Assistant Gardener London, England
Job description
Assistant Gardener
Manhattan Loft Gardens (MLG), known as ‘London Sexiest Skyscraper’, is Europe’s most ambitious 42-storey skyscraper featuring 248 Loft apartments, a 145-bedroom hotel, three exclusive sky gardens, a breath-taking lobby bar and restaurant, a 7th level destination restaurant, mezzanine club and 4 event rooms. MLG is located within walking distance from Stratford International Station and Westfield Shopping Centre.
The Stratford Hotel is a design hotel set within the first 6 floors of MLG. At The Stratford we do things a little differently, we value authenticity and encourage our people to bring their personality to work.
Teamwork and collaboration are our greatest assets. We work together to create unforgettable experiences for our guests and ourselves. We embrace a growth mindset with no problems, only solutions and learning opportunities.
We work hard and play harder! You will often find our teams out socialising together, whether it’s bowling, foraging, in a cocktail master class or in the pub! We truly believe that a friendly workplace is a happier workplace.
We are looking for proactive and driven Assistant Gardener to join our Team.
Come join us!
What we are looking for…
- Good knowledge of plants, experience in horticulture.
- A good knowledge of houseplants would also be an advantage.
- 1 year experience in a similar role
- Friendly, approachable, and with a positive attitude at all times
- Organised and proactive with a keen eye for detail
What you’ll do…
- Assisting our gardener with planting, propagating
- Dealing with pests and diseases, and general maintenance and care of gardens and horticulture across the building - internally and externally.
- Liaise with contractors and suppliers.
- Develop close working relationships to ensure open communication throughout the team.
- Support any maintenance projects.
- Follow department Procedures, Policies, Guidelines and Standards.
- To work in accordance with all C.O.S.H.H regulations.
What’s in it for you…
- · Gym discounts and wellness classes
- · Monthly wellbeing challenges, trekking activities, sporting events.
- · Party, Party Party –bi-annual theme parties.
- · Monthly birthday celebrations and ‘Have one on us’ team drinks.
- · Treat yourself with lots of retail & hospitality perks through our partner Westfield Stratford City.
- · Freshly cooked food during your shift
- · 30% discount in stays and across all our F&B outlets
- · Training to get you settled into your role, learning academies to broaden your skillset and development that helps you think, make and thrive at work
- · Opportunity to join and participate in our unique GROW academy
- · Bike to work scheme
- · Season Ticket Loan
- · Experience Stay in the Hotel to enjoy with a plus one
- · Wagestream – Offering you a range of features, including up to 50% of salary stream before pay date, saving pot, financial advice.
- · Hospitality Action – our EAP offering a range of support and confidential advice in a range of areas, including mental health, parental, financial, managerial, legal and bereavement, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Face to face counselling sessions is available, if needed.
- · Recommend a friend Scheme, giving you the possibility to earn up to £500 for individual referral
- · GROW Vouchers - Recognition programme that allows you to exchange earned vouchers for different prizes.
- · Star of the Month and Star of the Year Awards
- · A supportive, people-focused culture
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 24 per week
Salary: £10.50-£11.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Gardening: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person
