Gardener

CONTRACT : Permanent, Part-Time (22.5hrs pw)

INTERVIEW : To be arranged directly with candidate

A unique opportunity to join our friendly and creative garden team at Trinity Hall.

The College has three main sites, one located in the historic centre of Cambridge (Central Site), one on Thompsons Lane and the largest - Wychfield Site, located on Storey's Way.

Wychfield Site will be your main base where car and cycle parking are available.

We are seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Gardener to join the team and help us in maintaining and developing our beautiful gardens including trees, shrubs and cultivated areas to the highest standards.

The post is part-time and permanent (22.5 hours a week, 3 days a week), with a starting date as soon as possible.

Working hours are from 07:30 to 15:30 over 3 working days (Monday to Friday, days to be agreed) for 7.5 hours per day including 30-minute unpaid lunch. A daily meal allowance is provided. There is a weekend watering rota between April and September among the team (one duty per month).

If you are reliable, motivated and passionate about the outdoors, we want to hear from you!

Duties

• Maintaining plants, trees and shrubs including weeding.
• Maintaining turf areas including mowing, scarifying application of fertiliser etc.
• Maintaining tools and machinery.
• Pruning and training of shrubs including wall shrubs and climbers (using ladders).
• Propagating and cultivating plants in glasshouses and poly-tunnels.
• Planting out bedding and other planting schemes.
• Irrigation and feeding of plants as required.
• Hedge and topiary cutting.

Further details about this position can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification. 

Interviews and Selection may proceed before the closing date should an applicant prove to fulfil job criteria.

Please note the College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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How To Apply

To apply, you are required to register for each individual vacancy. This enables you to save your application and revisit/edit it before submitting, or to check its status. In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy. For information about how Trinity Hall handles candidates' personal information please see our data protection statement for job applicants in the Data protection resources section of the website.

Please note that we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship or Visa Transfers for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship in order for your application to be considered. Please note that if successful you will be asked to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK before you start work. This must be original documentation as photocopies cannot be accepted. Please see the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act (2006) for further details.

Applications must be received by 12.00pm on Friday 11th July 2025. Incomplete applications will NOT be accepted. Please make sure that your application is submitted before the closing date.

Contact

For general enquiries about working at Trinity Hall please call the HR Team on 01223 764660 or email jobs@trinhall.cam.ac.uk.

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