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity paternity adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Heres the facts about the role:
As a Grounds Maintenance Operative youll carry out a high standard of groundswork to make our communal grounds areas attractive for customers. Youll have good communication skills and the ability to interact with residents and colleagues in a friendly and professional manner with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Youll have goodknowledgeand experience in this field with skills to operate a variety of equipment machines and materials that youll use on a daily basis.

Duties will include:

• Routine grounds maintenance tasks such as grass/hedge cutting trimming and weeding
• Hard area maintenance and low-level tree work as well as soft landscaping
• Shrub maintenance
• Ensuring communal areas are free from litter and debris.
• Perform regular inspections to identify and address any potential safety hazards
• Assist with seasonal tasks such as leaf removal
• Operating grounds maintenance equipment and tools
• Respond promptly to maintenance requests and from residents
  

We do our best to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible. However due to the nature of this position the job holder must be capable of:

• Working at heights
• Manual handling and lifting heavy and bulky items
• A high degree of mobility which will include walking/lifting/loading and unloading vehicles
  

Offers are subject to a full clean current UK driving licence (held for at least 1 year) to be able to drive one of our vans when needed. This role requires a DBS check.

Were a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home were here to help with that and more.

Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term and this means in the quality safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods with a firm focus on improving services so theyre easy to use and access by our customers.

Were addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. Were the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England having built over 1500 last year.

This is summed up in our vision More homes bright futures.