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.
