About us:
If you want an exciting career in Gardening and Grounds maintenance then we may be able to offer you a challenging position here at The University of the West of England, 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 are committed to our objectives of delivering a high-quality campus condition, combined with biodiversity enhancement across our 3 campuses. The grounds team are highly values here and we have recently collected awards from DEFRA and WECA for our work with pollinators, have been nominated as finalists in the green gown awards and achieved our gold award from the Hedgehog friendly Campus organisation.
About you:
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 will be 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 will 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 will need to be 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.
Your place of work may vary and due to the early start times, you may not be able to rely on public transport and you may well require your own means of transport.
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 150acre site with many horticultural features. We want you to be able to pass your knowledge and most importantly your enthusiasm onto our existing team.
Where is this role based?
This position will cover horticultural and grounds maintenance duties across all UWE campuses, Bower Ashton, Glenside and our lively Frenchay campus.
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol , one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community .
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Richie Fluester on 07767618694 or email: richie.fluester@uwe.ac.uk
This is a full-time permanent position consisting of 37 per week Monday to Friday, the hours of work will be 6am until 2pm Monday to Thursday and 6am until 1.30pm on Fridays.
There is a requirement for this role to join a weekend overtime rota, a minimum of 2 additional days per month.
This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. If you do not have current right to work in the UK you may wish to explore other visa options .
Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
Advice to applicants
We’d love to hear from you - if you are excited about joining us at UWE please complete our application form as soon as possible.
Tell us about how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the Job Description, and include specific examples wherever possible.
Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.
