Gardener
- Employer
- Brighton College
- Location
- Brighton, East Sussex
- Salary
- £23,000 - £25,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience
- Closing date
- 17 Dec 2021
Job Details
Brighton College is seeking to appoint a Gardener on a full-time, permanent basis, to start as soon as possible. We are looking for a knowledgeable, qualified and hard-working Gardener to join our team at Brighton College. The successful candidate will be passionate and motivated in their work and able to work confidently alone and within a team.
The successful candidate will assist the Gardens Team in providing a beautiful environment for pupils and staff to enjoy. The Garden Team is responsible for maintaining and developing the three school sites, as well as residential properties. We are passionate about working sustainably and are continuously looking at ways to improve in this area.
We expect work to be carried out to a high standard, with an awareness of health and safety, as well as being mindful that we are in a school environment.
Job responsibilities:
- Lawn care.
- Tree and shrub maintenance.
- Monitoring the health of all plants and greenspaces.
- Maintaining and developing beds and borders.
- Weeding, feeding and irrigation.
Safeguarding responsibilities:
- This role will involve daily contact with pupils and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
- All staff and volunteers have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and early application is therefore encouraged.
Company
Brighton College is one of the UK’s leading schools and the oldest public school in Sussex.
The College was recently named ‘England's School of the Decade’ by The Sunday Times. The award was given on the basis of our exceptional examination results as well as our fundamental emphasis on kindness and social engagement.
The Sunday Times also named Brighton College ‘England’s Independent School of the Year 2019’, the second time in a decade the school has won this accolade. The Week magazine named Brighton College ‘Most forward-thinking school in Britain’ for two years running in 2017 and 2018. Tatler magazine awarded Richard Cairns the title of ‘Head Master of the Year 2012-13’, and Brighton College was named UK ‘Independent School of the Year 2013- 14’ at the Independent Schools Awards. The last full ISI inspection in 2015 awarded the College the top grade in every category including ‘Exceptional’ for teaching and learning.
The Brighton College family of schools also includes Brighton College Nursery, Pre-Prep & Prep School, St Christopher’s School and Handcross Park, educating a further 1,150 children aged 3 to 13. Overseas, the College has opened Brighton College Abu Dhabi, Brighton College Al Ain, Brighton College Dubai and Brighton College Bangkok, with Brighton College Singapore the most recent addition, having opened in September 2020.
There has also been major investment in new facilities over the last ten years. This has seen the construction of five major buildings on the main site, including the new £55m School of Science and Sport which opened in January 2020, which includes eighteen state-of-the-art laboratories alongside a new sports hall, 25-metre swimming pool, fitness centre and roof-top running track. Other recent additions include two new boarding houses, a state-of-the-art Music School and the Yeoh Building, a teaching building which includes 22 classrooms for maths, history, economics, politics and EAL, alongside an innovative Creative Learning Centre, opened in 2017.
Above all, Brighton is a very happy place where staff and pupils feel fulfilled and purposeful. We are proud to have taken a progressive stand on diversity, equality and inclusion and we are committed to furthering this agenda through our teaching, and all aspects of the life of the school. We are a member of the School Inclusion Alliance and an important aspect of our vision for education is to increase diversity among our teaching staff to enrich all aspects of the life of the College and provide diverse role models for all pupils. We pride ourselves on being a warm, inclusive and respectful community, where our staff are welcoming and positive and our pupils are intellectually curious and kind.
- Website
- http://www.brightoncollege.org.uk/
- Telephone
- 01273 704386
- Location
-
Eastern Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 0AL
GB
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