Project Leader - Horticulture

Job Introduction

Project Leader (Horticulture / Grounds Maintenance / Landscaping)

Location: Hutton Moor Allotments / Hub

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (8:30am - 4:00pm, Monday-Friday)

Seasonal requirement: During peak growing season, an additional 4 hours of weekend work is required for essential plant watering, irrigation, and plant care

Salary: £26,358 - £27,962 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Are you an experienced Horticulturist, Grounds Maintenance Supervisor, or Landscaping Team Leader looking for your next step?

We're recruiting a hands on Project Leader to deliver professional horticulture, landscaping, and grounds maintenance services while leading a supportive team environment.

This is a practical, outdoor role combining garden maintenance, plant care, landscaping, and team leadership, ideal for someone passionate about plants, green spaces, and people development.

About the Role

As Project Leader, you will:

• Lead a team delivering horticulture and grounds maintenance services across gardens and amenity spaces
• Work daily on site carrying out planting, pruning, mowing, landscaping, and seasonal horticultural tasks
• Support and mentor individuals (including people with learning disabilities) to develop gardening and employability skills
• Ensure high standards in garden maintenance, landscaping, and site presentation

This role blends practical horticulture, soft landscaping, and leadership.

Key Responsibilities Horticulture & Landscaping

• Carry out planting, weeding, pruning, mulching, and crop production
• Maintain lawns using mowers, strimmers, and turf care equipment
• Deliver grounds maintenance and soft landscaping services
• Monitor plant health, soil quality, pests, and diseases
• Support harvesting and post harvest handling where required

Grounds Maintenance & Site Work

• Hedge cutting, grass cutting, and general garden maintenance
• Use and maintain horticultural machinery and landscaping toolsCarry out basic site maintenance and outdoor manual work

Team Leadership

• Supervise and support a team in a working horticulture environment
• Deliver coaching, training, and day to day guidance
• Create an inclusive and supportive workplace

Health & Safety in Horticulture

• Follow and enforce grounds maintenance health & safety standards
• Safe use of herbicides, tools, and machinery
• Carry out equipment checks and risk assessments

Customer & Commercial Awareness

• Deliver high quality landscaping and grounds maintenance services
• Support contract delivery and customer satisfaction
• Assist with reporting, budgeting, and service development

Skills & Experience (Horticulture Focus)

• Experience in horticulture, gardening, landscaping, or grounds maintenance (essential)
• Knowledge of plants, seasonal gardening, and plant care
• Experience using horticultural machinery (mowers, strimmers, hedge cutters, chainsaws)
• Experience in landscaping or garden maintenance roles
• Team leadership or supervisory experience
• Understanding of plant health, soil, and pest management

Additional Requirements

• Enhanced DBS check required
• Physically fit and able to work outdoors daily
• Driving licence (Essential)