UE03 : £23,144.00 - £25,148.00 Per Annum.
Corporate Services, Estates Department, Landscape Department.
Full time Post - 35hrs a week.
Open Ended Contract - Permanent.
Flexible working patterns will be considered.
Estate Workers Landscape Services Department (up to 2 posts).
We are looking for someone with initiative and enthusiasm to join our team and take up this fantastic opportunity to contribute to the continuous development of the University Grounds & Landscape.
You must have a land based industry background, with an interest in landscaping, gardening or estate work. You should also be self-motivated and have good organisational skills.
The Opportunity:
You will be a member of the grounds maintenance team responsible for delivering excellent standards throughout the University. Your work will ensure the biodiversity, longevity and overall success of the grounds provision.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Be an enthusiastic and self-motivated person who gives reliable service at a consistently high level
- Be able to work as part of a team but also to be able to work efficiently with minimal supervision.
- You will have experience or interest in gardening or land based industry.
- You should be willing to undertake training.
- Work outside all year in a range of environments and conditions.
- Drive work vans and other self-propelled equipment
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Interviews are expected to be held on 19/11/2024.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
