This is an exciting opportunity to gain excellent skills and experience within a Heritage Estates and across Bristol City Council Parks and Open Green spaces. We are looking for two enthusiastic individuals who like working within grounds maintenance and in the outdoors primarily, and take pride in their work.
What the team does:We maintain parks and green spaces soft landscaping both for formal and ecological use. This includes a golf course, formal gardens amenity areas and conservation management. We also maintain the hard features within Parks including children’s play areas and landscape features.
The role: The role would involve assisting in the maintenance of soft and hard landscape features across various sites in the city. It will also involve inspecting features including play areas.
The apprentice will be based at Bower Ashton Depot but will travel around the city to gain different experiences.
Where this role could leadFor example: Through the development during your apprenticeship role both on the job and by gaining a formal qualification, you could be an ideal candidate to apply for a career in ground maintenance.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice – mixing both home and office working.
We value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from young; Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic, and Disabled candidates and LGBTQ + who are currently under-represented within the Bristol City Council workforce. Appointments will be made on merit.
Join us and you’ll receive membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
Please contact [email protected] for further enquiries.
How do I apply? If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.
To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
If you require help and support with filling out this application form and preparing for a job interview please contact our Employment Navigator – Helen Jones at [email protected]