Grounds Operative

If you want an exciting career in Gardening and Grounds maintenance then we may be able to offer you a challenging position here at UWE Bristol, with the opportunity to help to shape the future quality and style of our campus’s and to provide an inspiring place for our staff and students to live and work.

We expect a lot, but we’ll offer a great deal in return, starting with stimulating and challenging work and the opportunity to help us achieve our ambition of delivering a beautiful, functional and highly appreciated external environment. We’ll value your contribution, are flexible enough to recognise the importance of a work-life balance and are committed to your continued development in order for you to have the maintenance job you have always wanted.

We are looking for an exceptionally organised person who can demonstrate great attention to detail and also has a very high level of practical ability. You’re comfortable in self-auditing sites to assess the works required, prioritising jobs and communicating your needs and decisions clearly to your supervisor. We want you to be the person that sees things before anyone else, someone who works in a proactive and preventative way to ensure our campus is safe, secure and a pleasant place to live, work and visit. You’ll ensure deadlines are met and seasonal task are completed at the best possible times. A love of the environment, a drive to help increase biodiversity and desire to operate in a sustainable manner would also help you to succeed in this role.

You’re a team player, while you will have individual tasks to undertake and section to manage you must also be aware of the bigger picture, helping us to ensure that all areas of the campus are presented at their best and that yourself and your colleagues are able to meet their deadlines and deliver our service requirements on a daily basis.

You must love what you do, and if you do, we will provide you with an environment and the support to flourish. Your duties are exceptionally varied, and we can guarantee you will never be bored working across our 150 acre site with many horticultural features. We want you to be able to pass your knowledge and most importantly your enthusiasm onto our existing team.

This post is to provide cover for Grounds work across all UWE campuses, however the role is primarily based at our lively Frenchay campus.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian or racially minoritised and female candidates, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

To discuss the role please contact Richie Fluester on Richie.Fluester@uwe.ac.uk.

These roles are full time on a fixed term basis for up to one year or the earlier return of the substantive postholders, working 37 hours per week.

You will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route.

UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

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