Estates and Facilities Management An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled gardener to join the grounds and gardens department here at Loughborough University.
Here's more about the role and what we're looking for: The post will involve working within the main gardens team across our whole awarding winning campus and you will be part of a smaller team responsible for a specific area of the campus site.
The role involves all the main aspects of gardening and site maintenance including:
- Weeding and pruning, grass cutting and leaf clearance.
- Reinstatement and planting of new plants and shrubs.
- Clearance of snow and ice in increment weather.
Our Benefits: - Generous annual leave allowance of 22 days, plus inclusive of Bank Holidays & University closure days
- Competitive pension schemes
- A range of childcare support initiatives and benefits including childcare vouchers; on-site university nursery (with salary sacrifice scheme); and holiday play schemes.
- We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies.
- BUPA Cash Plan (100 scheme)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Season ticker loan scheme
- On campus parking with charging points for electric vehicles
- Fantastic range of sports facilities and preferential membership packages available
- Fantastic CPD, Linkedin learning and inclusive resources for development
Why should you apply? With a huge amount of variety in the role, there is an opportunity for you to develop and continually grow.
Further development and training opportunities available.
If this role sounds of interest, we'd love to hear from you.
Informal enquiries should be directed to Graeme Farmer via email to g.farmer@lboro.ac.uk .
For more information refer to the
Job Description and Person Specification. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process. If there are any additional adjustments, you'd like to request please contact f.m.admin@mailbox.lboro.ac.uk . We are proud to be a Real Living Wage Employer-so much so that we go beyond the standard, providing additional supplementary payments at specific pay points to further support our employees' financial wellbeing. Further information about the Loughborough Real Living Wage Supplement can be found on our HR webpage.
