Location
Freshford, Bath

Hours
Full Time - 40 hours per week, 5 days out of 7

Salary
£36,000 per year

About the Role
Be our Head of Grounds – but most importantly, be you! At Homewood, we want our people to be themselves – and that means you. Join our team and enjoy amazing monthly tronc payments on top of your salary as our service charge is shared with the team and paid monthly. Benefit from free parking, food prepared by our chefs while you’re on duty, and training and development opportunities across the Kaleidoscope Collection. We also offer cash-saving benefits and wellbeing support for you and your family, discounts on eating, drinking and staying at all of our properties, plus a £500 refer-a-friend scheme. Work in a stimulating environment surrounded by a brilliantly diverse bunch of people who genuinely live and breathe what we do.

Homewood is part Georgian country house, part playground for the curious. This 32-bedroom boutique hotel and spa just outside Bath combines luxury with a relaxed atmosphere where nobody takes themselves too seriously. Our grounds are a huge part of the Homewood experience, and we’re looking for someone who will take real pride in shaping, developing and caring for them.

This is very much a hands-on role. You’ll lead a small grounds team while still spending plenty of your time outside, getting stuck in. You will lead the day-to-day care, maintenance and development of our grounds and gardens, ensuring they look their best throughout the year. Bring your horticultural knowledge, experience and ideas to help shape how the Homewood estate develops over the seasons. Plan both day-to-day work and longer-term projects, balancing beautiful gardens with the practical needs of a busy hotel. Think about the gardens through the eyes of our guests, creating spaces that are interesting, welcoming, safe and memorable.

You will care for a wonderfully varied estate including formal gardens and borders, guest garden suites, outdoor dining terraces, lawns, and woodland. Oversee landscaping, planting, seasonal maintenance and improvement projects. Support, develop and share your knowledge with the grounds team. Manage contractors, suppliers and existing maintenance contracts where required. Take responsibility for relevant Health & Safety, compliance and safe working practices within the grounds. Manage your departmental budget carefully and plan ahead for future projects, equipment and maintenance. Help us continue developing an environmentally conscious and sustainable approach to managing the estate.

Experience
Professional horticultural or grounds maintenance experience. Experience leading or supervising a small team. Good plant knowledge and an eye for how gardens develop through the seasons. Experience of landscaping, garden development or larger grounds projects. Practical understanding of Health & Safety and compliance. Confidence managing budgets, suppliers and contractors.

About you
You enjoy being outdoors, take pride in what you create and understand that at Homewood our gardens aren’t simply something guests look at – they’re part of the whole experience. You have plenty of ideas and the enthusiasm to bring them to life. You are comfortable leading people, planning workloads and taking responsibility for your own department.

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated, but professional horticultural knowledge and experience are essential.