Back to search results

Groundsperson (Grounds Technician)

University of Bristol - Campus Division

Location: Bristol
Salary: £24,044 to £25,433 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 2nd October 2024
Closes: 16th October 2024
Job Ref: SUPP111632

The role

A great opportunity has arisen at the University of Bristol for a full-time Groundsperson working in an established team of Grounds staff maintaining, enhancing, and developing many of our interesting modern and historic landscapes, including working at the Historic Goldney Estate as well as more modern properties like the Student Halls at Stoke Bishop and throughout Clifton, along with a range of smaller properties across the diverse estate.

What will you be doing?

You will be working within a team of three, a Team Leader & another Groundsperson, and will be part of a wider team of Grounds & Gardens staff. You will be part of a team which delivers a professional grounds service to ensure the University’s green spaces and grounds are maintained as a welcoming, accessible, safe & attractive environment for students, staff & visitors.

The role is positioned within the Gardens and Grounds team, providing the University with a comprehensive and flexible grounds maintenance service, with the goal of enhancing safe and aesthetically pleasing grounds, enabling teaching, learning and research to take place in a well-cared for and pleasant environment. Grassland management is a large part of the role, and our grasslands range from wildflower meadows as well as grassland managed for the benefit of nature to more formal University Quad lawns (no fine turf management).

Other tasks include strimming, leaf clearance, street cleaning operations, installation of street furniture, arboriculture work, winter services (gritting/snow clearance), event prep, etc. On an infrequent basis, the Groundsperson may be assigned basic horticultural responsibilities, such as weeding and pruning.

You should apply if

As a Groundsperson you should have an awareness of the environment, the weather, changing conditions around you, and be ready and able to adapt. You will have a proven flexible & adaptable attitude to work with high degree of self-motivation with a proven ability to complete relevant practical work (mowing, machinery use, etc) to a high standard.

You should have a good attention to detail and be a good team player who is able to prioritise and hold the ability to complete tasks safely using your own initiative.

You will have a good understanding of Health & Safety, full driving license, and ideally hold certificates of competence such as PA1 & PA6, although a willingness to attain these would be acceptable as we are keen to develop the skills of our teams and provide you with an environment within which you can develop further skills.

You should also have good communication and interpersonal skills and be happy to assist and work with our other grounds or horticultural teams across the estate.

Additional information

For informal queries about the role, please contact:

Ben Humphreys on 07964 207132 (0800-1600 Mon-Fri) or ben.humphreys@bristol.ac.uk

You can learn more about Campus Operations department and hear some of our staff stories via our careers microsite.

Our strategy and mission

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive & reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, & retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds & perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people & ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.
We value your feedback on the quality of our adverts. If you have a comment to make about the overall quality of this advert, or its categorisation then please send us your feedback
Advert information

Type / Role:

Subject Area(s):

Location(s):

Job tools
 

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Ok Ok

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Account Verification Missing

In order to create multiple job alerts, you must first verify your email address to complete your account creation

Request verification email Request verification email

jobs.ac.uk Account Required

In order to create multiple alerts, you must create a jobs.ac.uk jobseeker account

Create Account Create Account

Alert Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your account is currently blocked. Please login to unblock your account.

Email Address Blocked

We received a delivery failure message when attempting to send you an email and therefore your email address has been blocked. You will not receive job alerts until your email address is unblocked. To do so, please choose from one of the two options below.

Max Alerts Reached

A maximum of 5 Job Alerts can be created against your account. Please remove an existing alert in order to create this new Job Alert

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your alert was not created at this time. Please try again.

Ok Ok

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

 
 
More jobs from University of Bristol

Show all jobs for this employer …

More jobs like this
Join in and follow us

Browser Upgrade Recommended

jobs.ac.uk has been optimised for the latest browsers.

For the best user experience, we recommend viewing jobs.ac.uk on one of the following:

Google Chrome Firefox Microsoft Edge