The Christie NHS FT

Environment Officer - Grounds & Gardens

The closing date is 26 December 2025

Job summary

The Gardening Services provides a high-quality service to maintain the grounds and gardens of The Christie NHSFT Withington site and portfolio of off-site properties to provide a safe and pleasant external environment.

The Environmental Officer - Grounds & Gardens will assist in providing support with the maintenance of the sites cleanliness.

Working alongside and under the Head Gardeners instruction.

Along with the above tasks additional daily various types of work including road sweeping and litter/debris collection as well as snow clearing and gritting of the footpaths and roads.

Main duties of the job

1) Road sweeping, litter/debris, the emptying of bins across the main site and off-site properties by hand and with machinery.2) Gritting of footpaths and roads during adverse winter weather conditions.3) To complete daily and weekly maintenance and service tasks as requested.4) Participate in ad hoc local arrangements for snow clearing and gritting when weather conditions dictate outside out of hours working.5) Support Estate personnel in assisting/liaising with site customers and contractors.

6) To work with all Estates Supervisors and managers in the management of Risks. This will include working to agreed Risk Assessments and assisting in the development of additional Risk Assessments.7) Advise the Head Gardener regarding plant and equipment failure, identify materials required to complete tasks.8) Carry out all duties in a professional and conscientious manner.9) Wear The Christie NHSFT maintenance service uniform, identification badges and personal protective equipment at all time.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Date posted

15 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year Per annum, Pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

413-96496-EF-DA

Job locations

Grounds & Gardens - E00494

Manchester

M20 4BX

Job description

Job responsibilities

1) Road sweeping, litter/debris, the emptying of bins across the main site and off-site properties by hand and with machinery. To complete daily and weekly maintenance and service tasks of clearing waste bins around the site.

2) Gritting of footpaths and roads during adverse winter weather conditions.

3) Participate in ad hoc local arrangements for snow clearing and gritting when weather conditions dictate outside out of hours working.

4) Support Estate personnel

5) To work with all Estates Supervisors and managers in the management of risks. This will include working to agreed Risk Assessments and assisting in the development of additional Risk Assessments.

6) Advise the Head Gardener regarding plant and equipment failure, identify materials required to complete tasks.

7) Carry out all duties in a professional and conscientious manner.

8) Wear The Christie NHSFT maintenance service uniform, identification badges and personal protective equipment at all times.

9) Carry out work in line with all trust policies including but not extensive to:

a. Patient areasb. Working at heightsc. Confined spacesd. Radiation controlled arease. Hostile environmentsf. Permit-to-Work / Safe Systems of Work

10) Undertake training where necessary to learn new techniques.

11) To be skilled in the safe use of all relevant hand tools and equipment.

12) Undertake training where necessary to learn new techniques.

13) Have a clean full drivers license and to undertake training to drive trust vehicles in relation to role.

14) Understand fully the inter-relationship between the various maintenance and facilities functions.

15) Demonstrates the agreed set of values and accountable for own attitude and behaviour.