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Job description

To provide an effective grounds service to the parish grounds and cemetery areas to ensure the grounds are maintained in a tidy, presentable and safe state at all times. To undertake maintenance work of the Church grounds and premises as designated by the Parish Priest.

Responsibilities

• To undertake a set programme of grounds maintenance activities to ensure that Church premises are maintained in a neat and tidy condition: including cutting and maintaining all lawns, ensuring that gullies, drains are cleaned and steps are washed.
• Flower beds should be edged and kept weed-free especially in flowering season.
• To keep up to date with horticultural developments and legislation by attending the relevant courses.
• To undertake basic general maintenance of the Church premises, fixtures and fittings.
• To ensure, in winter especially, that access roads, pavements, steps are always safe for use.
• To undertake chemical weed control in accordance with the ‘Safe Working Procedures for the Use of Chemicals’. Calibrate, mix and apply herbicides and pesticides to control weeds and insects.
• To ensure adequate stocks of tools, equipment and materials necessary for the upkeep of the Church premises and to report any requirements for additional stocks or equipment repairs
• Operation and programming of the boilers, lighting, security alarms, fire alarms and extinguishers in the Parish Hall and Conference Rooms.
• Basic maintenance work in the Parish Hall and Conference Rooms (e.g. changing light bulbs, painting etc)
• A full list of responsibilities can be found within the job description contained within the application pack.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Proven experience of grounds maintenance, either in an employed or voluntary capacity.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety Procedures.
• An ability to work on your own initiative.
• An ability to work as part of a team.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Full valid driving licence and access to a car/vehicle for transporting equipment between sites.

Further Information

Location: Coleraine Parish, Co. Derry. Derry Diocesan Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We welcome applications from all men and women and from members of all communities.

Application Information

For an application pack email recruitment@derrydiocese.org or telephone 02871 262302