Service Care Solutions have an exciting opportunity to join a Housing Association who are recruiting for an experienced Grounds Operative in the Leicester area.

General Duties and responsibilities will include:

• Undertake general maintenance to hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivation.


• Provide a rapid flexible response to the removal of fly tipping, rubbish removal and graffiti removal.


• Maintain safe working practices at all times when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery.


• Report health, safety and environmental breaches and issues to the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in line with the agreed escalation route.


• Provide community insight, reporting any environmental issues, community safety or resident feedback to the Environmental Supervisor as appropriate and in line with the agreed escalation route.


• Maintain effective relationships with colleagues on each of our contracts.


• Undertake personal development and training to keep up to date with all relevant legislation.


• Work collaboratively and flexibly across all teams within the organisation.


• Ensure work activities are compliant with the organisation's policies and procedures as well as external statutory and regulatory obligations.


• Respond flexibly to any necessary changes in work priorities and undertake other duties when required to support the effective operation of the service.


• Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and procedures.

Requirements for this role will include:

• Experience in a similar role i.e.
  
  Gardening, Grounds Work, Landscaping.


• Ability to take on physical manual work


• Good level of customer service.


• Full Clean UK Driving Licence

In this role, you will be working a total of 35 hours per week Monday to Friday from 0730 till 1500.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and would like to learn more, please contact Prakash today by emailing prakash.patel@servicecare.org.uk or call on 01772 208967.