Grounds and Gardens Supervisor

About Role 

As the Grounds and Gardens Supervisor, you will play a key role in delivering high quality grounds, gardening and external cleaning services across Queen Mary University of London. You will supervise and support the Grounds and Gardens team, ensuring our outdoor spaces are safe, well maintained and welcoming for students, staff and visitors. 

Working closely with the Facilities Manager, you will plan, organise and monitor planned and reactive activities, ensuring work is completed efficiently and to a high standard. This is a hands on role, requiring you to work alongside the team while providing effective supervision and guidance. 

You will support the development and maintenance of gardens and green spaces, contributing to the University’s commitment to sustainability, biodiversity and environmental improvement. You will also oversee equipment, tree safety, seasonal activities and health and safety requirements. 

About You 

We are looking for a proactive, knowledgeable and people focused professional with experience supervising a grounds and gardening team across large or multiple locations. You will have strong practical horticultural knowledge and an understanding of plant, tree and external space maintenance, biodiversity and sustainable grounds management. 

You will be organised and able to plan and prioritise workloads, supervise staff, maintain service standards and respond to changing operational requirements. Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively are essential. 

You will be confident using Microsoft Word, Excel, email and digital systems, with a strong commitment to maintaining high standards and safe working practices. 

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

About the Directorate  

The Directorate is one of the largest departments within Queen Mary, University of London and is committed to supporting and promoting student wellbeing at the College, and providing the highest standards of estates and facilities across the university, preparing and helping to sustain the University’s working and learning environmental for students, staff, stakeholders, and guests by ensuring safe environments, security and cleanliness.    

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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