Job Description
Kick On Recruitment is working on behalf of our client to recruit a Land Support Officer to join their Land Support function at a large, multi-use outdoor site.
The site includes woodland, open spaces, landscaped gardens, water features and a range of buildings and facilities. While the role is broader than a traditional equestrian position, it does involve working alongside horses and other animals on site as part of a varied, outdoor-focused role.
The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining, developing and enhancing the land and facilities to a high professional standard, supporting the smooth and safe delivery of essential site services.
This position is well suited to someone who enjoys working outdoors and takes pride in delivering high-quality land and grounds maintenance across a diverse environment.
Role Responsibilities
Personal (Essential):
* Ensure daily maintenance schedules are carried out and completed
* Ensure any daily and weekly tasks allocated are carried out and completed
* Ensure any building maintenance tasks are carried out and completed
* Supporting any projects and developments
* Responding to any urgent tasks that are a risk to services and service users
* Ensure that site security procedures are adhered to, that risk assessments are carried out to a high standard and that the site management is kept as a top priority.
* Ensure all company assets, equipment and facilities are clean, tidy, well maintained and safe always.
* Ensure that any start and end of day procedures are adhered to and that the security of the company assets and materials are secured accordingly.
Team Responsibility:
* Effectively work alongside the senior managers and staff
* Reporting on a daily basis to the Land Support Supervisor
* Responding to senior management requests from contracted work
* Ensure as a team, all maintenance, tasks and projects are completed on time and to a professional standard
* To work across teams supporting other areas of the business when required
* Evaluating the effectiveness of procedures and producing constructive solution orientated feedback in team meetings
* Understand business processes and supporting systems, specifically Health and Safety and Safeguarding of vulnerable children and young people.
* Demonstrate an excellent level of understanding of the company portfolio of services.
* Assist in the project management of new initiatives, activities and developments
* Assist in the design and development of new initiatives, activities and developments
* Help develop procedures for working practice within the Land Support Team
Personal Development and Reporting:
* Ensure you update your 4-6 weekly PDP regularly in a timely fashion for management review and attend your Personal Development Plan (PDP) meeting with your line manager.
* Ensure that you attend team meetings as and when required which may be outside of your normal working hours to ensure that land support is not impacted.
* Be flexible to attend evening or weekend training that are outside of your contracted hours on occasion for CPD as required for your development within your role.
* You must be prepared if undertaking any professional training or personal development that the very best intentions and ability is given to ensure passing or attaining certification.
* Ensure that all Sickness or Absence is reported according to Company Procedures.
* Ensuring that Holiday Requests are processed according to Company Procedures.
Personal Development
This role has been specifically created to provide opportunities in several areas where there is a need to improve professional services. Those taking this role, after their probation and depending on their personal progress, will be offered to take on the following skill sets.
Landscape Design – An opportunity to learn professional landscape designing and horticultural designs.
Chainsaw Training - Training for arborist work on trees and large shrubs using large power tools.
Requirements
* Minimum 3 years’ experience working in a similar outdoor gardening-landscaping role.
* Proven experience and understand of working outside all year round in all weather.
* Ability to drive sit on lawnmower and or RV type vehicles.
* Ability to use power tools.
* Knowledge of plant and tree species and their care requirements.
Benefits
£28,500 - £30,000 Salary DOE
Wellbeing schemes
Private healthcare
Uniform coat
Loyalty holiday scheme
Training opportunities
Company pension scheme