Groundsperson/Gardener

Package Description:

Glenalmond College is looking to appoint a Groundsperson/Gardener to assist with the day-to-day upkeep of the hard and soft areas of the grounds, to ensure that the formal and non-formal areas look their best and that all areas are well maintained at all times across the site. 

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Key Duties 

● Upkeep of all flower beds and formal grass areas. 

● Weeding and planting of beds, shrub pruning, and cutting 

● Maintenance of the grass, including cutting, strimming, scarifying, aerating, watering, and seeding 

● Planting and watering of hanging baskets 

● Marking out the pitches, including the erection of goals/nets, corner flags and boundary markers in line with the school calendar 

● Hedge cutting 

● Maintenance of path, borders, hedges, and roadways 

● Leaf clearance and removal 

● Early morning clearance of snow and ice from the pathway, pavements and roadways to ensure safe access for pedestrians and vehicles 

● Early morning and late afternoon gritting and salt application 

● Maintenance of artificial all-weather surfaces 

● Tree/shrub planting as required 

● Maintenance of bark-chipped areas, including reapplication and sweeping 

● Keeping records up to date as required by the Head of Grounds 

About Glenalmond College 

  

Glenalmond College is an inspiring place to live and work. The community atmosphere and warmth of welcome are matched by the commitment and professionalism of our staff, who are key to the success of the school.

Glenalmond welcomes boys and girls, aged 12 to 18, as boarders or day pupils. Most of our pupils are British, but we also have a number of pupils from up to 16 different countries around the world. There are up to 400 pupils at Glenalmond College, an almost even balance of boys and girls.

Glenalmond offers a rigorous model of education with international currency. A curriculum of breadth and depth, balancing a core of facilitating subjects with a variety of options to inform, challenge and ignite passions and recognise developments in technology.

Our purpose at Glenalmond is to help make the world a better place. xwzovoh That aim hasn’t changed at all since our foundation way back in 1847, and we share Ralph Waldo Emerson’s definition of success:

“To laugh often and much…to appreciate beauty…to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better…to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived.”