Gardener Grounds person - Parks and Countryside Service Rapid Response Team

About the job
Salary: £23,893 - £24,702 a year
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent

Are you passionate about green space with some experience of using horticultural or grounds maintenance machinery? If yes, we want to hear from you.

We have an exciting opportunity within Luton Council's Parks and Countryside Service to join our new rapid response crew. The rapid response crew will respond to varied maintenance requests across our parks, streets, and wildlife site portfolio to keep our community's green space tidy, well managed and beautiful!

As a member of our Rapid Response Crew you will use a range of horticultural and grounds maintenance tools and machinery. You will undertake a wide range of grounds maintenance tasks in parks, sports fields, housing areas, grass verges and on some of the town's wildlife sites. Work will involve shrub pruning, hedge cutting, some minor tree maintenance tasks such as removing stakes and trimming branches overhanging paths and dealing with litter. This is a role where you will be central to ensuring that the Parks and Countryside Service meets with our customer requirements.

Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
About you
To be successful in this role you will need to be able to work as part of a team.

You will have the opportunity to develop on your existing skills by using own initiative when undertaking tasks.

We do ask that you have some experience of this type of work or in a related field. A relevant qualification and a pesticides spraying certificate is desirable.

You will ideally hold a Full valid driving licence to transport employees and equipment.

This is a public facing role so you'll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English
About us
Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision - that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty - is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council - and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?
Benefits
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:

- From 25 to 32 days' annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
- Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
- Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
- Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
- Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel