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Green Team Supervisor

Groundwork London
Waterloo, London

Posted: 30 Apr 2026

Deadline: 11 May 2026

Compensation: £30,000 - £31,500 per annum

Disability Confident scheme

Paid Full-time

Job description

Groundwork London is a leading social and environmental regeneration charity. We deliver over 500 projects each year aimed at: supporting people to stay in education, gain new skills and secure employment; reducing our environmental impact through energy efficiency, waste minimisation, reuse and recycling; and engaging communities and enterprise in improving their environment.

Job Purpose

Over the last nearly 25 years, Groundwork’s Green Teams have provided hundreds of unemployed Londoners with their first taste of work in grounds maintenance and horticulture. They are at the very heart of the delivery of several of Groundwork’s employment programmes and our newest landscaping and sustainable urban drainage projects. Each of our Green Teams offer unemployed Londoners up to six months of paid work experience in teams led by our experienced staff. We are seeking a Green Skills Team Leader who will lead teams of up to four trainees, and oversee, and participate in, the delivery of our grounds maintenance, horticultural and landscaping contracts. Our work includes: domestic gardens for vulnerable residents: maintenance of public open space; historic gardens maintenance; improvements to community green spaces and allotments.

You will liaise with our clients for these contracts and support the Green Team Programme Manager in the development of new contracts and relationships. And that our long-term unemployed trainees are offered the best opportunity to develop their skills and experience to enable them enter horticulture roles within Green and Open Space programmes and initiatives.

Please contact us if you:

• have a strong track record of delivering gardening and grounds maintenance contracts.

• Can demonstrate the ability to lead a small team and put our trainees at the heart of our service delivery and support their progression into careers in the industry .

• have the ability to build and maintain great client relationships.

Working hours: 37.5 per week

For further information and to discuss the role please contact Steve Finn, Green Team Programme Manager at steve.finn@groundwork.org.uk or 07702 532746

Appointment to this role is subject to an Enhanced Criminal Records check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), as this role involves some working in schools

Interview Details

We encourage early applications for this role, as interviews will be carried out during the recruitment period when there are sufficient applicants for a pool of candidates.

Application information

Please apply via the advert on our careers page: https://www.groundwork.org.uk/jobs/green-team-supervisor/

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