Gardener (Part Time)
Radley College
Oxfordshire
- New
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 30 August 2024
Job overview
We are seeking someone with passion, commitment and knowledge to work within a team of full-time gardeners to enhance and improve the College grounds. It would be preferred if the candidate had a recognised horticultural qualification, but this is not essential. Training in the ways of good horticultural practice will be provided on the job and there is plenty of opportunity for responsibility and career development within the department.
As well as being self-motivated with the ability to work positively in a tight knit team, you will have a good eye for detail, excellent horticultural and organisational skills and sound plant knowledge. Computer literacy and the ability to develop and maintain planting records is also essential as are good communication skills. Above all a pro-active and can-do attitude and a strong work ethic with a desire to develop personally.
Key responsibilities
Undertaking general day to day duties, dependent on the weather and work schedule, including:
Prepping, tending, planting, and pruning beds and borders, trees, plants and shrubs.
Lawn mowing.
Hedge cutting.
Leaf blowing and collection.
Soft landscaping.
Weed control and litter removal.
Maintaining the general cleanliness and tidiness of campus.
Applications can be submitted via the link on the school website
The deadline for applications is 12 noon, Friday 30 August 2024 but we reserve the right to consider applications as they arrive.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the vacancy please contact the HR
department - hr@radley.org.uk.
Attached documents
About Radley College
Radley College is an independent school based in Oxfordshire for boys aged 13-18. It is a Church of England school.
Warden
John Moule
Values and vision
Radley College has several strategic priorities. Firstly, it seeks to foster a sense of intellectual curiosity amongst its students. The school intends to develop this through its curriculum, exchanges, trips, academic partnerships, online learning, language teaching, societies, and invited speakers.
The school’s highest priority remains its provision of effective pastoral care. It aims to, underpinned by its Christian ethos, strive to develop values, confidence, and resilience in students which will strengthen and prepare them for future challenges they face. In addition, the school aims to accomplish the goal of preparing students for later life through its provision of careers advice, university preparation, curriculum innovation, and effective links with its former pupils. At the school there is also a keenness to embrace technology when it comes to teaching.
Independent Schools Inspectorate
“Throughout the school, including the sixth form, the quality of pupils’ achievements and learning is exceptional, reflecting the challenging and stimulating curriculum, the excellent provision for pupils needing learning support, outstanding opportunities to engage in a wide range of activities, and the excellent quality of teaching. In particular, pupils think independently, develop high quality literacy and numeracy skills, and show considerable creative imagination and technique.”
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