Grounds Maintenance Operative

Grounds Maintenance Operative

Post No: TBC

Salary: Starting from £27,711 to £30,060 per annum

Grade: Grade 4

Hours: 37 hours per week 

Place of work: Based at Southwick Recreation Ground, BN42 4AB

Closing date: 10th April 2025

Interviews: TBC

Come and join our award winning Neighbourhood Parks Maintenance Service. In this role you will be part of the team who manage and maintain our parks and open spaces and the grounds and communal areas of our housing and sheltered housing schemes across Adur.

Ideally you will have a good level of experience in grounds maintenance and be skilled and qualified to carry out grounds maintenance work to a professional standard including mowing and strimming in general amenity areas. You will also have skills and experience of general grounds maintenance tasks such as pruning of shrubs, trees, hedges, sweeping and litter collection.

Having a good work ethic and the ability to work in a team that supports everyone to be the best they can be is essential and in return you will benefit from a competitive and generous rewards package, including access to training and development opportunities, an Employee Assistance Programme and a staff social club. 

If this sounds like the role for you, we look forward to hearing from you!

At Adur & Worthing, we are committed to supporting care leavers, in accordance with the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and the Children and Social Work Act 2017. To that end, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for anyone meeting the essential criteria of the role they are applying for. In order to be considered for this, you will need to be a care leaver under the age of 25 at the time of application. Please confirm that you are a care leaver within your covering letter. 

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of applicants declaring a disability, that meet the essential criteria for this position, will be offered an interview. 

Staff are our most important asset and we therefore have a benefit package which reflects our continuing commitment to our employees.  This includes:

• Generous leave entitlement; a minimum of 26 days + Bank Holiday entitlement
• Local Government Pension
• Training & development
• Occupational Health
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Employee resource groups/networks 
• Buddy Support Programme  
• Flexible working options

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. Staff work in a supportive and safe environment, recognising their responsibility to value and respect each other’s contributions. Standards of conduct must be of the highest level to ensure that no-one is harassed, bullied or victimised. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums and are keen to hear from applicants from a variety of different backgrounds.