Grounds Maintenance Assistant

Job Description About the role Would you like to join our Estates Team as an Estates Assistant responsible for cleaning and gardening? We have a new full time, permanent opportunity working 35 hours per week Monday to Friday, covering Basingstoke and the surrounding areas. In this role, you will help us to deliver an excellent estate services for our residents. As a mobile Estate Assistant, you will be responsible for providing high quality grounds maintenance and cleaning services across several housing schemes. As you will be interacting with our customers and colleagues, we are looking for someone with good customer service skills and the ability to work both as part of a team and independently. You will be able to demonstrate these essential skills: * Proven professional experience of delivering grounds maintenance across a variety of sites and garden types. * Experience and knowledge of lawn, shrub, and plant care. * Proven experience of achieving high levels of customer satisfaction. * Ability to conduct physical tasks within Health and Safety guidelines. * Able to work effectively within a team. * Ability to use all equipment safely and effectively. * Ability to work effectively without high levels of supervision. * Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation, including COSHH and PPE. Desirable skills: * An understanding of how to use mobile working devices, e.g. tablets. * Knowledge and experience of the safe and regulatory use of horticultural fungicides and pesticides. Desirable qualifications: * NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Horticulture or equivalent. * PA1, PA4b & PA6 NPTC Certificates.