Grounds Operations Supervisor Uk Sponsorship Available
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
The University of Reading’s unique “University within a Park” setting, which spans three beautiful campuses (Whiteknights, with its early 19th century planned landscape, London Road, with its formal gardens and ceremonial Great Hall, and Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, with its riverside garden landscape), is an inspiring place to work.
With such a diverse mix of habitats, gardens, and other offsite sites, Reading’s Grounds Maintenance Team is constantly challenged with new grounds maintenance chores. In addition to managing and maintaining the grounds surrounding the academic teaching and research buildings, we look after a large variety of trees, meadows, forests, an extended lake, and the university SportsPark pitches.
The Grounds Operations Supervisor is a working role with an assigned maintenance area. The position will fill in for any Senior Gardener on the Team and the Deputy Head of Grounds as needed.
This position is primarily situated at Whiteknights Campus, although you will be expected to adjust to the core hours of other regions as needed. Please apply using the Jobtrain website, describing in detail how you satisfy the main recruiting criteria given below and in the job description’s person specification.
You’ll be:
- Able to provide constructive leadership, teaching, and direction to team members, contractors, and others as needed.
- Adaptable, capable of changing plans and taking control of other teams on short notice.
- Abel will operate and demonstrate to other personnel a variety of grounds maintenance equipment and duties.
- A champion of health and safety with verifiable experience and, ideally, an IOSH level qualification
- Able to organise and arrange grounds maintenance jobs.
- Able to perform all lifting and manual chores connected with the profession.
- Competent in basic office IT.
You’ll have:
- An unrestricted UK valid driving licence that allows you to drive light vans.
- GCSE or equivalent pass grade in English language.
- A qualification in grounds maintenance or related subjects (NVQ level 2/3).
- Previous experience maintaining a variety of amenity and biodiverse sites.
- Previous experience supervising grounds maintenance teams.
- A variety of NPTC/LANTRA certificates for machine and pesticide use competence
The closing date is 09/06/24.
Interviews will be place on 19/06/24.
Informal contact details
Alternative informal contact information.
Contact Role:
Head of Ground Maintenance
Contact Role:
Deputy Head of Grounds Maintenance
Contact Name:
Rupert Taylor
Contact Name:
Lucy Jellis
Contact phone:
Please call 0784 3344513 during office hours and do not leave voicemails.
Contact phone:
(Office hours only, no voicemail, please.)
Contact email:
r.taylor@reading.ac.uk
Contact email:
l.j.jellis@reading.ac.uk
Applicants from job seekers requiring sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be reviewed alongside all other applicants. Sponsorship may be available under the Skilled Worker Route based on the applicable SOC code for this role. Applicants should ensure that they have the necessary points to meet the PBS requirements. The UK Visas and Immigration Website provides more information about this.
The University is dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and is a major LGBT+ rights organisation. We are also a Disability Confident Level 1 employer. Applications for job-sharing, part-time, and flexible working arrangements are encouraged and will be evaluated based on company requirements.
