Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 1929 annualised hours
Worker Type: Onsite Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £25,583 - £26,403 per annum (pro rata for part-time) Pay award pending
Location: Newstead Abbey NG15 8NA
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
We are looking for a passionate and motivated Heritage Park Assistant to join our Newstead Abbey team and help us care for and enhance some of Nottingham’s most treasured heritage sites.
This is your chance to play a hands-on role working in the park, grounds and formal gardens of our heritage sites. To assist with day to day care, maintenance and development of the park and wider site. You will undertake advanced horticulture, nature conservation, promote biodiversity and practical grounds maintenance working with a range of supportive colleagues and volunteers.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- A working background, interest and passion for horticulture, grounds maintenance, nature conservation, and/ or park management
- A working knowledge and use of a wide range of vehicles and hand held mechanical equipment, including full driving licence
- Confident Communication and interpersonal skills including working successfully in partnership, building and maintaining good working relationships
- The ability to work independently including evenings, weekends, school and public holidays.
- Drive and motivation ability to deliver against challenging objectives with creativity and confidence
You can find the job description for this post here.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact [email protected]
Closing Date: 4th August 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.
About UsThank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
Skills Required
- Working background, interest or passion for horticulture, grounds maintenance, nature conservation, or park management
- Working knowledge and use of a wide range of vehicles and handheld mechanical equipment
- Full driving licence
- Confident communication and interpersonal skills, including partnership working and maintaining good working relationships
- Ability to work independently, including evenings, weekends, school and public holidays
- Drive and motivation to deliver against challenging objectives with creativity and confidence
What We Do
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