Post Title: Gardener
Contract Duration: Temporary
Number of posts: 1
Salary: SCP 17-18 (£27,300 - £27,664) per annum
Shift Pattern: 35 hours per week, exclusive of lunch breaks, worked Monday to Friday
Location: Edinburgh
Are you passionate about making a difference in your community? Do you want a role that combines your love for gardening, dealing with customers and making a difference to our communities? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our award-winning team.
At Wheatley Group, we're devoted to enriching the lives of our communities and tenants. Our environmental teams play a crucial role in delivering outstanding services across Scotland, and we're looking for four enthusiastic gardeners to help us maintain and enhance our five-star neighbourhoods.
About the role:
As a Gardener at Wheatley, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the look and feel of our neighbourhoods. You will be customer facing, interacting with customers on a day-to-day basis, ensuring their environments are well-kept and pleasant. Your responsibilities will include:
- maintaining and enhancing the appearance of customers' front gardens;
- conducting regular garden maintenance, including mowing, weeding, and fertilizing;
- ensuring gardens are kept clean, tidy, and visually appealing;
- hedge trimming, flower and shrub planting;
- de-littering / de-weeding communal areas; and
- general maintenance of our neighbourhoods.
What we're looking for:
- previous experience in a customer focussed environment;
- ability to work individually as well as part of a team; and
- good IT skills to maintain and update records of activities using a mobile app.
What we offer you:
We offer a sector-leading benefits package that includes:
- a rewarding career with a competitive salary;
- access to a contributory pension scheme;
- excellent leave entitlements, equating to 8.2 weeks annual leave per year;
- enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave;
- access to our we benefits, providing discounts to high street retailers;
- contributions towards dental, optical, driving lessons, and more;
- access to staff inclusion networks promoting an inclusive workplace; and
- 24/7 access to our employee assistance programme.
Additional requirements:
- this position is subject to a basic disclosure; and
- a full driving licence is required.
Committed to inclusion
At Wheatley, we are always looking to improve diversity within our teams. We aim to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best work and achieve their full potential. We actively celebrate individual differences and recognize the collective strength this brings to our organisation. It's important our teams represent the communities we serve, and we welcome applications from under-represented groups.
Application Process
Closing date: 29th September 2025 at 5pm
For an informal chat about the role, please contact Shaun Gray, Environmental Team Leader at [email protected] or on 07823879068.
We want all our candidates to shine. If you need any reasonable adjustments to help you feel more comfortable during the recruitment process, please a member of our recruitment team at [email protected]
