Current Job Vacancies
Job: Tirmon - Garddwr / Groundsperson-Gardener
Job Ref: RE-1826
Salary: £26,403.00 - To: £28,598.00
Job Scale: Gradd 3 / Grade 3
Job Hours: 37 Awr / 37 Hours
Location: Ar hyd a lled y Fwrdeistref Gyfan / Borough Wide
Speciality:
To provide specialist skills in relation to all Grounds maintenance tasks including tree planting, hedge and grass cutting and maintenance in both cyclical work patterns and arising issues.
? To provide a high level of skill relating to the borough’s Parks management on scheduled and emergency work.
? To deal with all matters relating to Grounds maintenance including tree felling, hedge maintenance, grass maintenance, shrub and border management.
? Abide by current generic risk assessments and carry out site specific risk assessments prior to work. Carry out dynamic risk assessments during schedule work and during emergency incidents.
? Use of technology such as smart phone/tablet applications for work requirements.
? Be responsible for one’s own equipment safety, flagging when checks/maintenance is required.
? Deal with members of the public on site and ensure safe areas of work are cordoned off and maintained to ensure safety of staff and members of the public.
? To give advice and risk assess issues queried by members of the public on council and in the interests of public safety.
For further information please contact Mark Panniers on 01685 725000 or email Mark.Panniers@merthyr.gov.uk
You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.
If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than 11.09.2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.
Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk
Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.
? To provide a high level of skill relating to the borough’s Parks management on scheduled and emergency work.
? To deal with all matters relating to Grounds maintenance including tree felling, hedge maintenance, grass maintenance, shrub and border management.
? Abide by current generic risk assessments and carry out site specific risk assessments prior to work. Carry out dynamic risk assessments during schedule work and during emergency incidents.
? Use of technology such as smart phone/tablet applications for work requirements.
? Be responsible for one’s own equipment safety, flagging when checks/maintenance is required.
? Deal with members of the public on site and ensure safe areas of work are cordoned off and maintained to ensure safety of staff and members of the public.
? To give advice and risk assess issues queried by members of the public on council and in the interests of public safety.
For further information please contact Mark Panniers on 01685 725000 or email Mark.Panniers@merthyr.gov.uk
You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.
If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than 11.09.2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.
Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk
Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.