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Historic Environment Scotland Logo

Gardener Holyrood

5651796

Edinburgh, Scotland

1 day ago

23571 - 26422 GBP

Historic Environment Scotland

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Alex Paterson

$100 to $500 million (USD)

Non-profit Organisation

2015


Job Description

Details

Reference number

286201

Salary

£23,571 - £26,422

Job grade

Other
Band B

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HES - Operations

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

    Location

    About the job

    Benefits

    Things you need to know

    Apply and further information

Location

Edinburgh

About the job

Job summary

You will be responsible for maintaining some of the highest profile sites on the Historic Environment Scotland Estate as part of a dedicated team. The post is an integral part of the Operations Directorate - Edinburgh Regional Team delivering gardening and grounds maintenance to an extremely high standard across approximately 650 acres over the Holyrood Park and Palace site. You will have experience of gardening and grounds maintenance operations.

Job description

  • Maintain and develop the mixed borders within the Palace Gardens.
  • Assist in the maintenance of paths within the Palace Gardens; and
  • Assist in apprentice mentoring and training.
  • When required working within Holyrood Park and around other sites in HES’s care.
  • Deliver grounds maintenance within a historic landscape to the highest possible standard. Including the provision of care for trees, shrubs, herbaceous, half-hardy and hardy plant stock within that environment.
  • Assist in the maintenance and production of glasshouse nursery stock. This will involve having a sound knowledge of glasshouse cultivation and a high level of propagation skills in order to produce high quality stock from seed and cuttings.
  • To provide all aspects of lawn care including safe use of machinery within a busy environment; and
  • To work safely within a busy environment in delivering all objectives.

Person specification

Experience of:

  • Plant identification and cultivation methods
  • Awareness of plant pest and diseases and their treatment
  • Glasshouse maintenance and production
  • Turf maintenance and establishment
  • Use of horticultural machinery
  • All aspects of high standard gardens maintenance
  • All aspects of Glasshouse cultivation


Desirable requirements:

  • Full UK Driving Licence

Qualifications & Professional Memberships:

  • SVQ2/3 in Horticulture – Essential
  • PA1 AND PA6 herbicide use certification – Desirable

Benefits

What we offer

We welcome applications from all nationalities, assuming that they have the right to work in the UK: applying for a job with us could open the door to a unique work environment. It will give you job satisfaction and excellent development opportunities, plus a competitive salary, 25 days paid holidays (rising to 30 days after 3 years’ service) and 11.5 public holidays a year – pro rata for part time staff.

In addition we offer a great benefits package to our employees which includes:

  • flexible working hours (where appropriate)
  • special leave
  • maternity/paternity leave
  • adoption leave
  • reimbursement for relevant professional subscriptions
  • support for further education and personal development
  • study leave for work related courses
  • access to a learning resource centre

Health and welfare

We offer you access to:

  • our Employee Assistance Programme – for confidential advice and counselling
  • an occupational sick pay scheme
  • discounts at some local authority leisure facilities
  • access to a free Headspace membership
  • interest free loans for bicycles and annual travel passes (see ‘season ticket’ below)
  • reasonable adjustments when needed, as part of our Equalities policy

Staff discounts

You will receive:

  • free entry to all of our properties (with up to three guests)
  • free entry to English Heritage, Manx and Cadw properties
  • 20% off purchases in our retail outlets

Season tickets

You can receive an advance to help with the cost of buying an annual season ticket for travel between home and work. The advance is then repaid from your salary over the life of the season ticket. Available to all permanent and fixed-term staff.


Things you need to know

Selection process details

Guidance on completing the application can be found in the ‘Guidance notes for applicants’ document, also available at the above website, which we recommend that you read, in conjunction with this Job Description.

Your application must arrive by the advertised closing date. Please note that when applying online, we will only be able to see your application once you fully submit it.

If you are unable to complete an online application form, please email recruit@hes.scot, quoting the job title and recruitment reference, and we will arrange for an application form to be sent to you.

Please note that, as we operate an electronic recruitment system, we will contact you via the email address that you provide in your application to inform you of the outcome of your application.

We welcome all applicants from under-represented groups within HES. We know from our equality monitoring that we need to increase our diversity in terms of ethnicity and disability. We also want to address occupational areas where the ratio is disproportionately in favour of women or men. We ask all applicants to complete the Equality Monitoring section of the recruitment paperwork to help us pursue a diverse and inclusive workforce. In support of our Gaelic language plan we welcome applications from Gaelic speakers.


Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
  • certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Apply and further information

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

    Name :
    Stuart Lerette Works Manager
    Email :
    stuart.lerette@hes.scot

Recruitment team

    Email :
    recruit@hes.scot


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