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Landscape Services Assistant (Trees)

Estates Team

What you'll be doing

• Working and liaising with a wide range of customers
• You'll be expected to take a lead role in providing a range of arboricultural activities
• You'll possess the commitment and professional attributes to fulfil best practice across a variety arboricultural tasks
• Augmenting and progressing new work practices, through key industry partners, will be pivotal to this role
• We'll provide you with the appropriate support and development needed to meet both safe and professional standards in arboriculture and other landscape disciplines

Based at our ‘Green Flag’ Brackenhurst Campus you'll be a pro-active and flexible team member who demonstrates a willingness to meet customer aspirations and add value to the University landscapes. You'll bring with you relevant and proven skills gained from a similar role.

Interview Date: week commencing 12th June 2023

If you have queries about this role, please contact Alan Horgan, Landscape Services Manager, at [email protected]

About Us

Over the past 15 years, we’ve invested more than £450m across our five campuses in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Named ‘Modern University of the Year 2023’ by The Times and The Sunday Times, we know that our campuses and facilities are a key part of our success, which is why we’re investing a further £250m across our sites over the next five years.

As one of the most environmentally responsible universities in the world, we lead the sector by embedding sustainability into everything we do. As part of our Estates team, you’ll help to guide and support this work by reducing our carbon impact and accelerating our progress to net zero by 2040.

Our Brackenhurst Campus offers a veterinary nursing centre, climate-controlled greenhouses, and multiple state-of-the-art laboratories. The Lyth building was completed in 2020 at a cost of £11.5m and offers a wide range of high-quality teaching and social spaces.

Join Us

• Hybrid working - we encourage and offer a mixture of office working and working from home. You're empowered to define how you work best for the benefits of your stakeholders.
• Flexibility - take ownership over how you get your work done. We're open to different working patterns and approaches.
• 25 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata.
• Generous pension scheme with life assurance. We contribute 17.2% of your salary.
• Range of health and wellbeing services, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.
• Access to a wealth of formal and informal professional development opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career.
• And a whole lot more…

Come and be part of our success. Apply today.

About NTU

NTU prides itself on being an inclusive employer. We value and celebrate equality in opportunities, and we welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of our communities.

Please note that unfortunately, this role has been assessed as ineligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration points-based immigration system. However, applications are welcome from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route. Please consult the Home Office website for further information.

Please note that this role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions.