Leicester is covered by a wealth of soft and hard open spaces that includes a range of parks, gardens, country parks, nature areas, 150,000 individual trees and 107 hectares of woodlands, canal, and riverside, 150 play and outdoor gym facilities, sports facilities, highways, and housing green spaces totalling 1,250 hectares. It is widely recognised that quality open spaces contribute to residents’ quality of life and improve physical and mental health wellbeing, with parks in Leicester attracting around 9 million visitors per annum.

Join our specialist teams within Parks and Open Spaces to undertake high quality grounds maintenance work to maintain and further improve parks and open spaces and all other green infrastructure within the city of Leicester.

You’ll be based at one of our grounds maintenance depots.

Help to maintain public parks, open spaces, cemeteries, housing, and highways sites by:

• Assisting in the development of soft and hard landscaping and interim maintenance.
• Operating maintenance machinery to complete grounds maintenance work.
• Driving and operating company vehicles.
• Carrying out street cleaning duties including emptying waste bins, litter picking, and keeping sites clean and tidy (this involves walking around 10 miles a day).
• Patrolling parks and open space sites to provide a staff presence, enhance public safety, and support the security of public spaces and positive user engagement (this involves walking around 10 miles a day).
• Undertaking seasonal activities such as snow clearance and assisting with other emergency and high-priority issues to ensure that public safety and services are maintained. 
• Provide basic information to the public if approached whilst working.
• Complete routine paperwork relating to the tasks carried out.

For the full job description, including the keys areas of responsibilities and accountabilities, please click the 'apply now' button. 

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.

• Understanding of the need to adhere to policies and procedures, for examples those relating to Health and Safety.
• Knowledge of First Aid or prepared to undergo training following commencement in the role.
• Experience of either gardening or general maintenance in a domestic or paid capacity.
• Experience of carrying out manual handling tasks including lifting and carrying.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Prepared to undertake the training and development associated with the role, including obtaining qualifications where necessary.