Supervisor Craft Gardener

at  Leicester City Council

SUPERVISOR CRAFT GARDENER

Job description
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 2 Years Due to Funding
Play a key role in ensuring our public spaces are safe for all residents to access and enjoy.
Leicester is covered by a wealth of soft and hard open spaces that includes a range of parks, gardens, country parks, nature areas,150,000 individual trees and 107 hectares of woodlands, canal, and riverside, 150 play and outdoor gym facilities, sports facilities, highways, and housing green spaces totalling 1,250 hectares. It is widely recognised that quality open spaces contribute to residents’ quality of life and improve physical and mental health wellbeing, with parks in Leicester attracting around 9m visitors per annum.
Join our specialist Parks Services to ensure Leicester’s green infrastructure is free of barriers to access, by helping to maintain its horticultural features as well as hard landscape features including buildings.
You’ll be based at Evington Park depot however you will be required to work across two housing estates - St Matthews and St Peters. Working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday 07.30 – 15.30 pm. The post holder will be required to work weekends and bank holidays as required to meet service needs.
We will consider this vacancy on a secondment basis for Leicester City Council employees. If you wish to apply for this post on a secondment basis then please make your line manager aware before applying.

You’ll supervise a small team of Craft Gardeners under the guidance of the Team Leader and Local Area Manager. You’ll carry out on the job supervision, providing guidance to team members and mentoring work placements and volunteers. Giving clear direction, you’ll ensure procedures are always followed, and are compliant with all EMAS and H+S guidelines and legislation. You’ll operate and maintain hand and mechanical specialist equipment as well as prepare and apply chemicals such as herbicides, fungicides, insecticides etc. You’ll provide expert advice and support to customers using our facilities.