Daily Live out Head Gardener – Monday – Friday up to £35K

Family Description and Location

This is a lovely role for a Head Gardener / Maintenance Person to work at a large family estate in a beautiful part of Staffordshire. The house is set in 26 acres, some formal gardens and the rest set to farmland where livestock ‘Highland’ cattle are kept. The principals are in residence for part of the year, and this can be for short or longer periods of time.  You will be in charge of 2 full time gardeners already employed on the estate.

Job Description
 

• Managing and overseeing a gardening team
• Liaising with other heads of departments
• Planning, preparation and presentation of formal gardens to a high standard
• Hands on gardening, preparation of flower beds, planting, pruning, mowing, clearing leaves debris, weeding and cleaning stone, etc general upkeep in and around the property.
• Maintenance and overview of farmland in conjunction with other staff and the management team.

 
Candidate Requirements

It is essential that you have at least 3 years’ experience working in a similar role on a private estate, with suitable references, If you have formal gardening qualifications then this would be looked on favourably.  You will need basic computer skills and  be able to organise your own day and have a ‘can do’ attitude to your work.

Days of Work and Salary
 

• Monday – Friday
• 40/50-hour week has a flexible attitude as the job will be extremely busy and demanding when the principals are in residence, and less so when they are travelling, and you will then be able to ‘take back’ any hours that are owed to you.

Salary will be with be circa £35k with annual bonus and salary review.

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