Team Leader (St James's Park)

Horticultural Team leader (St James’s Park & The Green Park)

Job reference number: RAF0006020

Who are we looking for?

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced Horticultural Team Leader to join our dedicated team of gardeners at St James’s Park – one of Central London’s highest profile parks & managed by the Royal Parks Charity. We are looking for someone ambitious, driven & self-motivated with a recognised level of horticultural training/certification.  The job will focus on leading a small, designated team in the provision of a high specification ground maintenance service for The Royal Parks.

Who are we?

idverde is Europe’s leading provider of grounds maintenance services and landscape creation projects, with an annual turnover of €700m and over 7,000 colleagues operating throughout the UK, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. We offer a holistic range of services to support the creation, maintenance and management of landscapes throughout the UK, working with both public and private sector clients to deliver bespoke solutions for each project’s unique challenges.

As the UK’s top grounds maintenance and landscaping provider, idverde UK offers a broad range of services. From professional open space management to landscape design and build, grounds maintenance, tree surgery, civil engineering, outdoor facilities management, biodiversity management, waterways management and much more.

Principal responsibilities

• Leading a dedicated team of gardeners to provide a high-quality grounds maintenance service at St James’s Park in Central London.
• You will assist the Head Gardener in organising daily work schedules, providing direct support, training & supervision to the team & will ensure all daily checks have been completed by the team on relevant plant and machinery.
• You will ensure compliance with Health and Safety procedures are met and followed
• You will have excellent industry knowledge and be able to demonstrate this.
• It would be desirable that you have had experience in a similar role.
• Responsibilities would include grass cutting, strimming, leaf-blowing, pruning, seasonal bedding, tree planting & weed control.
• You will need to possess a full clean UK driver’s license.
• It is important that you have excellent communication skills as you will be expected to interact  with the general public and clients.

What’s in it for you?

• Full training and development to help you grow your career.
• A competitive salary to match your experience.
• Generous holiday plus statutory days.
• Access to our pension scheme.
• A range of flexible benefits, including Cycle to Work, retail discounts etc.
• Plus, much more.

Interested?  Please apply with your CV attached making sure to quote the job reference number.

Job reference number: RAF0006020