Overview
Gardener – Birstall, Leicestershire
£12.40 per hour, paid breaks plus lots of great benefits!
Find your place and make a difference as a Gardener at Berkley Care
As a Gardener for Berkley Care, you’ll be a hands-on member of the team, involved in every aspect of horticulture including working with our maintenance team to report any structural or health and safety concerns.
Berkley Care is a care provider offering luxury facilities and a vibrant sense of community. Our gardens are central to life at our homes, providing spaces that encourage socialising, inspire recreation, and nurture our residents wellbeing. As a gardener, you will play a vital role in preserving and enhancing our outdoor space, ensuring that every area reflects Berkley’s reputation for beauty, excellence and care.
As Skilled Gardener, you will help maintain and enhance the beauty and biodiversity of our gardens, ensuring it is accessible to all. From formal lawns and ornamental borders, you will ensure that every area is presented to exceptional standards. You will combine traditional skills with sustainable practices, contributing to initiatives that protect and enrich our unique environment. Seasonal tasks, such as planting, pruning, and winter maintenance, will form part of your varied and rewarding role.
This role involves lifting, carrying, kneeling and operating heavy equipment. If you are enthused by the outdoors and are confident in the use of garden tools and equipment such as mowers and strimmer’s then this role might be for you.
A Top Employer 2026
For the third year running, Berkley Care is the only UK luxury care home provider to be recognised in this year’s Top Employer Awards for going above and beyond when it comes to employee well-being and development. This award is given in recognition of the group’s commitment to creating a nurturing, inclusive and supportive work environment, where the culture is warm and encouraging.
- Above minimum wage and enhanced bank holiday pay
- Paid breaks, free meals and drinks whilst at work
- Equal pay for young workers who are paid the same as those aged 25+
- Monetary rewards for long service
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
- Industry leading Company Sick Pay (for critical illness and clinically necessary surgery)
- Access to a raft of benefits and discounts in hundreds of online and high street locations, plus a Blue Light Card
- Employee Assistance Programme plus a 24/7 GP Helpline
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- On-Demand Pay
- A luxury working environment
- Excellent learning, development and training opportunities
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
