St Gemma’s Hospice is one of the leading charitable hospices in the UK. The Hospice provides expert palliative and end of life care, in a quality environment, for thousands of local people each year.

The benefits of working for the hospice are:

27 days Annual Leave increasing for long service up to 33 days after 10 years.
Work Pension with the hospice contributing 5% of your salary each month.
Death in Service Benefit
Maternity/Paternity Benefits
Hassle free car parking
Subsidised meals and beverage scheme
Wellbeing and Staff support benefit

St Gemma’s Hospice is seeking a Head Gardener to work within our Estates & Facilities Team. Working in our award-winning gardens you will support our Senior Maintenance Technician to lead the gardening team.

You will need to be organised, possess a broad range of gardening knowledge, and provide the highest standard for our patients, staff, and visitors.

Qualified to level 3 in Horticulture or equivalent is essential for the role.

The main responsibilities of the role are:

Supervising the garden team.
Recruitment and development of the garden volunteers.
Development of the Gardens in an environmentally sustainable way.
Health & Safety of the gardens
Support with Outpatients gardening groups.
The garden maintenance budget and capital investment.

If you are a passionate and committed individual who can demonstrate these skills and behaviours then St Gemma’s wants you to join their team.

To discuss this opportunity in greater detail please contact the Estates & Facilities Manager, Richard Wilson on 0113 2185533

Please see our website https://recruitment.st-gemma.co.uk for further information and to apply online. Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Closing date: 31st March 2024

We encourage early applications and reserve the right to invite candidates to interview prior to the closing date and/or close this advertisement prior to the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

About us

St Gemma’s Hospice is a Leeds-based charity providing expert care and support for local people with life-limiting and terminal illnesses. We offer care to patients and their carers in the Hospice’s In-Patient Unit, through the St Gemma’s community team, and via our day services, which include a Day Hospice and Out-Patient Department.

St Gemma’s welcomes and provides care to everyone regardless of people’s age, gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or diagnosis. Our care is always completely free of charge.

St Gemma’s is the largest hospice in Yorkshire and one of the largest in the UK.

St Gemma’s is committed to equal opportunities and strives to be diverse and inclusive, a place which reflects the communities we serve. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society as we value the different perspectives this brings.

The benefits

Maternity / Paternity
leave

Generous holiday

Personal pension plan

Employee assistance programme

Hassle-free parking

Wellbeing support

Subsidised meals

Learning & teaching

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