Location: Rainham – Orchard Village
Salary: £28,808 per annum pro rata
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract Type: 24 month Apprenticeship – 24 months Fixed Term Contract
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Clarion are offering you the opportunity to gain experience and skills in Horticulture within our Estates Services division! We are recruiting for an Apprentice Gardener in North London to work across North or West London.
Working alongside an experienced mentor, we’ll support you to study and gain a Horticulture Level 2 qualification through a formal college course aligned to your role.
You’ll gain experience in Estate Services by working with your mentor and colleagues to ensure the cleanliness, safety and security on our estates; deliver seamless quality Grounds Maintenance/Gardening services to residents of Clarion Housing Group, to improve the environment.
We’ll look to you to provide professional Gardening services at a portfolio of properties. These include small, medium and large estates with grassed and shrubbed areas, flower gardens, plants & hedges and areas of hardstanding. Working to high standards you’ll ensure that our blocks are kept clean and left hazard free at each visit.
You’ll need to be customer focussed as you’ll act as a point of contact ensuring there is good communication with all teams and departments, reporting any apparent breaches such as anti-social behaviour and abandoned vehicles. You’ll need strong communications skills and must be able to use a hand held computer device such as a smart phone/tablet.
Where you have not already achieved Level 2 English and Maths, you must do so before taking the end-point assessment.
If this sounds like an opportunity for you then please review the full role profile before applying Apprentice Gardener and Apprentice Gardener Standard
For apprentices aged 19 or older, the government has made the requirement to achieve English and maths functional skills optional, effective February 11, 2025. This means employers and providers can now decide whether to include Functional Skills as part of the apprenticeship, this will be discussed with your prospective line manager prior to being offered employment. Please note: Apprentices aged 16-18 still need to complete these qualifications, which will be completed alongside your apprenticeship.
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Closing Date: Wednesday 16th July 2025 at midnight.
Applicants must be able to travel across the region as required.
This post is subject to Basic Criminal Record Check Clearance.
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You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Clarion are not able to offer visa sponsorship. You are required to reside in England or Wales for the duration of your employment.
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