Job Description
The London Temple is looking for a gardener to ensure the temple grounds reflect the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience. The Church offers a competitive salary and additional health & retirement benefits. We have one position available.
Responsibilities
* Ensure the temple grounds reflect the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience by performing gardener/grounds keeping work, maintaining and caring for landscaped areas, sidewalks, driveways, building entrances, and other assigned areas.
* Resolve routine questions and problems and refer more complex issues to higher levels.
* May assist with seasonal displays
* Mow lawns using hand and power mowers.
* Maintains the original landscape plan by planting perennials, shrubs, and trees.
* Trims and edges around walls, flower beds, and walks using hand clippers and power edging tools.
* May operate heavy tractors and other large power equipment to maintain landscape.
* Prune and shape shrubs and trees to provide optimum growth efficiency of plants and enhance beauty of grounds.
* Spray lawns, shrubs, and trees for disease, weed, and insect control, and perform regular fertilization as needed, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
* Responsible to see that all power equipment and machines are properly maintained.
* Provide guidance to volunteers in the maintenance of grounds.
* Water lawn and garden areas.
* Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
* Previous experience in grounds maintenance, horticulture, gardening, agriculture, landscape design, or related field.
* Knowledge of various plants and fertilizers.
* Ability to follow directions, work independently and with a team.
* Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds (22.68 Kgs).
* Full UK driving licence.
Desirable Qualifications (Preferred But Not Essential)
* NVQ Level 2 in Horticulture or an equivalent qualification
* NPTC Spraying Certificates: PA1 and PA6
* Chainsaw Certification: NPTC CS30, CS31B, and CS36, or LANTRA equivalent
Only applicants with the right to work in the UK will be considered.