Job Title: Horticultural Assistant
Department: Exterior Horticulture
Job Purpose: To plant and maintain horticultural displays throughout London and other areas
Profile:
- Enthusiastic and reliable team member
- Knowledge of London streets an advantage
- Horticultural experience would be preferred, but not necessary as full on the job training will be provided
- This is a physically demanding position
Hours of work: 5am – 3pm, Monday to Friday. At times weekend work will be required and paid as overtime
Location: Central London
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Planting and maintaining window-boxes on the outside of buildings, often from a ladder
- Installing and removing hanging baskets on lamp columns
- Installing often large and heavy plant displays inside and outside buildings
- Watering window boxes and hanging baskets from our fleet of tankers
- Watering, dusting, picking over and replanting interior plants in offices and hotels using large watering cans
- Delivering and collecting vases of cut flower arrangements
- Mowing grass, trimming hedges, collecting fallen leaves and other horticultural duties
- Installing, decorating, and removing Christmas trees
Additional Duties:
- To carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as assigned or considered necessary
Date: reviewed 11.01.23 – ongoing
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Job Title: Experienced Florist
Department: Floristry
Job Purpose: To prepare, deliver and maintain floral and plant displays in London and other areas
Profile:
- Enthusiastic and reliable team member
- Knowledge of London streets an advantage
- Driving licence is essential
- Must have at 2 years’ experience in a similar role, although on the job training will also be provided
Hours of work: 5am – 3pm, (Central London)
8am – 4pm, (Burnham, Slough)
Monday to Friday. At times weekend work will be required
Location: Central London – 2 days per week
Burnham, Slough – 3 days per week
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Preparation, delivery, renovation and collection of floral displays and maintenance of plant displays
- Washing up of vases
- Liaising with Clients
- Purchasing of stock and processing of orders
- In the festive season: Preparation & decoration of Christmas displays/wreaths/garlands etc
Additional Duties:
- To carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as assigned or considered necessary.
Date: reviewed 11.01.23 – ongoing
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