Love working outdoors? Take pride in creating beautiful green spaces? Join our team as a Grounds Maintenance Operative - £23,133.12 - Wednesdbury and surrounding areas
We re looking for a Grounds Maintenance Operative to help keep our communities looking their best. Every day is different, and you ll play a key role in maintaining attractive, safe, and welcoming outdoor environments across our neighbourhoods.
From landscaped gardens and playing fields to communal green spaces, you ll enjoy working as part of a supportive team that takes real pride in the difference it makes.
What you ll be doing
As a Grounds Maintenance Operative, you ll carry out a variety of grounds maintenance and horticultural tasks across GreenSquareAccord-owned land, including:
Maintaining landscaped areas, communal gardens and playing fields.
Grass cutting, hedge trimming, pruning and general horticultural work.
Working safely in line with team risk assessments, policies and procedures.
Using grounds maintenance equipment and machinery.
Working closely with colleagues across Housing, Commercial, Responsive Maintenance and Empty Homes to deliver a high-quality service.
What we re looking for
You ll be someone who enjoys working outdoors, takes pride in delivering excellent standards, and enjoys being part of a hardworking team.
You ll need:
Experience in grounds maintenance or horticultural work.
To live locally to Wednesdbury
A positive attitude with a strong focus on health and safety.
Awareness of COSHH, Manual Handling and safe working practices.
A full UK driving licence (shared company van provided).
Desirable (but not essential)
Don t have these qualifications? No problem! We re happy to invest in your development and provide training for the right candidate.
Why join us?
Work outdoors in a varied and rewarding role.
Training and development opportunities, including PA1 & PA6 qualifications.
Supportive team environment.
Opportunity to make a real difference to the communities we serve.
Please note that this role is subject to a satisfactory DBS check. Further information will be provided if you are successful following interview.
If you re looking for a role where your work is visible every day and you enjoy being active, we d love to hear from you.
About us
We are GSA, we provide affordable homes and services that create a foundation from which people in our communities can thrive.
We own and manage 25,000 homes in diverse communities across the West Midlands and Southwest.
Everyone deserves a home, it`s a place from which we build our future, we thrive at home.
We are proud to play an active role in dealing with the consequences of the housing crisis, by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.
Often a home is all someone needs, but when our customers need more, we offer a range of services, including care, money advice and coaching to support them.
We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.
The GSA Way
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.
A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.
Our five core commitments are:
- We believe our customer is everything
- We are one team
- We are supportive and caring
- We are business-minded for social purpose
- We are curious and ambitious.
You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.
Benefits
In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes.
- Trust based flexible working and supportive and friendly teams
- 25 days annual holiday entitlement, increasing to 30 days
- One day off for your birthday
- Opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
- A defined contribution pension scheme GSA matches up to 6% contributions
- We offer a service which provides 24/7 online GP appointments, second medical opinions, health checks, mental health support, 24/7 medical health helpline, wellbeing app, nutrition advice and fitness plans and legal and financial support.
- Access to Blue Light discount card membership
- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- Eligible for occupational sick pay
All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.
GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.
If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.
