Full-time / 37 hours per week / Fixed Term for 2 years
Would you like to take the first step in your career in Horticulture?
Join us as an Apprentice within our dedicated and highly professional service. You’ll undertake a Level 2 Apprenticeship in Horticulture where you’ll receive on-the-job training. We want to ensure you have a positive experience <="jobDetsMarker" style="display: none;">and achieve your full potential. With an enthusiastic attitude, a passion for learning and a willingness to adapt, you’ll be fully committed to coming on this learning journey with us. Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, and subject to meeting the requirements of the role, we may be able to offer you a permanent position.
Reporting to the Grounds Maintenance Team Leader, you’ll undertake high quality horticultural work to ensure our parks and open spaces are enjoyable, safe and attractive places to visit.
This is a full- time, fixed term position for 2 years, working 37 hours per week. Your working hours are 7.30am-3.30pm from Monday to Thursday and 7.30am to 3.00pm on Friday. You’ll be based at any our parks across the city and will work in all weathers.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll be maintaining horticultural features on green infrastructure including parks, housing, highway’s land and develop new hard and soft landscaping features. You’ll be trained how to operate and maintain hand and mechanical specialist equipment used in the maintenance of features including driving and operate a tractor. You’ll prepare and apply chemicals e.g., herbicides, fungicides, insecticides etc and full training will be provided. As part of the apprenticeship, you’ll attend college once a week, complete the required theory and practical work and maintain an evidence-based work portfolio that is to be reviewed regularly at supervision.
What you’ll need
You’ll have a keen interest in Horticulture and be fully committed to undertaking an NVQ Level 2 in horticulture, fulfilling all requirements of the apprenticeship scheme. You’ll have good communication skills and be able to demonstrate an interest of working for Leicester City Council. Working effectively as a team member, you’ll be able to work on your own, using your initiative to complete tasks. You’ll be fit and able to undertake the physical activities associated with the role including manual handling and lifting heavy equipment and materials.
A driving licence would an advantage however due the nature of the job you'll be required to obtain a full uk driving licence during the term of the contract.
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.
Join us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
For an informal discussion about this please contact Mark Humphrey on mark.humphrey@leicester.gov.uk
Assessment/interviews will take place on Tuesday 24th and Wedesday 25th January 2023