Join Our Team as a Grounds Maintenance Operative Location: Across Ocean Housing communal areas in Cornwall (Head Office in St Austell) Salary: £26,208 per annum Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week Are you passionate about working outdoors and making a visible difference in your community? Ocean Housing is looking for a dedicated Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our friendly and hardworking team. What You’ll Be Doing: As part of our Grounds Maintenance team, you’ll help keep our communal spaces safe, tidy, and beautiful. Your responsibilities will include: Mowing lawns, strimming, weeding, and planting shrubs, trees, and flowers Assessing site conditions and choosing the best approach for each job Carrying out estate checks and reporting any health and safety concerns Safely operating and maintaining machinery and equipment What We’re Looking For: NVQ Level 1 or equivalent qualifications A valid full UK driving licence Experience in grounds maintenance and horticultural tasks A good understanding of health and safety practices A positive attitude and great customer service skills Why Join Ocean Housing? We’re proud to offer a supportive work environment and a fantastic benefits package: 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays Occupational Sick Pay : 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay Company Pension : 4% employer contribution death in service benefit Health Cash Plan : Includes dental and optical cover Wellbeing Support : Annual flu jab, Employee Assistance Programme Cycle to Work Scheme Family-Friendly Policies Key Dates: Closing Date: Sunday 2nd November 2026 (Midnight) Interview Date: Friday 14th November 2025 (Face-to-face at Stennack House, St Austell) We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications, so don’t delay—apply today! The Company Ocean Housing Ltd is a not for profit, charitable registered provider of social and affordable housing, with a stock of over 4,700 properties throughout Cornwall. We are part of the Cornwall Homechoice ‘Choice Based Lettings’ scheme. At Ocean we believe affordable housing is not just about the buildings, but about the people who turn them into homes. We provide a wide range of services to our residents, helping them to make the most of their homes and the communities they live in. Mission Statement “To be an innovative provider of quality homes and services, with residents and staff at the heart of Ocean, and Ocean at the heart of the community.” At Ocean our vision is to be the employer of choice for Cornwall. We want to create a work environment where everyone feels like they belong, can bring their best, authentic selves to work every day and are provided with the support they need to do a great job. Our purpose is to create a modern, dynamic and agile work environment, fit for the 21st Century and one of which all of our colleagues feel included and proud to be a part of. An environment which enables colleagues to provide quality, affordable homes and services for the people of Cornwall. We believe work is what you do, not where you go and therefore colleagues deliver their work where it best suits the need, whether that be in the office, home or around a local area or site using local facilities. Colleagues are agile and work or have meetings in any place to suit the need and task. Benefits Family friendly Committed to Training and Developing our Employees Cycle to Work Values Honest, Enthusiastic and Always Positive Passionate about Customer Service Quality and Value in all we do Innovative, Ambitious and Brave for the future of our Business, Customers and Communities Gallery Previous Next 2022 Award Winner Best Place to Work at Cornwall Business Awards 2022 Sponsored by the Skills Hub “This is a really challenging sector to work in and Ocean Housing Group have really gone above and beyond to support their workforce. They really show strong leadership from above in putting their employees first and the level of engagement they get from everyone in their teams is commendable, with really high number of team members taking part in surveys, consultancy and feedback. The Ocean Housing Group have also invested in the continual improvement of their staff, services and benefits to ensure that staff consistently feel invested in and valued – Well Done!” Documents