Estate Services Operative - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Citizen

Citizen
Citizen
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Position:
Full Time permanent

Work Pattern:
Monday to Thursday 7.5 hours, Friday 7 hours

We are looking for a gardener to join our busy grounds maintenance team to maintain our estates in Birmingham.


You will be responsible for working as part of a team to deliver this service using various equipment including ride-on and all other mowers, hedge cutters, strimmmers, blowers etc.

You will be working to a plan on each estate which will enable you to deliver a high standard of service across all areas.


In housing you can make a real difference, the role of Gardening - Estate Operative will involve:

  • Grass cutting and collection
  • Removal and disposal of green waste
  • Hedge and bush reduction and shaping
  • Strimming
  • Weed management
  • Shrub maintenance, pruning and planting
  • Litter picking
  • Maintenance of hard standing areas

As Estate Operative we need you to have:

  • General knowledge of grounds maintenance
  • Experience of grass cutting and collection, Grass cutting and collection, Hedge and bush reduction and shaping, Strimming, Weed management, Shrub maintenance, pruning and planting, Litter picking, Maintenance of hard standing areas
  • Experience of using appropriate equipment including the operation of petrol machinery and ride on mowers
  • Be able to undertake physical activities including lifting of heavy items and working to a high standard
  • Experience of working in a team
  • Able to maintain work records and reporting
  • Experience of dealing with customers and commitment to delivering a high level of customer satisfaction
  • Basic Health and Safety knowledge in a gardening including the use of chemicals and equipment
- _ Be able to work to and meet varying deadlines_
- _ Current driving licence _


We would be _really_
excited if you have:

  • P1 & P6 spraying licence
  • Banksman training
  • Licence to drive a trailer

Our people are everything and we offer:

  • Vehicle provided for work use
- 'Live work better' scheme which actively encourages work-life balance

  • Annual leave starts at 25 days per year, increasing with length of service
  • Enhanced family leave


  • Company Pension

  • Citizen match up to 10%
  • If part of the pension scheme you are entitled to Life cover (three times your annual salary)
  • Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
  • EAP a 24/7 service which gives free, confidential advice and support on a range of issues including telephone counselling
  • Medicash scheme which includes GP Access, digital Physiotherapy app, retail vouchers and discounts, discounted gym memberships and more
  • Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
  • Recognition through our Employee Excellence Awards
  • Representation opportunities on our Staff Consultative Forum
  • Access to Citizen's Wellbeing platform
  • Employee Excellence Awards (winners receive extra days annual leave that year)
  • Occupational Health
  • We believe everyone has something to give and encourage everyone to be the best they can be to reach their full potential with extensive learning and development opportunities and Study Leave
Here at Citizen, our purpose is to provide homes that are a foundation for life.


With over fifty years of experience, we have grown to be
one of the UK's most trusted social housing providers,** Citizen owns and manages 30,000 homes for diverse communities across the West Midlands, from urban tower blocks to rural villages and towns.


There are some fundamental challenges people in our communities' face, and we want to be an organisation which can help them deal with these.

So, we are working to solve some of the most pressing issues around housing and homelessness.


We adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing our services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect.


We adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing our services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect.

As part of our recruitment process, we carry out robust safeguarding checks.


Closing date: 4th September 2023

Interview date: 8th September 2023

We are brave, we are ambitious, we are honest, and we are Citizen
This is a great opportunity for you to join one of the UK's most trusted social housing providers.


Citizen owns and manages 30,000 homes across the West Midlands, including diverse communities from urban tower blocks to rural villages and towns; but we provide more than housing - our homes are a foundation for life.


We are proud to be an organisation which deals directly with the consequences of our housing crisis by providing homes for people who can't access them on the market.

We are a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity.

All the money we make goes back into improving our homes and services and building new homes so that we can help more people.

Working for Citizen not only offers you the chance to work for an award-winning, big-hitting
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