Senior Gardener
Various locations

Salary: £26,337 - £28,835
Hours: 36 per week

Senior Gardener Position within our Parks & Greenspace Operational Service.

The post will be based at one of our Operational Depots across the city and you will be required to carry out horticultural, landscaping and ground maintenance duties to improve Edinburgh’s parks, gardens and greenspaces.

A member of a gardening team undertaking horticultural, landscaping and grounds maintenance tasks at various locations across a geographical area.

You will be required to work within a small team which will be managed by a Supervisor Gardener who will lead the team on a daily basis.

You will be required to support your Supervisor Gardener, take instruction and support the development of team-working within your gardening squad.

You will be required to assist in training and instruction of gardening staff as required.
Deputises for Supervisors as required by the Service.
Although post holders are not directly responsible for day to day supervision of staff, they are expected to support and direct and, when appropriate, supervise new starts, apprentices, students and other shadow workers. They are expected to promote effective team working at all times.

Knowledge and skills in horticulture and parks and grounds maintenance is required and a relevant qualification to SVQ 2 level or equivalent or evidence of required experience.

You will be required to work to defined operational standards and all relevant work practices and health & safety guidance as appropriate to the work you will be completing.

You may be required to use hand held technology to record work, receive instructions and report back on actions or problems identified.

You will be required to assist in the preparation; review and updating of operational risk assessments.

The post holder will be expected to operate a range of vehicles, machinery and equipment.

Assist in determining the work practices/arrangements and standards of work, in relation to managing the team on a daily basis.

The post holder is required to undertake tasks in a range of settings without constant supervision, either alone or as part of a team, dependent on the task.

Duties involve lengthy periods of heavy manual work. The post holder will be required to work in all weather and ground conditions and in moving traffic.

Health and safety guidelines with risk assessments should be adhered to when on site. Operate in accordance with the Council’s Lone Working policy.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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