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Grounds Person - Gardens and Open Spaces
| Posting date: | 03 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,000 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | Cycle to work scheme, training and development opportunities, discounted sport and hall hire, discounted childcare (holiday clubs), defined pension contribution scheme, free employee assistance programme (EAP) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 June 2024 |
| Location: | WC1N 1DN, London, UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Coram's Fields and Harmsworth Memorial Playground |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CFGPGOS004 |
Summary
Coram’s Fields is one of the most unique open spaces in London. Located in the heart of Bloomsbury, opposite Great Ormond Street Hospital, our seven acre park has existed for the sole benefit of children and young people for 86 years.
A lot has changed during this time. Our park, playgrounds, sports facilities, and community green spaces now welcome around 150,000 visitors every year. Whilst our Grade II listed buildings, the only lasting remains of the Foundling Hospital built in 1739, are home to a wealth of community services, providing essential support for children, young people and families living across Camden, Westminster, and Islington.
Our objective is quite simple. To ensure our park and facilities continue to provide a safe haven for local children, where they can benefit from some of the best facilities available, whether that be our playgrounds, community growing spaces and wildlife garden, sports facilities, or indoor community hubs. Coram’s Fields is a space for children and children alone.
To enable us to achieve our goal, we are now recruiting to the new role of Grounds Person (Gardens and Open Spaces).
As our Grounds Person for Gardens and Open Spaces, you’ll have the opportunity to transform the experience of children and families using our park. You’ll work closely with our Senior Grounds Person and our wider grounds team, to develop new ideas for the enhancement of our green spaces, community growing areas and play areas, whilst also being responsible for the day to day upkeep of our seven acre site. You’ll also work closely with our team of community volunteers, building on the work that they have done to date to further improve opportunities for children and families to engage with their natural environment.
We’re looking for somebody with knowledge and experience of what it takes to successfully maintain and develop a park such as Coram’s Fields, and who understands the importance of systems and processes in delivering high standards of maintenance.
You’ll be a team player, a strong communicator, and somebody who takes immense pride in their work, and who relishes the idea of working with others to deliver tangible improvements to our park for the benefit of local children and young people.
If this all sounds interesting, we’d love to hear from you.
Diversity and inclusion matter to us. Coram’s Fields is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds. We strive for our workforce to be representative of the communities that we serve and we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the families and children we work with.
Coram’s Fields is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of all children and young people. All those applying for a role with the charity, are subject to robust safeguarding checks and will need to demonstrate clearly, their commitment to safeguarding. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and all post holders are required to register with the DBS update service. Please be aware that all applications are subject to two references.
You can also find more information on our services at www.coramsfields.org
A lot has changed during this time. Our park, playgrounds, sports facilities, and community green spaces now welcome around 150,000 visitors every year. Whilst our Grade II listed buildings, the only lasting remains of the Foundling Hospital built in 1739, are home to a wealth of community services, providing essential support for children, young people and families living across Camden, Westminster, and Islington.
Our objective is quite simple. To ensure our park and facilities continue to provide a safe haven for local children, where they can benefit from some of the best facilities available, whether that be our playgrounds, community growing spaces and wildlife garden, sports facilities, or indoor community hubs. Coram’s Fields is a space for children and children alone.
To enable us to achieve our goal, we are now recruiting to the new role of Grounds Person (Gardens and Open Spaces).
As our Grounds Person for Gardens and Open Spaces, you’ll have the opportunity to transform the experience of children and families using our park. You’ll work closely with our Senior Grounds Person and our wider grounds team, to develop new ideas for the enhancement of our green spaces, community growing areas and play areas, whilst also being responsible for the day to day upkeep of our seven acre site. You’ll also work closely with our team of community volunteers, building on the work that they have done to date to further improve opportunities for children and families to engage with their natural environment.
We’re looking for somebody with knowledge and experience of what it takes to successfully maintain and develop a park such as Coram’s Fields, and who understands the importance of systems and processes in delivering high standards of maintenance.
You’ll be a team player, a strong communicator, and somebody who takes immense pride in their work, and who relishes the idea of working with others to deliver tangible improvements to our park for the benefit of local children and young people.
If this all sounds interesting, we’d love to hear from you.
Diversity and inclusion matter to us. Coram’s Fields is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds. We strive for our workforce to be representative of the communities that we serve and we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the families and children we work with.
Coram’s Fields is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of all children and young people. All those applying for a role with the charity, are subject to robust safeguarding checks and will need to demonstrate clearly, their commitment to safeguarding. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and all post holders are required to register with the DBS update service. Please be aware that all applications are subject to two references.
You can also find more information on our services at www.coramsfields.org