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Full Time / 37 hours per week / Fixed Term for 10 weeks

Join us and become a valued member of our horticultural team and make improvements to the landscape of the city.

Leicester is covered by a wealth of soft and hard open spaces that includes a range of parks, cemeteries, gardens, country parks, nature areas,150,000 individual trees and 107 hectares of woodlands, canal and riverside, 150 play and outdoor gym facilities, sports facilities, highways and housing green spaces totalling 1,250 hectares. It is widely recognised that quality open spaces contribute to residents’ quality of life and improve physical and mental health wellbeing, with parks in Leicester attracting around 9m visitors per annum.

Our specialist team of skilled cemetery operatives to undertake high quality horticultural work and grounds maintenance work to maintain and further improve the cemeteries within the city of Leicester.

You’ll be based at one of our four cities cemeteries which are Saffron Lane Cemetery, Gilroes Crematorium, Welford Road and Belgrave.

This is a full time, fixed term position for a period of 10 weeks, working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday. You’ll be available to start the working day at 7:30am. You’ll be able to work outside in all weathers and wear PPE where appropriate.

What you’ll be doing

As a cemetery gardener, you’ll work under the guidance of the cemeteries team manager, you will be required to assist in the development of soft and hard landscaping as well as other activities in the aspect of horticulture work.

What you’ll need

With previous experience in either horticulture or groundsmanship, you'll understand COSHH regulations and have knowledge of health & safety issues relating to area of work and HASWA. You'll have the ability to carry out manual handling and lifting heavy equipment and materials. You’ll be able to work without close supervision, whilst using your own initiative as well as working well in a team environment. You’ll be a highly safety conscious individual in the day-to-day tasks especially when using specialist equipment. Using good literacy and numeracy skills you’ll complete relevant paperwork, and ensure records are accurate and up to date.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

If you would like a chat about this post then please feel free to contact Steve Smith by email to [email protected] or call 0116 299 5537.

Interview/Assessments will take place on Thursday 08th June 2023