Grounds Maintenance Officer

Job details

Job title: Grounds Maintenance Officer

Job reference:

Posted: 11/06/2026

Closing date: 05/07/2026

Working pattern: As specified

Salary Grade: H - £37,280 - £39,862 a year

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time

Job category: Parks / Gardens

Responsibilities

• Lead teams of chargehands and gardeners to deliver cyclical mowing, weed management programmes, and empty homes clearance through the Derby Homes contract.
• Ensure health surveillance of the team is kept up to date and assist in the development of the team as well as your own personal development.
• Organise and manage grounds maintenance operations on parks, greenspaces and third party sites such as education and health care premises.
• Integrate all operations with the work of other sections of Climate and Active Environments and other Streetpride services, promoting excellent service standards throughout in accordance with Derby City Council's specifications.
• Manage transformation and change, ensuring that staff at all levels are involved in shaping the future of the service.

Qualifications & experience

• 3 years practical experience of all types of grounds maintenance work.
• 2 years' experience in the supervision of grounds maintenance work.
• Ability to understand site plans and documentation.
• A good level of IT skills.
• Thorough knowledge of health and safety issues and legislation relating to grounds maintenance work.
• Willingness to participate in an emergency out of hours standby rota system.
• NVQ Level 2 in Horticulture or equivalent.
• Possession of a full UK driving licence.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Commitment to and ability to work within the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion practices adopted by Derby City Council in line with the Equality Act 2000.

What We Offer

• Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role).
• Continued professional development opportunities and career conversations.
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract).
• Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract).
• Team Derby Rewards - retail and leisure discounts.
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme.
• Cycle2Work Scheme and free cycle training.
• Employee Assistance Programme, wellbeing calendar and support.
• Access to Equality Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network, Carers, Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network.
• Support for colleagues who are carers.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We are a Disability confident leader and offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for disabled candidates who meet the essential requirements for the role. Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help.