Job Description

The Grounds Maintenance team

We\'re responsible for the cyclical upkeep of the communal areas to our customers. This covers a large geographical area and our customers includes market rent, shared ownership and independent living communities on many estates or the whole estate. We also provide a reactionary service where we have to deal with hazards which can be anything from dumped items to clearing snow on our independent living blocks.

We\'re also responsible for the management of the trees and like to retain as many as possible or replant if any are removed. We believe that the trees play a big part in our communities by providing shade in the summer and promote a healthy wellbeing as well as offsetting our carbon footprint.

Your new role

We have an exciting opportunity for Grounds Maintenance Operatives to join our team based in Slough - and we need you!

We\'re looking for a proactive, great team player and someone with a good eye for detail who\'s looking for a new challenge.

Working within a team, you\'ll be responsible for the upkeep of the external communal areas, grass, shrubs and hedges. You may also be required to undertake soft landscaping/minor tree work.

You\'ll be covering sites across slough, Windsor and Ascot from our main base and have the flexibility to plan your workload within a fortnightly round.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and well-driven individual looking to contribute to a dynamic and diverse team. We\'re always looking to improve ourselves and empower the lives of residents and communities they live in.

Don\'t worry about getting from site to site, we\'ll provide you with an Abri van.

If this is the opportunity you\'ve been looking for, we\'d love to hear from you!

What you\'ll need:

• Practical amenity horticultural knowledge & experience
• PA1 and PA6AW qualifications (desirable, but not essential)
• NPTC certification or equivalent (desirable, but not essential)
• A full driver\'s licence (with towing licence desirable)

What you can expect from us

We want our colleagues at all levels to be bold, inspiring and not afraid to speak up and be their authentic selves.

Your wellbeing is really important to us, so you can expect a competitive reward package to ensure you and your family are supported at work and at home.

What we offer

On top of your salary, you\'ll also be entitled to our range of generous benefits on top as standard

• 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Employer pension contributions of up to 10%
• Employee Assistance Programme for colleagues and their families
• Enhanced sick pay
• Your van, PPE, and uniform will be provided
• Free Life Assurance scheme where your next of kin can receive 5x your annual salary
• Comprehensive training and development, including study support
• Abri Rewards, our flexible voluntary benefits scheme
• Maternity/Paternity/Adoption leave
• Staff recognition scheme

We\'ll work with you to help you reach your goals through personal development plans and our in-house People Development team.

Depending on your role you may need to work a set shift pattern, or you may have greater flexibility to choose when and where you work. Either way, we strive to ensure all colleagues have a degree of flexibility to attend life\'s important events.

About us

We\'re Abri, a housing association based in the south of England. One of the largest in fact. We\'ve got 35,000 homes and 1,500 colleagues. And if all our 80,000 residents lived in the same place, we\'d have a town roughly the size of Guildford.

We\'re a passionate bunch. We think we can make a real difference. Homelessness, poverty, inequality, a lack of affordable housing. They\'re all linked. They\'re issues that affect so many, young and old alike. And we don\'t think that\'s right. We want to give people the chance to dream big and be who they want to be. Homes are at the heart of everybody\'s lives. And we exist to help make good homes, and good lives a reality for everyone.

About you

We\'ve all got different backgrounds, strengths and experiences. But we share the same values. It\'s these shared values that bring us together as one team.

Our colleagues embrace these every day. Be the difference to our customers and colleagues, always curious and look for better solutions, achieve together by working in partnership with others, own it openly through working with others in an open and honest way, and finally embrace possibility and see changes and challenges as welcomed opportunities.

If you share our values and want to make a real difference in the world, you\'re on to a winner and we\'d love to hear from you!

Be yourself

Abri is committed to promoting an inclusive culture. We want our colleagues to bring their individual differences, life experiences and knowledge into the workplace and we welcome their contribution to our amazing company. Everyone is different, everyone is unique.

Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams and/or at one of our offices.

To our agency friends

We already have a number of carefully selected agency partners who know our business well and who support our in-house recruitment team during exceptionally busy periods. We\'re not looking to add to our preferred supplier list right now but if you\'d like to be considered at a future date please don\'t hesitate to register on our procurement portal.

We\'ll review and interview suitable candidates as they apply. If we receive enough applications, we\'ll close the advert early so be sure to apply today so you don\'t miss out!

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