We’re VIVID! –We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people! Love working in the great outdoors? We’re seeking a dedicated and hardworking Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our customer focused team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of communal outdoor areas, ensuring they are safe, clean, and visually appealing for our customers. Contractually based out of our North Hampshire office, you'll cover our properties in Basingstoke and the surrounding area. This is a full-time permanent role, working 39 hours per week! Want to know what we can offer you? 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home Uniform and PPE provided A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10% Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary Private medical insurance Health care cash plan called Medicash Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave Access to counselling, legal and financial information Electric car scheme Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes Here’s the facts about the role: As a Grounds Maintenance Operative, you'll carry out a high standard of grounds work to make our communal grounds areas attractive for customers. You’ll have good communication skills and the ability to interact with residents and colleagues in a friendly and professional manner with the ability to work independently and as part of a team. You’ll have good knowledge and experience in this field with skills to operate a variety of equipment, machines and materials that you’ll use on a daily basis. Duties will include: Routine grounds maintenance tasks, such as grass/hedge cutting, trimming, and weeding Hard area maintenance and low-level tree work as well as soft landscaping Shrub maintenance Ensuring communal areas are free from litter and debris. Perform regular inspections to identify and address any potential safety hazards Assist with seasonal tasks, such as leaf removal Operating grounds maintenance equipment and tools Respond promptly to maintenance requests and from residents We do our best to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible. However, due to the nature of this position, the job holder must be capable of: Working at heights Manual handling and lifting heavy and bulky items A high degree of mobility, which will include walking/lifting/loading and unloading vehicles Offers are subject to a full, clean current driving licence (held for at least 1 year) to be able to drive one of our vans when needed. This role requires a DBS check.