Id Job: 3172354
Job Description
JOB PURPOSE
To develop and maintain the gardens of the University campus and its horticultural offer, safely and to the highest standards.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To carry out a range of horticultural duties and amenity planting, including small trees, shrubs, natural grassland, bedding schemes, and internal planting schemes as per specific plans. This includes reporting any garden-related issues or hazards that are identified in the work area to the Team Leader (Gardens).
To carry out garden maintenance tasks, including mowing, pruning, digging and strimming.
To use and maintain specialised machinery, tools and equipment. This includes keeping weekly records of machinery, tools and equipment used, and reporting to the Team Leader (Gardens) if any of these become unsafe for use or require repair or replacement.
To prepare and apply horticultural products, including fertilisers, always having regard to the safety of the environment and others. To keep weekly records of chemical applications.
To take part in the winter gritting and ice/snow clearing rota.
To assist with emergency operations outside of working hours i.e. storm damage or flooding.
To always comply with relevant health and safety legislation, including wearing personal protective clothing and equipment.
To carry out other duties commensurate with the grade as requested by the Team Leader (Gardens).
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.
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Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.
The University of Warwick holds an Athena SWAN Silver award; a national initiative to promote gender equality for all staff and students. Further information about the work of the University in relation to Athena SWAN can be found at the following link: Athena Swan (warwick.ac.uk)
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