Job description
The London Temple is looking for a worthy temple recommend holder to perform gardening and grounds duties to ensure the temple grounds reflect the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience. The Church offers a market-level compensation of £32,136 per year for a full-time position and additional health & retirement benefits. We have one position available.
Ensure the temple grounds reflect the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience by performing gardener/grounds keeping work, maintaining and caring for landscaped areas, sidewalks, driveways, building entrances, and other assigned areas.
- Resolve routine questions and problems, and refer more complex issues to higher levels.
- May assist with seasonal displays
- Mow lawns using hand and power mowers.
- Maintains the original landscape plan by planting perennials, shrubs, and trees.
- Trims and edges around walls, flower beds, and walks using hand clippers and power edging tools.
- May operate heavy tractors and other large power equipment to maintain landscape.
- Prune and shape shrubs and trees to provide optimum growth efficiency of plants and enhance beauty of grounds.
- Spray lawns, shrubs, and trees for disease, weed, and insect control, and perform regular fertilization as needed, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Responsible to see that all power equipment and machines are properly maintained.
- Provide guidance to volunteers in the maintenance of grounds.
- Water lawn and garden areas.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Previous experience in grounds maintenance, horticulture, gardening, agriculture, landscape design, or related field.
- Knowledge of various plants and fertilizers.
- Ability to follow directions, work independently and with a team.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Please note:
Only applicants with the right to work in the UK will be considered. No sponsorship of work permits.