Job Introduction
What you’ll do
Reporting to Head of Estate Services, you will have oversight for the landscaping services being delivered across NHG. This covers our gardening as well as trees and our sustainability enhancement projects to name a few. You will take the lead on ensuring the provision of a high-quality service through our contractors to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction as par of our better places strategy.
How you’ll do it
You will keep our better places strategy central to all of your work. By focussing on improving the areas around our residents homes you will make help make London home for thousands of NHG residents. A dedication to working with our contractors ensuring the best possible service and value for money will be crucial. A consistent eye for detail in day to day delivery whilst planning for the coming seasons and years will help maximise residents experience. Staying on top of the best practice in the sector and specialism will enable you to support your team in driving performance. Your use of data to assess output and where to target to drive improvements will form part of your day to day work.
The ideal candidate
We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.
Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.
Essential:
- You must be very knowledgeable in horticulture and arboriculture with appropriate qualifications supporting this experience based knowledge.
- A track record of leading large scale contractors covering all aspects of the landscape management portfolio, ideally in a residential setting.
- Experience of leading a team, motivating them to drive performance for the benefit of residents or customers.
Desirable:
- A strong background in the use of data leading to strategic planning and improved performance as a result
- Knowledge and history of working within the social housing sector.
What’s in it for you?
Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential. Benefits include:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
- Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
All about us
Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.
For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/
We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.
To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/
Selection Process
Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 24 March 2025
Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment
Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview
Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via jobs@nhg.org.uk.
Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.
NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.
