My client is looking for a gardener based in Kent ME6.

Hours Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm with an hour break.

Salary £24,500

Your main objective is to ensure that the site is a pleasant environment for residents and visitors as well as a pleasant work environment for yourself. To care for and maintain the estate as a whole as directed by the Head Gardener or Estate Manager. You should look presentable and welcoming at all times and be polite and courteous towards residents or visitors to the development.

Duties

• To report all incidents, accidents and maintenance visits at the property to the Estate Manager or, in their absence, the Managing Agents.
• Report to the estate manager whenever possible any defects, health and safety issues, security problems, failed lamps, etc.
• Ensure that rubbish and waste is cleared away at the end of each day and the estate is always left in a safe, clean and tidy, condition that can be enjoyed by all residents and visitors.
• Where a resident has left goods/items within the common areas of the development that could be construed as dangerous or unsightly, ensure that they are removed in order to avoid any breach of health and safety and fire precautions; liaise with the estate manager accordingly.
• Ensure you maintain total confidentiality in dealing with residents and their visitors at all times. Never disclose any information to a third party that may be detrimental to the client, managing agent or colleagues.
• Duties will include but not limited to - Litter picking, mowing grass, strimming grass, weeding, hedge cutting, planting, mulching & gritting.

• Should you find intruders or persons that may have intentions of a nefarious nature on the property, under no circumstances should you try and apprehend them. Please try to make sure that the intruders are aware that they have been seen and make efforts to remember as much detail about them as possible so that you may be able to provide a description of the intruder. You should immediately telephone the police and file a report with the estate manager.

Health and saftey

• Health and Safety is of paramount importance - do not take risks. You must never put yourself, a colleague, contractor, resident or visitor to the site, in a dangerous position. All areas of risk must be labelled, or sealed off with suitable warnings put up. Report incidents immediately and report such incidents to the estate manager so they can arrange for contractors to attend to resolve the problem.
• If contractors are on site and you are unhappy with the manner in which they are working in the common parts which presents a hazard, you must inform the estate manager immediately, or, in their absence, the Managing Agents.