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Grounds Maintenance Operative

37 hours per week, based in Preston

£24,309.00 per annum, rising to £25,948.89 with effect from 1st April 2026 (£13.45ph)

This is a Real Living Wage job

Our busy, high-performing Green Care team are responsible for maintaining CGA’s green spaces and communal grounds through grass cutting, hedge cutting, pruning and weed control in our communities.

What you will be doing in this role?

You’ll be joining our fantastic, friendly grounds maintenance team, helping to make sure our community green spaces are well kept, as well as delivering soft landscaping services and improvements to our neighbourhoods in Preston and surrounding areas.

What we are looking for in you:
Ideally, we’re looking for people with experience in using a range of petrol powered ground care machinery, (including ride-on mowers), but it's more important that you are enthusiastic, hard-working and willing to learn.

You’ll need a full manual driving licence as you’ll be working all over Preston in our communities.

It would be great if you also had:

• Experience of using ride on mowers, petrol-powered hand held machinery (including strimmers, mowers and hedge trimmers)
• Experience of carrying out landscaping tasks such as using chainsaws, turfing etc
• Trailer towing experience
• Spraying licences (PA1 / PA6)

Why work at Community Gateway?

We are a values-based organisation who truly care about our employees, their health, safety and wellbeing. We aim for a great employee experience and that includes offering a range of benefits have a look at the attached leaflet for more information. Our holiday entitlement starts at 26 days plus bank holidays (including your birthday off and Christmas closure!).

We also offer a company-paid health cash plan for you and your dependents (including 24/7 GP), enhanced sick pay and parental leave, reward and recognition scheme, wellbeing support, training and development and much more.

Inclusion is key for us. We would love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role, those who may be underrepresented in our organisation. We aim to be reflective of the communities in which we operate and if you speak a second language this can come in handy!

Real Living Wage

This is a Real Living Wage role. The Real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate based on the cost of living. It is voluntarily paid by over 13,000 UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a wage which meets everyday needs. Find out more at www.livingwage.org.uk.

A bit more about us:

Community Gateway own and manage around 7000 homes across the city of Preston, but we are so much more than just a landlord. We aim to offer great customer service, providing safe, well-maintained and affordable homes, and making a positive difference to the communities in which we work. We make sure that we manage our business to the highest of standards and are working to create a sustainable future.

And finally, we want to be a great place to work.so if you think you have the skills, experience and can live our values, then we want to hear from you..

If you haven't done so already, check out the candidate pack on our website for more about us and top tips for your application.

Dates for your diary:

The closing date for this role is Sunday 11th January 2026 at midnight with interviews held on Thursday 15th January 2026.

We know interviews aren't everyone's cup of tea (or coffee) so these will be as informal as possible with a focus on your experience and knowledge as well as how you demonstrate our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.