Assistant Gardener

Salary

£13.86 per hour

Contractual hours

Basis

Full time

Employment type

Temporary

Package

Full time role, starting asap, Monday - Friday. Lunchtime finish on a Friday.

Job category/type

Grounds and Maintenance, Operations, Various

Date posted

08/06/2026

Job reference

WWYK080601

Do you have a current UK driving licence?

Used to working outside in all weathers?

Have experience of horticulture/gardening/labouring?

Our local authority client is looking for General Operatives/Assistant Gardeners to join their operations team based in York immediately till mid September 2026, on a wide variety of residential sites across York.

This is a full time role, starting asap, Monday - Friday, 37 hours a week. Rate of pay is £13.86 per hour. Lunchtime finish on a Friday.

The purpose of this role is to carry out (where necessary) gardening and horticultural work/maintenance. For this role, a vehicle, equipment and PPE will be provided. Other duties will include: cutting, pruning, mowing, litter picking, sweeping, weeding, emptying public bins etc.

Previous experience of gardening/horticulture or similar, would be extremely advantageous.

You MUST hold a current full UK driving licence, be used to working outdoors and be physically fit.

Onsite inductions will be held asap, so an immediate start is needed.

To Apply

Please email your CV (with reference details) or ring us on 07922 425165 for an application form or for more information. Alternatively you can apply online via our website: https://www.workwithyork.co.uk/workwithyork-general-application-form/.

You must be able to provide two references from previous employers. one of which needs to be your most recent employer. Giving their name, company, company address, telephone number and email address. Please make sure that your referees know you are applying.

You will need to complete an application form with your full work history.

Please note, due to a high volume of applicants, unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to get back to everyone, but thank you for taking the time to apply.

Please note that to apply for this vacancy you must be able to work in the United Kingdom.