Grounds Maintenance Operative
You will undertake grounds maintenance works to communal environments including communal grounds around homes, open space grassed area, and landscaped areas and to deliver a maintenance programme as part of a team that contributes to excellent service delivery. You will work with caretaking teams and other GPHG colleagues and external partners to maintain clean, green and safe environments. Seasonally assist with snow and ice removal, gritting and litter picking and fly tip removal and reporting of communal and environmental maintenance issues and joint working with others to deliver excellent services.
What you'll be doing
- Complete grounds maintenance activities to Great Places schemes and communal environmental areas to the requirements of Great Places Grounds Maintenance Specification including grass cutting, edging, hedge trimming, planting, spraying, and clearance of leaves and litter.
- You will be operating a range of hand tools and equipment (inc. power tools), and vehicles and to carry out daily defect checks of tools and equipment, completing basic maintenance tasks of it and reporting damage and maintenance issues with them.
- Report any graffiti, vandalism, repairs and defects in the external communal areas where you are working.
- Seasonally assist with snow and ice clearance, gritting activities and other health and safety maintenance required on Great Places schemes.
- Adhere to all relevant quality standards and health and safety/COSHH requirements.
- You will undertake daily checks of vehicles and equipment and ensure equipment is kept in a clean condition and stored correctly.
- You will work safely with herbicides/pesticides in accordance with regulations and report invasive weeds.
- You will report any safeguarding concerns in line with organisation guidelines.
What we need from you
- A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing
- A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities
- Respecting professional boundaries and conducting yourself and a professional manner at all times
- A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places
- Ability to work flexibly and when needed outside normal working hours to ensure service continuity
- An ability to work in uncertainty
- To be professional and work with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity
- You will be required to attend a number of face to face training sessions as well as virtual sessions and e-learning this part of your role is vital and of equal importance as the day to day aspects
Great Places Housing Group exists to improve the lives of the people living in our 25,000 homes across the North West and Yorkshire. We are much more than just a landlord, providing a wide-range of services and promoting partnership work to create vibrant, sustainable communities.
You can find details of our story, our vision and our values here.
At Great Places, we are committed to using inclusive hiring practices. By embracing diversity and difference, we enrich our teams with varied perspectives, drive, and innovation to create an environment in which everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures and are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone can be their authentic self; building a workforce that truly reflects the diverse communities we serve.
We love to hear from anyone who is enthusiastic about working in social housing. We know people can be reluctant to apply if they don’t fill 100% of the job requirements. So, if you are unsure that your qualifications and skills are what we are looking for in this role, why not let us decide?
We want to create a recruitment process that allows you to perform at your best! Should you need any support or information throughout the process, please reach out to our recruitment team at recruitment@greatplaces.org.uk.
